I know I probably say something about this every year, but.....
We went shopping for our tree on Sunday. After we bought it, someone threw out the usual, "Happy Holidays."
It made me wonder what holiday they were talking about, since everyone knows it is Christmas time. I wasn't buying a Kwanza tree, Hanukkah was over last Wednesday and I don't think it is the time of year for Ramadan.
At first I thought that people said this because they were afraid of offending people by mentioning Christmas, even though everyone knows that it is Christmas time and they are really saying "Merry Christmas" when they say "Happy Holidays". Sort of like when friends shake hands they are really saying "I love you".
But, I think I was wrong. Here is a list I found of Holidays that are between December 12th, when I bought the tree until the end of the year. Turns out they are thinking of quite a few holidays.
So when someone wishes you "Happy Holidays", they are really wishing that you would find joy, not only in Christmas, but in Tiger Wood's birthday, the anniversary of the first flight at Kittyhawk and the invention of the thermometer.
Happy Holidays!
December 12th
- Frank Sinatra's Birthday
Born in 1915. - Golf Tee Patented
- Hovercraft Patented
In 1955 by Sir Christopher Cockerill. - Poinsettia Day
- National Cocoa Day
- First Miniature Golf Course Opened
In 1929. - South Pole Discovered
In 1911.
- Phonograph Patented
By Thomas Edison in 1877.
- Boston Tea Party Anniversary
In 1773. - Las Posadas
- Ludwig Von Beethoven's Birthday
A Famous Composer born in 1770. - National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- National Maple Syrup Day
- Underdog Day
- Wright Brother's Day
First flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
- Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
- Oatmeal Muffin Day
- Games Day
- First Crossword Puzzle in a Newspaper
- First Day of Winter
- Humbug Day
- Look at the Bright Side Day
- National Flashlight Day
- First Christmas Lights for Sale
In 1882. - Thermometer Was Invented
- Roots Day
- National Egg Nog Day
- Christmas
- National Pumpkin Pie Day
- Boxing Day
- Kwanzaa Begins
- National Whiners Day
- Visit the Zoo Day
- Card Playing Day
- Chewing Gum Patented
In 1869. - National Chocolate Day
- Bowling Ball Invented
In 1862.
- Tiger Woods' Birthday
Born in 1975.
1 comment:
Humbug Day and Look at the Bright Side Day are the same day? Funny!
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