coöpted culture holidays

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So St. Patrick's Day is when we pretend we care about Ireland by eating something nobody in Ireland eats, Cinco de Mayo is when we pretend we care about Mexico by drinking something nobody in Mexico drinks... what else is out there (not counting all the Pagan holidays the Christians swiped)?

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Re: Bastille Day

[ptomblin-lj.livejournal.com]

In Canada one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year is Victoria Day. The birthday of a monarch who never visited Canada, and who is long dead. But it's a good convenient time to open up the cottage or go camping.