coöpted culture holidays

[rone]

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)?

Comments

[matrushkaka.livejournal.com]

And green rivers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chicago_River_dyed_green%2C_focus_on_river.jpg). What the FUCK.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

The bakery where I worked in high school dyed the BREAD green.

And people got upset when we ran out, and had to sell undyed bread instead.

What. The. Fuck.

[matrushkaka.livejournal.com]

Ye gads, that is horrifying.

[frosch.livejournal.com]

I have mercifully forgotten which Disney movie Hershey promoted by selling green chocolate syrup.