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

[(Anonymous)]

One of the two -- official or actual -- is April 21st. I know because that's my birthday too. I was in England at that time of year at least three times and so I'd wake up to a parading fanfare of guards in front of Buckingham Palace on television. I always thought it was quite cool even though it wasn't for me :-)

Thib ;-)