memes @lemmy.world Ultragigagigantic @lemmy.world 7mo ago

I don't think I was using lemmy back when Easter happened so better late then never

Spooky 👻 Halloween 🎃 Dark 🦇 Horror 🔪 Memes @lemmy.world CaptainBlagbird @lemmy.world 7mo ago

Better late than never

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You forgot about...

🦅🎇🇺🇸FREEDOM DAY🇺🇸🎇🦅
- Dog PTSD Day
  
  also combat veteran PTSD day, school shooting victims PTSD day, fireworks assembly worker tragedy PTSD day, regular old gun violence survivor's PTSD day
  
  Terrible bad scary loud boom boom day.
I'm assuming you're not American? We still have another major holiday first, Independence day. Also smaller holidays, Memorial Day, Juneteenth and Labor Day. Though I do feel the sentiment. I married into a family that owns and runs a few fireworks stores, one of which converts into a Halloween store after the fireworks season ends. So it really is like that come July 5th every year. Time to rebuild the store for Spookums time!
- American people when something isn't about them
  
  The 4th of July is the biggest holiday of the year in my family because we're heavily involved with the stores. I was just confused how we were skipping that.
  
  Halloween is an American/Canadian holiday. You can talk about Samhain and such if you want, but Halloween is descended from those traditions, they're not the same thing.
- I'm curious... Is Halloween not a big fireworks holiday there? Definitely the biggest day of fireworks in Ireland.
  
  Or do they sell the fireworks and Halloween gear after the conversion?
  
  We do continue to sell fireworks on one end of the store after the conversion. We have them available year round, even if we have to come and open the store for a single customer in the off-season. But, no, fireworks aren't common for Halloween here. Halloween sales are primarily costumes, makeup, wigs, prosthetics, props, decorations, and fog machines. Independence Day/The Fourth of July is definitely the biggest fireworks day here, followed by Memorial Day, New Years, and Diwali, in that order.
Nordics: what about summer solstice? It's so nice to see that big ball of heat in the sky stay for weeks, as a nice treat before the darkness starts to reclaim the world, as it will all things in the end...
- Also May Day
There’s always Cinco de Mayo to get you through May.
laughs in may day and summer solstice
- The problem with May Day is that it’s also Beltane and I always struggle to decide between cooperative hedonism and celebration of labor struggle. One thing is for certain though, it’s a holiday for fire.
- is may day the same as walpurgisnacht?
Does Mother's Day count as a big holiday?
- Definitely. It's over where I live but father's day isn't and GOOD GOD I'm looking forward to it.
May Day coming up soon
If you're tired of American holidays you could always celebrate Canada day eh?
- Bastille day also works. Have a bit of bourbon to celebrate their fall
- Put some maple syrup in your coffee
  
  I do 😭 it's so good
I mean, I personally consider what is supposedlybthe first day of summer as a major holiday in my book, so spooktacular season is gonna have to wait. It also has to wait for the first day of fall so I can celebrate the day I grieve because summer is over...

But I'm probably the odd one out here.

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