Which Holidays Do You Celebrate?

Medusa

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Nowadays, it's just my husband, my adult son and I at home and I'm thrilled to convey that we've finally gotten our holidays paired down and switched up to where we want them.

I don't care for most commercial holidays as they are just that, commercial holidays, but there are some others that carry meaning for my family and I. This year, we've let go of the last of the traditionals (sans Halloween) in switching Thanksgiving for an Autumnal Equinox Harvest Dinner.

We were a little late making that call, (last night) so, we will have our harvest dinner... probably Monday. We're planning Cornish Game Hens with an orange glaze and stuffed with wild rice, artichokes, croissants, corn, cranberry sauce and some sort of pie.

I don't usually eat meat, but I think this year I'll make an exception and enjoy the meal with my peeps. :)

So now, the holidays we celebrate are the equinoxes and solstices, birthdays (we're low key about those though), Halloween, Day of the Dead and Mardi Gras.

Which holidays do you celebrate?
 

Medusa said:
Nowadays, it's just my husband, my adult son and I at home and I'm thrilled to convey that we've finally gotten our holidays paired down and switched up to where we want them.

I don't care for most commercial holidays as they are just that, commercial holidays, but there are some others that carry meaning for my family and I. This year, we've let go of the last of the traditionals (sans Halloween) in switching Thanksgiving for an Autumnal Equinox Harvest Dinner.

We were a little late making that call, (last night) so, we will have our harvest dinner... probably Monday. We're planning Cornish Game Hens with an orange glaze and stuffed with wild rice, artichokes, croissants, corn, cranberry sauce and some sort of pie.

I don't usually eat meat, but I think this year I'll make an exception and enjoy the meal with my peeps. :)

So now, the holidays we celebrate are the equinoxes and solstices, birthdays (we're low key about those though), Halloween, Day of the Dead and Mardi Gras.

Which holidays do you celebrate?
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Just Christmas these days.

We used to have family dinners at Easter and Thanksgiving, but as we're all older now, we all celebrate at home.
 
@Pinky The Solstices and Equinoxes replace those holidays for us and like you, we celebrate them at home, which makes them comfortable and relaxed for us. :)

Do you have family over for Christmas?
 

Medusa said:
the holidays we celebrate are the equinoxes and solstices, birthdays (we're low key about those though), Halloween, Day of the Dead and Mardi Gras.

Which holidays do you celebrate?
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Like your list, good to see one religious holiday, Mardi Gras!

We are probably a little more traditional, driven by other family members mostly. Still do Christmas, 4th of July, and Labor Day, and birthdays for the younger folks anyway. Thanksgiving is pretty traditional for us, and some years Easter. Always try to do something for Halloween, and I always recognize Mardi Gras, but here in Mormon Utah can't seem to interest anyone else...

July 24th is a Utah state holiday Pioneer Day, the date Brigham Young and his Mormon settlers arrived. Many of us non-Mormons do Pie and Beer day instead.
 
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@Alligatorob I love that you've found your own way to celebrate Poineer Day. :) Beer and Pie. That's an interesting combo.

Um... yeah, we don't celebrate Mardi Gras for its religious origins. It's more the modern interpretation of it in that it's simply and giant party and an excuse to make jambalaya, King's Cake and listen to some jazz. ;)

I would describe myself as spiritual-ish, but not at all religious (anymore).

Sounds like you have some nice family celebrations. :)
 
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We're not really ones for celebrating holidays, but we acknowledge the Solstices and Equinoxes. We do have a meal with our family on 25th Dec. but not as Christmas - a late solstice celebration.

Celebrating Christmas was banned in Scotland for 400 years and this possibly accounts for the popularity of Hogmanay. Burns night is also an important occasion in Scotland.
 
Medusa said:
don't celebrate Mardi Gras for its religious origins
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I doubt many of us Mardi Grasers do either. Never liked King Cake, but finding the baby is fun. I was in Louisiana a couple of years ago around Mardi Gras, my 95 year old aunt make a King Cake just for me, had to eat a little. The jazz is probably my favorite part.

My favorite Mardi Gras song. Even though it never mentions Mardi Gras it gets a lot of play.
 
Alligatorob said:
I doubt many of us Mardi Grasers do either. Never liked King Cake, but finding the baby is fun. I was in Louisiana a couple of years ago around Mardi Gras, my 95 year old aunt make a King Cake just for me, had to eat a little. The jazz is probably my favorite part.

My favorite Mardi Gras song. Even though it never mentions Mardi Gras it gets a lot of play.
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I can't play the song right now cause I'm with peeps, but I'll listen to it in a little. :)
King's Cake is a bit dry, isn't it? I've switched it up over the years, using cinnamon rolls and cupcakes. I hide the little plastic baby in one, let everyone else choose and then take mine. Whoever gets the baby wins a $25 Amazon card. :)
 
It depends on how you define celebrate. I put the flag out on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I exchange gifts with immediate family at Christmas, but I don't listen to Carols. We usually have had a Turkey on Thanksgiving, but no big gathering. Easter is an excuse to cook a ham. We give out candy to the kids on Halloween. I've always bought at least a card for my wife on Valentines and Mother's Day. On the Fourth of July I sometimes go outside and watch the illegal fireworks for a bit. I pretty much ignore all the rest.
 
Grampa Don said:
It depends on how you define celebrate. I put the flag out on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I exchange gifts with immediate family at Christmas, but I don't listen to Carols. We usually have had a Turkey on Thanksgiving, but no big gathering. Easter is an excuse to cook a ham. We give out candy to the kids on Halloween. I've always bought at least a card for my wife on Valentines and Mother's Day. On the Fourth of July I sometimes go outside and watch the illegal fireworks for a bit. I pretty much ignore all the rest.
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Well, it if works better, exchange "celebrate" for "observe." Sounds like you enjoy observing the holidays you choose to the extent you want. :)
 
The day after Pearl Harbor my dad, who had a pilots license, enlisted. At 35 he was considered too old for combat, but he spent the war in the Army Air Corps ferrying planes and supplies from California factories out to the East Coast and Pacific. He stayed in the Reserve and retired a Colonel. When he died I scattered his ashes in Monterey Bay, courtesy of the Coast Guard. They gave me a large flag as a remembrance. On Memorial Day and the 4th of July I hang that flag from a balcony in his remembrance, where it can be seen from the street,
 
On Canada Day I put out my flags. Around Christmas I listen to the music and may buy the foods that are on special. Remembrance Day, Nov 11th, is always observed.
 
ElCastor said:
The day after Pearl Harbor my dad, who had a pilots license, enlisted. At 35 he was considered too old for combat, but he spent the war in the Army Air Corps ferrying planes and supplies from California factories out to the East Coast and Pacific. He stayed in the Reserve and retired a Colonel. When he died I scattered his ashes in Monterey Bay, courtesy of the Coast Guard. They gave me a large flag as a remembrance. On Memorial Day and the 4th of July I hang that flag from a balcony in his remembrance, where it can be seen from the street,
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That's beautiful. ♥
 
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