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[electricland]

Will Shetterly proposes a new holiday for the end of 2006. I like it!

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[ozreison.livejournal.com]

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*sniffle*

[briasoleil.livejournal.com]

I want in. That's so entirely awesome.

[metawidget]

Go to http://shetterly.blogspot.com/ and scroll down.

[metawidget]

Go to http://shetterly.blogspot.com/ and scroll down.

[briasoleil.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I saw it. When I said that I want in, it's because I want to participate. Because I'm an atheist and don't celebrate Christmas or Hannukah.

[ozreison.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And, cool! :)

[metawidget]

Eep... right.

Seems fun to me, and the nice long holiday would mean being able to spread out one's family visits some, seeing everyone over the course of the festivities. It'd also have kept the pols from even thinking of campaigning in that interholiday period...

[briasoleil.livejournal.com]

No worries. I wasn't being very clear. I blame my sinus cold.

And exactly. For the non-religious, you can celebrate something without feeling like a hypocrite. It embraces differences and unity, the unknown and the universal, friends and family and strangers, those close to you and those remote and far away. Plus, it's a weeklong celebration of culture and food! And for vegans and vegetarians, it allows an escape from the whole turkey ritual. And no campaigning. It's a perfect holiday!

[metawidget]

As a non-religious type, I'm perfectly happy to yoink existing holidays from the religious types... but the WHOLE WEEK (sufficient time to be with many friends and family, and fatten up for a long cold winter...) is a clincher for me!