The Big TR Holiday Thread

[Brother Daniel]

Nov 17: Birthday of Guru Nanak (Sikh)
Nov 17: Dev Diwali (Hindu, Jain)
Nov 21: Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers (Orthodox Christian)
Nov 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
Nov 24: Buddha’s Descent from the Celestial Realm (Tibetan Buddhist)
Nov 26: Day of the Covenant (Bahá'Ã*)
Nov 28: beginning of Nativity Fast (Orthodox Christian)
Nov 28: Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá'Ã*)
Nov 28 - Dec 5: Hanukkah (Jewish)

[Old Dan]

Yall can save these dates:

Calendar Events
November 11 - Veteran's Day
November 21 - Voltaire’s birthday (1694)
November 24 - Publication date of “The Origin of Species” (1859)
November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 27-Dec. 5 - Hannukah
November 28 - Thanksgiving
November 30 - Mark Twain's Birthday
December 23 - Human Light
December 23 - Festivus
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 - Jan 1 - Kwanzaa
January 25 - Humanitarian Day
January 16 - Religious Freedom Day
January 20 - MLK Day
February 12 - Darwin Day

[Brother Daniel]

Dec 1: beginning of Advent (Catholic)
Dec 8: Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic)
Dec 8: Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
Dec 13: Birth of Iman (Ismaili Islamic)
Dec 13: Maun Jiyaras (Jain)
Dec 13: Asara B'Tevet (Jewish)

[borealis]

Dec. 1-14: Fourteen Days in December http://www.14days.ca/history.html

[Brother Daniel]

Dec 21: solstice, and also 17th wedding anniversary for Bro D
Dec 21: Martyrdom of Sahibzada Ajit Singh & Jujhar Singh (Sikh)
Dec 25: something, but I forget what it is
Dec 26: Death of Prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroastrian (Fasli))
Dec 26-28: Martyrdom of Sahibzada Fatch Singh & Zorawar Singh (Sikh)
Dec 26 - Jan 1: Kwanzaa (African-American Interfaith)
Dec 27: Festival of Lights (Tibetan Buddhist)
Dec 28: Holy Innocents (Catholic)
Dec 29: Feast of the Holy Family (Catholic)

[Old Dan]

Ya done fergot Dec 23, HumanLight, the secular winter holiday celebratin reason, compassion and hope (Humanism).

[schneibler elf]

No one gives a shit about that stupid day

[TySixtus]

Ya done fergot Dec 23, HumanLight, the secular winter holiday celebratin reason, compassion and hope (Humanism).

Pretty sure he didn't forget about such a worthless holiday.

[Old Dan]

Yall could say the same fer Kwanzaa.

[Brother Daniel]

Yeah I forget a lot of stuff. And some things I deliberately leave out. (e.g. Dec 26: Boxing Day)

And to make matters worse, some of the holidays I post are probably incorrect.

[Brother Daniel]

I was really lazy today, and didn't do much checking. Errors may abound.

Jan 1: Shogatsu (Shinto)
Jan 5: Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh (Sikh)
Jan 6: Epiphany (Catholic)
Jan 6: Christmas (Armenian Christian)
Jan 7: Christmas (Orthodox Christian*)
Jan 12: Baptism of Jesus (Catholic)
Jan 13: Maghi (Sikh)
Jan 14: Mawlid-al-Nabi / Birthday of the Prophet (Islamic)
Jan 14: Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
Jan 15: Seijin Shiki (Shinto)

* For purposes of this thread, I usually include only the Old-Calendrist versions of Orthodox Christian holidays. But a lot of Orthodox Christians are New Calendrists, which means that at least some of their holidays (the fixed-date ones) are 13 days earlier than shown here, which generally puts them on the same date as the Catholic equivalents.

[Old Dan]

How many of yall wait until the Epiphany (January 6th) to take down yall's Christmas decorations? I aint Catholic no more but old habits die hard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)

[schneibler elf]

We are, but partially out of laziness

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I didn't decorate for Christmas. True story.

[Brother Daniel]

Jan 16: Tu B'Shevat (Jewish)
Jan 16-19: New Year (Mahayana Buddhist)
Jan 17: Thaipusam (Hindu)
Jan 19: Theophany (Orthodox Christian)
Jan 20: World Religion Day (Bahá'Ã*)
Jan 31: Chinese New Year

[Old Dan]

If yer an atheist, here goes some secular holidays fer ya:

February 9 - National Stop Bullying Day
February 12 - Darwin Day
February 15 - Susan B Anthony Day
February 20 - World Day of Social Justice
February 21 - Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
February 22 - World Thinking Day

[Brother Daniel]

Feb 2: Imbolc (pagan)
Feb 2: Candlemas (Catholic)
Feb 3: Setsubun (Shinto)
Feb 4: Vasant Panchami (Hindu & Sikh)
Feb 8 or Feb 15: Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhist)

[Brother Daniel]

[Old Dan]

Today's holiday is Brother Daniel's birthday, yall.

[Brother Daniel]

I am still the best on TR at having a birthday close to Bart's.

[Pingu]

Happy Birthday BD!

[woof]

Hippy Mirthday BD!

[Resi]

Happy Birthday, Brother Daniel, and thanks for this thread!

[Brother Daniel]

Happy Birthday, Brother Daniel,

and thanks for this thread!

Gern geschehen!

[rmacfarl]

so bd has been running this thread for over 2 years just to score a few gratuitous birthday wishes? how needy can 1 bloke be?

still, I suppose it takes work to get noticed when you're the best on TR at having a birthday close to bart's. happy birthday mate