2/9/25-Fixing the Calendar

I think we have a lot of holidays already on our calendar.  Maybe too many.  But I use my vast experience to fix it.  So here is what I propose.

1.  Memorial Day (End of May)-We may have forgotten what this holiday is really all about, namely honoring the men and women who have given their life for the country and I wish we could figure out a way to get back to that.  However it is also the unofficial start of the summer in the USA.

 

2. 4th of July-More BBQ's.  But now we also get fireworks.  My dogs hate this holiday, but it's important to celebrate the birth of a nation, our nation.

3. Labor Day (September)-This one is here to mark the end of the Summer.  It's a last chance to use that BBQ before putting it away for the winter. And a last chance to wear white.

4. Thanksgiving-Another holiday to revolve around food (and hating the Dallas Cowboys). The USA does it right.  I know that Canada tries, but their version of Thanksgiving is a poor imitation at best.

5. Christmas-As a Christian this is a tough one for me.  Its a religious holiday, so does it deserve to be on the calendar as a national holiday?  The USA was founded on Christian ideals, so I say yes.

6. New Year's Day-A holiday of necessity.  This holiday is really on the calendar to allow people to recover from a late night of drinking and partying.

7. SB Monday (Early February)-This is a new one.  Let's face it, even if you are not a football fan, watching the Big Game or the commercials is now part of our national traditions.  This would allow kids to stay up late to watch the game and their parents to recover from all the nachos and wings they consumed all day.  As President's Day has fallen off a lot of calendars, would could use this day to honor our Presidents again.

And that's it.  I know I have eliminated a couple of days.  But I have thought of that as well.  Those days are really holidays for groups of people.  So holidays like Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day and Veteran's Day should be celebrated for those groups and they should get a holiday. 

Also, Martin Luther King's Birthday in January should be changed to not give everyone a day off (let's face it we just had 2 other holidays), but should be changed to honor him by making it a day of service.  People should get the holiday to volunteer to do something to make their community better.  From what I know of MLK I think he would support that change.

And that's it.  This post was not meant to strike controversy, and I didn't mean to offend anyone who has seen a day important to them minimized or removed in my proposed calendar.  I just wanted to have a little fun.  Enjoy the game today.  And remember, if it were up to me, you'd get tomorrow off.