Hero Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 24 minutes ago, Prisca said: I remember that we talked about it last year. Unbelievable that already a year has passed. Happy Yorkshire Day Today is also @crazyaboutmika's wedding anniversary. And Benin and Switzerland have their national day. Wow, that's a busy day! Happy anniversary @crazyaboutmika! 🎉 🤗🥂🍰 (it's OK, it's sugar free) @Prisca So what did you get up to for your national day? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 31 minutes ago, Prisca said: I remember that we talked about it last year. Unbelievable that already a year has passed. Happy Yorkshire Day Today is also @crazyaboutmika's wedding anniversary. And Benin and Switzerland have their national day. I'm annoyed that we missed International Friendship Day on July 30 - I can't think of a better example of international friends than MFC. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Hero said: @Prisca So what did you get up to for your national day? I visited my grandmother and my mother. Oh, and I had raclette for dinner. 🤣 Edited August 2, 2022 by Prisca 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 22 hours ago, Prisca said: I remember that we talked about it last year. Unbelievable that already a year has passed. Happy Yorkshire Day Today is also @crazyaboutmika's wedding anniversary. And Benin and Switzerland have their national day. Thank you Thirty years 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 22 hours ago, Hero said: Wow, that's a busy day! Happy anniversary @crazyaboutmika! 🎉 🤗🥂🍰 (it's OK, it's sugar free) @Prisca So what did you get up to for your national day? Thank you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitbritt02 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 On 8/2/2022 at 4:29 PM, crazyaboutmika said: Thank you Thirty years Congratulations! 🥳 that’s amazing. Happy belated Anniversary!! 💕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 So today is International Dog Day! ❤ Give your puppers extra cuddles. Love and scratches to all pooches, particularly our favorite girls, 🦈 and 🐄. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Happy Diwali! Today is the Hindu festival of lights! Celebrating five days of how light overcomes darkness, symbolising good over evil. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, TinyLove_CJ said: Happy Diwali! Today is the Hindu festival of lights! Celebrating five days of how light overcomes darkness, symbolising good over evil. And also 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paoletta Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 thank you for the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Happy Halloween! A holiday that I'm sure many of us are familiar with, but actually has it's roots in Celtic Paganism (Halloween that we know of today gained in popularity sometime during the 1700's). Dating back to the 9th century Pagans would celebrate the coming of winter and harvest season with a day called Samhain. This is actually on November 1st, but festivities would begin the day before. It's believed that this period of time between the 31st October and the next day was when a door opens to the 'Otherworld' and spirits of loved ones would pass through for one day. Pagans traditionally wore outfits to represent the spirits, who are known as Aos Sí, and would go door to door to collect food. Towns and villages would have feasts to remember their loved ones with the gathered food and it's tradition to leave an empty space at the table as a sign of respect for the spirits. Now a days trick-or-treating is a much more common (and much more commercialised) way of celebrating Halloween. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Oh Samhain is far older than that - it was one of the four main festivals of the Celtic year (the others being Beltane (May 1st), Lugnasad (August 1st) and Imbolc (February 1st). Samhain was Christianised as All Hallows Day (= All Souls Day), and so the night before was All Hallows Eve. Traditionally there were bonfires, but these were forbidden under Puritan rule. Fortunately Guy Fawkes came along and the bonfires were transferred to a few days later, as people were then no longer celebrating a pagan festival, but marking the failed Gunpowder Plot and the death of a traitor. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Today is the Day of the Dead I don't actually know a great deal about it, I know it's widely celebrated in South America, especially Mexico. Altars are made of people that have died and families decorate them with photographs of their loved ones. Marigold flowers/petals are used as decoration and it's believed that the flowers create a pathway for the spirits to pass through and be remembered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 This thread has fallen asleep a bit, however today is World Braille Day. I think that's worth mentioning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 4, 2023 Author Share Posted January 4, 2023 I think we would have been overwhelmed by Christmas/New Year customs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Happy Timket to all who celebrate! Timket (every January 19th) is the Ethiopian day of Epiphany where people reenact the baptism of Jesus at River Jordan. Other rituals are performed too but I don't know much else about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYZ_Moustache Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 HAPPT LUNAR NEW YEAR!!! (to anyone who celebrates it) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 4 hours ago, PYZ_Moustache said: HAPPT LUNAR NEW YEAR!!! (to anyone who celebrates it) Yes, it's the Year of the Rabbit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Oh, that explains all the fireworks I can hear. Is it early this year? I thought it was usually in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hero said: Oh, that explains all the fireworks I can hear. Is it early this year? I thought it was usually in February. Because it follows a lunar calendar, the actual date can vary quite a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Have just discovered that it is World Sparrow Day - how could we overlook such an event? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paoletta Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 17 hours ago, silver said: Have just discovered that it is World Sparrow Day - how could we overlook such an event? woow super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paoletta Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) Today first day of Spring so Spring has come may your head always bloom-.. Que notre tete fleurisse toujour Edited March 21 by Paoletta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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