I have this group of friends and sometimes we make up holidays, you know, as an excuse to throw a party.  We have Empire Day (Sept. 19, in commemoration of our formation of a group that does nothing regularly, just has sporadic moments of fun…everyone should have a group like this…really), Anti-Mushroom Day (no one can eat mushrooms on February 2), International Game Night (Also known as La Noche Internacional del Juego Cinco de Mayo), which we celebrated all of our different ancestries over games and tequila.  The last planned celebration was Hawaiian Holiday Game Night (There was another ‘H’ in there but I can’t remember what is was) that got canceled. 

I was just looking at some old photos from these get togethers.  People really should make up their own holidays.  It’s a lot of fun, and you don’t have to wait for the real ones to roll around.  Plus, you can celebrate anything you want.  Another plus is, the stores don’t market toward holidays that do not exist, so you never have to get annoyed when you go shopping.  Holidays that you don’t want to boycott.  What a grand idea!