Holidays

I was recently asked to make a list of all the holidays I don’t celebrate.  Instead I made a list of holidays and have my plans.  The ones in italics and grey I don’t celebrate.  The blue ones are for my Jewish friends.

Mar 4 Employee Appreciation Day
I made this list
Mar 13 Daylight Saving Time starts
I live in California so I will change my clock back an hour
Mar 17 St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 20 Palm Sunday
I will be at Church
Mar 24 Maundy Thursday
I will be at church and take communion
Mar 24 Purim
Mar 25 Good Friday
I will be at Church
Mar 27 Easter
I will be at Church
Apr 23 Passover (first day)
Apr 30 Last Day of Passover
May 4 Yom HaShoah
May 5 Cinco de Mayo
May 8 Mother’s Day
Whatever Mom wants
May 12 Yom Ha’atzmaut
May 15 Pentecost
I will be at Church
May 21 Armed Forces Day
May 26 Lag BaOmer
May 30 Memorial Day
I will remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to our country
Jun 6 D-Day Observance
Jun 12 Shavuot
Jun 14 U.S. Army Birthday
Jun 17 Corpsman Birthday
I will make sure to thank Corpsmen for their service
Jun 19 Father’s Day
Whatever Dad wants
Jul 4 Independence Day
I’m not sure yet
Aug 14 Tisha B’Av
Sep 5 Labor Day
If I get the day off, I will take it.
Sep 18 chAir Force Birthday
Oct 3 Rosh Hashana
Oct 10 Columbus Day
Oct 12 Yom Kippur
Oct 13 U.S. Navy Birthday
Oct 17 First Day of Sukkot
Oct 23 Last Day of Sukkot
Oct 24 Shmini Atzeret
Oct 25 Simchat Torah
Oct 31 Halloween
Nov 6 Daylight Saving Time ends
I life in California so I gain an hour of sleep.
Nov 8 Election Day
It will be a sad day, but I will vote.
Nov 10 Marine Corps Birthday
I will thank a brother for his service.
Nov 11 Veterans Day
I might take the day off.
Nov 24 Thanksgiving Day
I will be with family.
Nov 27 First of Advent
I will be at Church
Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
I will be at Church
Dec 25 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day)
Dec 25 Christmas Day
I will be at Church, then mandatory family stuff (I will wait until they are done exchanging gifts). I will wait at home for my family to come back from the Christmas Party where they exchange more gifts.
Dec 26 Kwanzaa (until Jan 1)
Kwanzaa is a ridiculous, racist holiday
Jan 1 Last Day of Chanukah
Jan 1 New Year’s Day
I will be at Church. (It’s a Sunday)
Jan 16 Martin Luther King Day
He was a great man named after a greater man but I will not be celebrating.
Jan 28 Chinese New Year
I’m not Chinese
Feb 2 Groundhog Day
Feb 11 Tu Bishvat/Tu B’Shevat
Feb 14 Valentine’s Day
Feb 20 Presidents’ Day Federal Holiday
Feb 28 Shrove /Mardi Gras Observance
Mar 1 Ash Wednesday
I will be at Church
Mar 3 Employee Appreciation Day