What is your LEAST favorite holiday?

[ShivaBlizzard8]

I had no idea there was an American Independence day! When is it?

Woah, woah, woah - you seriously have never heard of Independance Day? I guess call me a ignorant American, but I'd thought everybody had heard of that one. It's on the Fourth of July - the anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independance from England in 1776. England refused their colonies' declaration to form the United States, and the result was years of a very bloody Revolutionary War that the U.S. had little chance of winning. But with a lot of luck and some help from the French, we won in 1783, and no longer speak with British accents. And we Bostonians drink our tea without paying British taxes. More info @ http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/ The British stayed pissed for a while, and attacked us again in 1812, but we won again and now we're best of buds, and make fun of each other constantly. It's interesting that you've never heard of it, since I thought it was pretty well known considering that the government formed by the leaders of the Revolution was considered quite unique and served as a model for revolutions in other countries, such as France's in 1789. Also, I think the election system of the president was the first peaceful transfer of power in a nation, but I could be wrong on that - its been a long time since high school U.S. History. LOL

Next thing you know there is going to be a UN Day!

Um, well there is a UN Day on October 24th. In fact, there's an entire UN week, but unlike Independance Day, the public doesn't really celebrate it. I only found out because I Googled it when you mentioned it just out of curiousity, and this site came up: http://www.patriotism.org/un_day/ along with a bunch of others. I guess there's a day for everything.

ANYWAY, my least favorite holiday is National Twinkie Day. Seriously, that's just pathetic. It was a couple of days ago, and we all got free Twinkies in our office mailboxes at school. Although I never turn down free foot, I was still a bit, WTF? Twinkies? Come on, I'm sure we could have found some group to honor that day with other than a company responisble for childhood obesity. LOL.