cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/ask@piefed.social/p/2109773/what-are-your-ideas-for-public-holidays-that-can-be-celebrated-by-everybody
A lot of holidays are associated with religion and colonialism, but I think it would be a lot better if we had holidays that were universally recognised regardless of your beliefs.
Take my home country of Australia. You of course have the Christian originated holidays of Easter and Christmas, and Australia Day is awful (it’s pretty much celebrating the colonialism and slaughter of the indigenous peoples of Australia).
New Years should stay, it’s universally recognised for everybody using the Gregorian calendar, and memorial days for those who have died in war is also important to keep (like ANZAC day!), as well as the various independence days
Personally, I would propose the revival of the summer and winter solstices (the longest and shortest days of the year, reversed for the southern hemisphere), and May 8th as the new Australia Day (mate!)
What holidays do you think should be universally celebrated?
Labor day (1 may) is the first that comes to mind. Days like mother’s day could work, but they’re always on sunday.
11 November and 2 September as the end of WW 1 & 2 would apply for most of the world, but maybe that would only encourage people to start new world wars in order to get more holidays.
LOL…well maybe we can all unite and wage a global war vs. our bosses to get more holidays? :D
The ends of WWI and II depend on countries… and so does mother’s day.
And they should. Australia currently has the Easter spring festival in autumn
The end of the counties involvement depends on the country, the end of the war does not. For mother’s day there is an internationally recognized date with some countries using a different date.
Seems like a lot of work just to get a day off.