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[edit] "No Holidays?" section

I believe this section should be removed or incorporated into the introduction but it simply does not deserve its own section. I also removed "wrestlemania weeekend" from the list of unofficial holidays since, even unofficial, it is not a holiday but only a celebrated sporting event like the superbowl (also not a holiday). Yoshi thomas (talk) 14:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why is this under Baha'i?

The most celebrated holiday in Japan is the return of Burruku and Sie. They are the Goddesses of the dead. Every two years they are honored for their intelligence and magical tributions. They sacrificed themselves to let japan become its own country. They are the most signifigant Goddesses in Japanese world history. They are honored with tributes of japanese art such as anime, manga, and colligraphy.

I can't find anything about this in Japanese_mythology. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.57.104.56 (talk) 04:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


Quote from aricle: "In The Netherlands, Queen's day is celebrated on 30 April, Remembrance of the Dead on 4 May and Liberation day each 5 years on May 5 May. When Queen's day falls on Friday and Liberation Day is celebrated, two days' break can result in a 10-day break." This information is not entirely correct. Yes, April 30th is Queensday. Yes, on May 4th, The Netherlands does remember whoever died in WII, especially soldiers and Jews. Yes, May 5th is liberation day. However, I think that it is incorrect to think that when Queensday is on a Friday, two day's break would make a 10 day break. This would make 4th and 5th of May on Tuesday and Wednesday. Monday, Thurdsday and Friday are still three days. Moreover, the 4th of May is generally not a day off: the Rembemberance ceremony is done at 20:00 (8:00 pm) at night, that is on the eve of Liberation day. Basically, the night before Liberation day is one part with the Liberation day. The 5th of May, Liberation day, is generally also not a day for businesses, but is for most (semi)governments. Possibly area's like construction (which have quite good labour conditions in terms of holidays) have off too, but that I am not sure off.

The better proposed text would be: "In The Netherlands, Queen's day is celebrated on 30 April, the ceremony of Remembrance of the Victims if WII is on the evening of May 4th at 20:00 and Liberation day each 5 years on May 5th. This way May 5th and Liberation day's eve consitute one rememberence: for both Victims and Liberation. The rules for Liberation day, the day that the German army surrendered in WII and The Netherlands became free again, as holiday differ from sector to sector. When Queensday falls on Sunday, the celebration, and therefore the Holiday, is usually celebrated on Monday."

Hope this helps.

204.15.186.115 00:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)Michael van den Berg, The Netherlands

[edit] Thanksgiving

Um, since when was Thanksgiving a holiday to "thank God for the autumn harvast"? Didn't Native Americans come into play somewhere? boo you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.166.96 (talk) 08:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC) 67.185.104.117 (talk) 21:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)Kcambensy (Not logged in.)

[edit] Other Secular Holidays

Is this POV?

Almost every holiday is USA based.

I think so...do you guys?

Regards,

Lunakeet —Preceding comment was added at 22:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)