Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoHey, it's Thanksgiving today in the USA and Brazil, and also kind of in Japan, so maybe it's a good day for me to ask, WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?a-z-animals.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down119
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkHey, it's Thanksgiving today in the USA and Brazil, and also kind of in Japan, so maybe it's a good day for me to ask, WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?a-z-animals.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squarefirecat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down20·8 months agoWell no, the Americans holidays are 99% fake. Thanksgiving wasn’t a thing until presidents proclaimed it. Christmas is fake because 1) the religious conflict with April and 2) Corporate wanting people to buy stuff during December. Valentine’s day is another corporate scam to sell stuff that it soon became a thing in Japan too ( but we added white day). Halloween is the false narrative name for Allhallowtide and lost the original meaning of respect for the dead. I don’t know any actual holiday Americans ever created that isn’t a national thing or international event.
minus-squarexenspidey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoChristmas is actually about the mushrooms, Amanita Muscaria to be more precise
minus-squarelukini@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoJuneteenth is a very American holiday. For bad reasons obviously, but still American.
minus-squarefirecat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYes but it’s not like an event for celebrating or cheering. It’s always about fighting and the people are still fighting.
minus-squareAdlach@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s different from the Japanese one… how, exactly?
Well no, the Americans holidays are 99% fake. Thanksgiving wasn’t a thing until presidents proclaimed it.
Christmas is fake because 1) the religious conflict with April and 2) Corporate wanting people to buy stuff during December.
Valentine’s day is another corporate scam to sell stuff that it soon became a thing in Japan too ( but we added white day).
Halloween is the false narrative name for Allhallowtide and lost the original meaning of respect for the dead.
I don’t know any actual holiday Americans ever created that isn’t a national thing or international event.
Christmas is actually about the mushrooms, Amanita Muscaria to be more precise
Juneteenth is a very American holiday. For bad reasons obviously, but still American.
Yes but it’s not like an event for celebrating or cheering. It’s always about fighting and the people are still fighting.
That’s different from the Japanese one… how, exactly?