What is "The Holiday Month"?

The Holiday Month is an attempt to celebrate a calendar years worth of holidays during the month of January, 2012.

When the holiday takes place on a specific day (i.e. St. Patrick's Day always takes place on March 17th), then it will be celebrated on January 17th. When a holiday takes place on a rotating day (i.e. Thanksgiving takes place on the fourth Thursday of November), then it will be celebrated on the corresponding day in January.

Concessions had to be made for holidays corresponding with religious calendars . These holidays, such as Easter and Purim, will be celebrated on the dates that they are taking place in 2012. Mardi Gras, the celebration that marks the beginning of the season of Lent, is being celebrated on the Tuesday before Easter, as this would then represent the beginning and end of that religious celebration.

The holidays celebrated during this month are in NO WAY all of the holidays celebrated throughout the year. Every effort was made to create a list that would cover major religious beliefs, as well as fun and interesting holidays that everyone might not celebrate.

Happy Holidays!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Le Poisson d’Avril on New Year's Day




With the ending of 2011, brings the beginning of 2012, and the start of a new epic journey. At the top of my New Year's Resolution list is to celebrate one holiday or more every day, which of course will be documented here.

Yesterday began with New Year's Day. After nursing a hangover, a mid-afternoon brunch, and watching football with family, a group of friends and I sat around the kitchen table at the days end, where we celebrated April Fool's Day. The origins of April Fool's Day aren't completely known, but speculation is that it began in France. It used to be that the New Year began around April, as it was a new beginning with the blossoming of Spring. In the 1500's however they moved the New Year to January 1st to match the Roman calendar. Without the capability for mass communication back then, those who resided in the countryside were last to get the message and were soon known as fools, aka Le Poisson d'Avril.

Since the holiday is somewhat near the zodiac of pieces, it's common for children in France to paste cutouts of fish's on each others backs without them knowing to label each other as fool's. We dubbed Zach le Poisson d’Avril as seen in the last picture. --joel D.
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  1. jamorrisJanuary 3, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    Wow. I didn't expect to learn anything from this project. Does that make me Josh le Poisson d’Avril? Here here!

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