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[slice slice baby]

with Christmas all but over and New Year's Day our next major holiday, i've always wondered what's the significance/importance of New Year's Day being a legal national holiday?

there's lots of frivolous holidays/observances that we celebrate, but New Years is a legal national holiday that just leaves me scratching my head asking, "why?" perhaps i'm just not aware of the full explanation & there's more to it than it's just the 1st day of the New Year?
if anyone knows, i'd be delighted to hear.....which brings me to my topic.....

what do you consider some of the most useless celebrated days that we commemorate & why?

having lots of the male gender here, i'me sure we'll hear Valentine's Day more than once! lol


here's a list of most popular......U.S. legal holidays are denoted in red.

January
* New Year's
Kwanzaa
* Martin Luther King Day

February
* Presidaent's Day
Valentine's Day
Groundhog Day
Chinese New Year

March
St. Patrick's Day
Fat/Tuesday/Mardi Gras

April
Palm Sunday
Good Friday
Easter
Passover
Administrative Professionals Day
April Fools' Day

May
Mother's Day
* Memorial Day
Nurses Day
Cinco de Mayo

June
Father's Day
Flag Day

July
*Independence Day/4th of July
Canada Day

August
Friendship Day
Ramadan

September
Rosh Hashanah
Grandparents Day
Stepfamily Day
* Labor Day
Patriot Day

October
Halloween
Canadian Thanksgiving
Boss's Day
Sweetest Day
* Columbus Day
Mother-in-law Day
Diwali

November
* Thanksgiving
* Veteran's Day

December
* Christmas
Hanukkah

[Maltese Falcon]

How could you forget Arbor Day? This year it is April 27. A truly great holiday that should be celebrated by all.

[Week 10 All-American]

Sweetest Day is by far and away the most worthless. Second worthless is probably Columbus Day or Friendship Day.

[Mo-Problems]

Sweetest Day and Valentimes Day are the worst.

Thee
WORST!

[Wilco98]

Anything seemingly dreamed up by Hallmark to make money.

[dhsdawg06]

Still not sure why we give that idiot who landed in America, thought he was in India, and then pretty much murdered, enslaved, and robbed the locals his own holiday.


So yeah, Columbus Day for sure.

[roarintiger1]

Yep....and even named a town after him.

[ahsfan8415]

Grouondhog Day...c'mon

[bob22]

Of the legal holidays MLK, Presidents, and Columbus day top my list as most useless. All they are good for is a 3-day sale at dept stores. Veterans and Memorial day seem kinda redundant.