Favorite holiday?

[UTUSN]

Now, listing into the poll, am regretfully realizing how ignorant I am of other cultures to include other holidays.

*** That said, am lapsed Catholic since adolescence (now 74). Growing up, Thanksgiving was *DELICIOUS." In the pre-Pope John XXIII days, Christmas and Easter were horrendously BURDENsome in the build-up, especially the DREADFUL Lent!

New Years was a *relief* for being SECULAR, no fault, no guilt trip, offering HOPE and wiping the slate clean.

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[elleng]

1. Chanukkah coming up Nov. 28,

lasts 8 nights; date changes every year. Gifts (for kids) every night.

'Chanukah was a miraculous military victory, but a tiny cruse of oil proved more miraculous and enduring in the memory of the Jewish people.

In the wake of Alexander’s appearance in and departure from Jerusalem, relations between Jews and Greeks were so good that an exchange of cultures took place. Each influenced the other. For the Jewish minority, however, what began as a small undertow of assimilation — such as giving children Greek names and speaking the Greek language — became a surprisingly powerful, high-speed rip current threatening to drag the caught-off-guard Jews out to the sea of complete assimilation.'

https://www.jewishhistory.org/the-miracle-of-chanukah/?

[orleans]

2. halloween! nt

[Skittles]

3. I like Halloween and July 4th more than Thanksgiving and Christmas

yes indeed

[Demovictory9]

4. love the decorations of Christmas (Halloween too). TG doesn't have the decorations

[quaint]

5. Another vote for July 4th (not the rah rah patriotic part)

Warm night, good food, friends and family I enjoy, and watching the kids in wonderment.