• firecat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      I hate to break it you but all holidays, like the rest of human customs and traditions, are made up by humans.

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        1 year ago

        Yes but they were original and had history or something. American? Nothing but profit and cheap propaganda.

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      1 year ago

      Christmas is actually about the mushrooms, Amanita Muscaria to be more precise

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      1 year ago

      Juneteenth is a very American holiday. For bad reasons obviously, but still American.

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        1 year ago

        Yes but it’s not like an event for celebrating or cheering. It’s always about fighting and the people are still fighting.