Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI mean, all holidays are kind of fake. They aren’t self-evident, even kinro kansha no hi. But happy Kinro Kansha No Hi!
minus-squarefirecat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year 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.
I mean, all holidays are kind of fake. They aren’t self-evident, even kinro kansha no hi.
But happy Kinro Kansha No Hi!
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.