Comments | bopeepsheep: Writer's Block: Holiday horrors

bopeepsheep

Writer's Block: Holiday horrors

Dec 15, 2010 14:16

writer's block, the writer's block prompts are screwed

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onelargecat December 15 2010, 15:08:47 UTC

Obviously you have the right to your own opinion, but! I disagree that it's not a holiday unless most people get a day off work. I think most Christians would say Easter is a pretty big holiday but I don't think most people get a day off for it, Christian or not. (Just one example.)

bopeepsheep December 15 2010, 15:10:18 UTC

Uh, yeah, here we do. Four day weekend, and one of the few days most things are shut. Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.

onelargecat December 15 2010, 15:26:38 UTC

I guess it counts then! Though still by your definition that makes Easter not a holiday in the U.S. Do you get Jewish holidays off work?

onelargecat December 15 2010, 15:33:22 UTC

I'm not trying to be argumentative, so I hope it didn't come off that way. I just was surprised you felt something wasn't a holiday if you didn't get a day off work for it. But I also call everything from thanksgiving to xmas "the holidays," so I just approach it differently I guess.

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veronica_milvus December 15 2010, 17:33:43 UTC

Well, originally, a "holiday" just meant a "holy day" - but it is also true that on the bigger holy days, people got some time off work. So I think you are both right.

However I'm in agreement that "the holidays" does not refer to a whole month of the year in America only. However, most Americans seem to be AWOL in their heads for most of the time between Halloween and New Year.

the holidays uberregenbogen December 20 2010, 07:15:16 UTC

I've always taken "the holidays" (as in the holiday season) to refer to the various holidays that occur during that time of year-not every day within that span.