Other Celebtration Opportunities

When I talked about this in a presentation in Europe an American who was in the audience came to talk to me afterwards, she said that I had a cheek taking her national heritage in vain .... but that it was a good idea and she was going to do the same .... and good I tell her about some peculiar English holidays or celebrations. So, somewhere in Florida is a development team who celebrate, among other things, Guy Fawkes night on the 5th November every year! (Guy Fawkes was an English conspirator who, in 1605, was arrested along with a group of others for attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament using barrels of gunpowder in the cellars.)

I suspect that you could celebrate something from around the world on every single day of the year, of course the real trick is to celebrate only those events which have a ridiculous air about them, anyway, here are some to be going on with;

- the first business day in a new year is a holiday in Italy, UK, Ireland and Australia except for the state of Victoria. Why not in Victoria?
- 15 January is 'Adults' day in Japan.
- 26 January is 'Australia Day' in Australia!
- 15 March is the Anniversary of the Revolution of 1848 in Hungary.
- 4 April is Cold Food day in Korea.
- 15 September is Respect for the Aged Day in Japan.
- 27 September is the French Speaking Community Day in Belgium.
- 8 April is the Birthday of Buddha in Japan.
- 18 May is the Birthday of Buddha in China and Korea.
- 25 May is the Birthday of Buddha in Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

Wait a minute, what is going on here? Who is this guy, and why does he have so many birthdays?