Poll: Do you know why you celebrate your national day?

the_dramatica

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July 4th is the only thing we are taught in school :)

minor exaggeration, although funny enough I always confuse the start and the end of the war. The declaration came before the war in 1776, but I don't know if it was that we celebrate or we celebrate the treaty we signed at the end of the revolution.
 

hermes

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In Uruguay we have 2 national days: 25th August for declaring independence from European countries, and 18th July for the ratification of our first constitution (there was a period of almost 2 years where we fought for independence from Brazil).
 

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Denmark doesn't actually have a National Day.

We have a Constitution Day, but that's only celebrating the creation of our current Constitution (which was written 5th of June, 1849), while the country Denmark was established in the 8th Century (quite a bit of time between those events).

Maybe, Denmark as a country has grown old enough to know that bragging about oneself never leads to anywhere good.

I mean we're one of the oldest Nation-states in the world (consolidated in the 8th Century), and we have the oldest National Banner (flag) of any countries (Dannebrog was first used to identify Danes in 15th of June 1219)



In short Denmark doesn't need a designated day to tell its citizens that Denmark is awesome.
 

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LeathermanKick25 said:
CrystalShadow said:
LeathermanKick25 said:
thaluikhain said:
Depends which national day.

ANZAC Day used to be about how lots of people dying in badly planned campaign against people we had no quarrel with was, in hindsight, not a good idea. It's gotten more pro-war nowdays, as history has become legend, and minor details like who was fighting and why and who actually won have been forgotten.

Australia Day (or 'Straya Day as it's more popularly known) is about getting together as a nation and celebrating unity and mateship and things. Unfortunately, the day used is remembered as Invasion Day by many Aboriginal people, and every year this is pointed out and ignored.

Oh, there's also sorta decimal currency day, in that Valentine's day is the same day.
Without fail, every single fuckin year. "Change Australia Day to Citizens Day!" It's either shit like that, or Aboriginals trying to guilt trip the government.

Granted, every Australia (don't pretend you don't, you flamin liars) uses any public holiday like Australia or Anzac to just get fucking munted.
Nah mate. Might surprise ya to know this, but there are, in fact some of us that don't drink.
I know right? That's totally un-australian and all, but, frankly, you can bloody well stuff it if ya don't like it. ;p
You say you're Australian...then say you don't drink...

That don't bloody compute mate. Unless you're Tasmanian...which explains everything ;)
That's rich mate, from someone using language like that. You sure you aint a flamin pom or something?

Me mate? I'm well-travelled. 4 states, 2 territories, and 3 countries. Called 'em all home at one point or another.
Along with a good glance at oh, about 30 more...
A bit of perspective can really change a girl.

XD

Ah, it's been fun. I rarely get to indulge such absurd abuse of language. Confuses people too much. XD
 

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In Illinois (specifically the Chicago area), we celebrate Casimir Pulaski Day. It apparently has something to do with Chicago's large Polish population. I've looked up who Casimir Pulaski was and why he's celebrated, but I honestly never ever retain the reasoning for more than a few seconds.
 

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Canada Day, July 1, is the anniversary of Confederation, where in 1867 we stopped being British colonies and became a united country (although it would be another 50+ years for us to become fully independent).

Fun fact, our first Prime Minister, John A. MacDonald, was such a notorious drunk that he famously threw up in the middle of one of his speeches and then kept going.
 

CrystalShadow

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LeathermanKick25 said:
CrystalShadow said:
LeathermanKick25 said:
CrystalShadow said:
LeathermanKick25 said:
thaluikhain said:
Depends which national day.

ANZAC Day used to be about how lots of people dying in badly planned campaign against people we had no quarrel with was, in hindsight, not a good idea. It's gotten more pro-war nowdays, as history has become legend, and minor details like who was fighting and why and who actually won have been forgotten.

Australia Day (or 'Straya Day as it's more popularly known) is about getting together as a nation and celebrating unity and mateship and things. Unfortunately, the day used is remembered as Invasion Day by many Aboriginal people, and every year this is pointed out and ignored.

Oh, there's also sorta decimal currency day, in that Valentine's day is the same day.
Without fail, every single fuckin year. "Change Australia Day to Citizens Day!" It's either shit like that, or Aboriginals trying to guilt trip the government.

Granted, every Australia (don't pretend you don't, you flamin liars) uses any public holiday like Australia or Anzac to just get fucking munted.
Nah mate. Might surprise ya to know this, but there are, in fact some of us that don't drink.
I know right? That's totally un-australian and all, but, frankly, you can bloody well stuff it if ya don't like it. ;p
You say you're Australian...then say you don't drink...

That don't bloody compute mate. Unless you're Tasmanian...which explains everything ;)
That's rich mate, from someone using language like that. You sure you aint a flamin pom or something?

Me mate? I'm well-travelled. 4 states, 2 territories, and 3 countries. Called 'em all home at one point or another.
Along with a good glance at oh, about 30 more...
A bit of perspective can really change a girl.

XD

Ah, it's been fun. I rarely get to indulge such absurd abuse of language. Confuses people too much. XD
You're the dingo that ate the baby, aren't you?

Flaming struth us Aussies have a language that makes bugger all sense.
you can say that again! XD
Ah, but the English language is such a great tool for creative language abuse. Nothing else quite compares to the many absurd and delightful messes various groups have made of that... Excessively inclusive vocabulary... XD

And I'm not a dingo, I'm a cat... I'm insulted you would even suggest such a thing. ;p
 

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Your poll should have an option for "I don't celebrate it".
I don't celebrate Australia day, I endure it. This country is ruled by halfwits no matter which party is on top and populated largely by racists and bogans.
 

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17th of May in Norway, and we celebrate finally being freed from the evil oppression (the 400 year night) by the evil Danish, and later the evil Swedes.

I joke of course.
But we do celebrate getting our own constitution in 1814, freeing us from the union with Denmark, although we were forced into another union with Sweden which lasted until 1905.
 

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February 14th is the date on which both the First Serbian Uprising started in 1804 and first post Ottoman constitution of Serbia was ellected in 1835, two of pretty much most important events for Serbia after Ottoman ocupation.

Prior to that we celebrated November 29th, date of birth of Democratic Federative Yugoslavi (later Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia, Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and Unionistic Republic of Yugoslavia. Yep, Yugoslavia changed names like socks), right up to final disolution in year 2002.
 

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As a brit I like to visit the on this day section of Wikipedia and celebrate the fact that almost every day something there is british even when it is something like Oxford defeating Cambridge in the first Boat Race held on the Thames in London.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
 

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Israel, celebrating our continued existence, unlike Passover which celebrates our continued existence from the Egyptians, or Purim which celebrates our continued existence from Persia (though it's not the leader but the evil chancellor), or Hanucka which celebrates our continued existence from the Romans... Really, most jewish holidays can be summed as "fuck you, we're still alive". Except 15 in Shevat which celebrates trees, maybe there was a tree apocalypse several millenia ago.
Thank you for making me laugh.
I can't imagine a more fitting way to address adversaries than "Fuck you, we're still alive."

infohippie said:
Your poll should have an option for "I don't celebrate it".
I don't celebrate Australia day, I endure it. This country is ruled by halfwits no matter which party is on top and populated largely by racists and bogans.
I knew there was something I missed. There always is in these polls.
Funny thing, I don't celebrate the Swedish National Day so I can only blame ..forgetfulness.
Maybe I'll add it next year, if I remember. ,)
 

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Auberon said:
Formal establishment of independence. I don't care that much, it's always Unknown Soldier (possibly both versions) and few hours of president shaking hands with very long line of people.
Its also a good reason to get pissed the day before, because the only thing better than getting bored shitless watching a bunch of knobs(most of whom youve never heard about) shaking hands with whatever ponce happens to be the president at the moment, is doing it while hungover.
 

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I honestly have no clue about the dutchies. Then again, only thing I celebrate are Halloween and Christmas.
I was thinking either 5th Of May, aka Liberation Day, or King Day. Both are pretty obvious why they're there. Those are the closest we have, I think. Not an actual literal Netherlands Day or something to be found.

I'd celebrate them both if I'd still live in the country and have friends to visit Liberation Day music festivals. King Day I'd celebrate by going to Utrecht to prowl the big-ass flea market for Magic the Gathering cards. Apparently you can often get sweet-ass deals during King's Day, people selling awesomely valuable cards for next to nothing and all that. I want me a piece of that treasure trove.
 

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Saint George's Day celebrates Saint George, a man who by most accounts never came to England. I don't know if it celebrates a precise event in his life, though.