• @alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      25 months ago

      And in temperate climates, the first day of spring and Harvest feasts, marked in different cultures in different natural ways.

      • redjard
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        15 months ago

        The first day of the naturally occuring spring, occuring naturally at a set number of days after the solstice.
        You can recognize it from the skybox changing color.

        • @alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          35 months ago

          Au contraire, nature is quite ignorant of the astronomical equinox.

          For nature, things like the Cherry blossoms, the blooming of the magnolia tree and the awakening of the Bumble bee are the ways nature indicates when Spring has started.

          Harvest season and autumn are more typically defined by brown leaves, ripe pumpkins and ripe cider apples.

  • @maxalmonte14@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    February 14th is my birthday so of course I hate Valentine’s Day, I can’t hang out with my friends 'cause they’re hanging with their girlfriends, and if I’m in a relationship I have to go buy flowers and stuff the day of my birthday instead of just chilling and playing videogames which I honestly prefer. And don’t get me started on people assuming I like everything heart shaped and stuff…

    If these two events were a separate thing I’d probably be OK with Valentine’s Day TBH.

  • @MattW03@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    True. I’ve find the Easter Bunny in the wild, last spring .

    Best free chocolate ever.

    • @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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      05 months ago

      Too late, Corporate China reserved November 11 (because it’s all 1s) for that, and western corporations are starting to follow it too.

  • @missandry351@lemmings.world
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    15 months ago

    They are all dumb made up holidays to make you spend money you don’t have to buy shit you don’t need for people you hate in the name of equally dumb and made up traditions that people keep following because they are sheep and don’t question anything. It was never about family or love or whatever argument the rich use these days to convince you to give them your hard earned money so they can buy the 10th yacht of the week.

    • Echo Dot
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      15 months ago

      Yeah but that’s also why nobody likes you so you’ve got to decide if this is really a hill worth dying on. Ya Scrooge

  • @taanegl@lemmy.world
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    15 months ago

    Here we see the spawning grounds of the Pagan holidays, where a young holiday is learning to walk. But wait, in comes it’s natural predator the Christian holiday. The Holiday struggles for a bit, but it is in vain…

  • FartsWithAnAccent
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    Made up CORPORATE holiday, just like Sweetest Day. We don’t even get it off!

    You don’t need a day to tell that special someone how you feel, just do it!