September 19
When I tell people what I do—write about holidays every day—they inevitably ask, “So, like real holidays? Or, like Talk Like a Pirate Day?”
The implication being that the latter is a “made up” holiday.
Which it is.
First of all, all holidays are “made up”. It’s just the ones we take for granted were made up before you were born.
Second, if the age be the sole determiner of legitimacy, Talk Like a Pirate …Read more
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