Comments for every day's a holiday! http://everydaysaholiday.org why wait to celebrate? Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Earth Day by Mikey http://everydaysaholiday.org/earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-154666 Mikey Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:31:17 +0000 http://edaholiday.com/?p=4402#comment-154666 originally Earth Day was on April 21st originally Earth Day was on April 21st

]]> Comment on St. Urho’s Day by Nestor http://everydaysaholiday.org/st-urhos-day/comment-page-1/#comment-146792 Nestor Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:49:54 +0000 http://everydaysaholiday.org/?p=2723#comment-146792 Thanks for shedding light on that Mike! If you don't mind I'd like to include your comment in the actual post itself. When people ask me if any holidays stand out in my memory, I always mention St. Urho's Day. There's something about it that captures the imagination. Thanks for shedding light on that Mike! If you don’t mind I’d like to include your comment in the actual post itself.

When people ask me if any holidays stand out in my memory, I always mention St. Urho’s Day. There’s something about it that captures the imagination.

]]> Comment on St. Urho’s Day by Mike Mattson http://everydaysaholiday.org/st-urhos-day/comment-page-1/#comment-146620 Mike Mattson Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:04:40 +0000 http://everydaysaholiday.org/?p=2723#comment-146620 I am Richard Mattson's son. I have been well aware of what has transpired since Dad created St. Urho. Gene McCavic was an employee of Ketola's Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota, who wrote the original Ode to St. Urho. My sister went to Bemidji State and had Dr. Havumaki as an instructor her first year there. She had mentioned St. Urho one day, and Dr. Havumaki asked her about him. It is known that Dr. Havumaki was interested in folklore from the Iron Range, as the Range is made up of many European backgrounds. It was from here that Dr. Havumaki probably took the idea and changed it to grasshoppers. The date was also changed to the present day from May seventeenth. I give Dr. Havumaki cudos and credit for getting St. Urho better known and spreading the word about him and his antics. However, he did not create St. Urho. Richard Mattson, my Dad, did. The real proof is in hard print at the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia in the archives. I have yet to see any bonafide proof that Dr. Havumaki or any other person created St. Urho before that. If so, I would like to hear from them and see their proof. In the meantime, let's keep upholding and celebrating the memory of a great fictional saint! I am Richard Mattson’s son. I have been well aware of what has transpired since Dad created St. Urho. Gene McCavic was an employee of Ketola’s Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota, who wrote the original Ode to St. Urho. My sister went to Bemidji State and had Dr. Havumaki as an instructor her first year there. She had mentioned St. Urho one day, and Dr. Havumaki asked her about him. It is known that Dr. Havumaki was interested in folklore from the Iron Range, as the Range is made up of many European backgrounds. It was from here that Dr. Havumaki probably took the idea and changed it to grasshoppers. The date was also changed to the present day from May seventeenth. I give Dr. Havumaki cudos and credit for getting St. Urho better known and spreading the word about him and his antics. However, he did not create St. Urho. Richard Mattson, my Dad, did. The real proof is in hard print at the Mesabi Daily News in Virginia in the archives. I have yet to see any bonafide proof that Dr. Havumaki or any other person created St. Urho before that. If so, I would like to hear from them and see their proof. In the meantime, let’s keep upholding and celebrating the memory of a great fictional saint!

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