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There are four of them:
Learning Curves: There Are No Holidays in August:
August 7: Wear Your Pajamas All Day Day
August 8: Create Your Own Holiday Day
August 15: Feast of the Assumption
August 20: Unable to Attend Your Back-to-School BBQ Day
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» Holidays in August. from Tim Worstall
Brad DeLong picks up on a nice post from Learning Curves, noting that there are no holidays in August. Peter Lawrence gets there before I do: That's ridiculous. Of course there's a holiday in August: August Bank Holiday. Oh, wait, [Read More]
Hoot Gibson was born on August 8, 1892. Surely his 113th birthday is a reason for calm reflection if not celebration.
Posted by: Floyd | August 07, 2005 at 07:11 PM
? Who gives a Hoot day.
Posted by: Big Al | August 07, 2005 at 08:58 PM
Sorry about that. Aug 1st Civic holiday/BC Day
Aug 14th Tisha B'av.
Aug 15th The Assumption
Aug 19th Raksha Bandhan
Posted by: Big Al | August 07, 2005 at 09:04 PM
That's ridiculous. Of course there's a holiday in August: August Bank Holiday. Oh, wait, you weren't being US centric, were you?
Posted by: P.M.Lawrence | August 07, 2005 at 11:19 PM
Yeah, the Italians make a big deal about the Feast of the Assumption.
Posted by: Abby | August 08, 2005 at 12:59 AM
The Italians shut the country on the Feast of the Assumption. Inconvenient for tourists...
Posted by: Brad DeLong | August 08, 2005 at 07:37 AM
I guess there are not too many Rhode Island readers. We are the only state that still celebrates VJ day (yes, Victory over Japan) the second Monday in August, although the official name is now Victory Day. Having hosted Japanese visitors on VJ day a few years back, I collected another data point confirming the inherent politeness of the Japanese.
Posted by: JWS | August 08, 2005 at 10:02 AM
sister's day is in august and so is Switzerlands National Day and Singapores National Day
Posted by: lemsn | November 25, 2005 at 03:08 AM
..I don’t see this blending as a bad thing. As our cultures become more common, it is easier to communicate across lines of hatred and mistrust.
Posted by: Juno888 | May 15, 2007 at 12:45 AM