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Your Favorite Holiday?

amyb — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:44:41 GMT

Just curious...your favorite religious holiday, your favorite secular one? (if you even feel the need to differentiate.)

Please, let's try not to get taken down for being "too religious" on this thread, violating any board rules...but I didn't know how else to differentiate and describe what I meant by the different type holidays, but you can just say your fav holiday.

I do separate my two favs...

Easter's my favorite religious holiday...love Spring, love the pastels, the bunnies and tulips, love the meaning of the holiday, love the Lenten season into Easter, that whole journey as a Catholic, love the time of reflection into renewal. Love my favorite traditional Italian desserts we enjoy during that time too, from my favorite local Italian bakery.

July 4th...my favorite secular holiday. Summer's my favorite season and this is the kickoff to me (more than Memorial Day, the "unofficial kickoff"...either works, however you see it.) July I always say is both our nation's bday month and mine too. And it's just a fun holiday, picnics, parades, celebration of our nation's independence, and 🎇 fireworks.

How about you? What holiday and why, what do you love most about it? 🎄 🐣 🐰 🪺 🎇 ☘️ 🎃 👻 🎉 🥂 🍾

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

wagirl — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:07:30 GMT

easter

4th of July

thanksgiving

st pats day

mostly for the food/ menus---

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

piperbay — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:36:39 GMT

Definitely mine would be Christmas

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Boomernichols — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:03:17 GMT

@amyb Thanksgiving for sure! You and your friends and family get together, eat and visit. NO gifts, no high expectations!

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

amyb — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:08:39 GMT

@Boomernichols wrote:
@amyb Thanksgiving for sure! You and your friends and family get together, eat and visit. NO gifts, no high expectations!

I know, how'd I forget about Thanksgiving! I love it too because of the very reasons you listed! 🦃 🍷 🌽 🥧 🍁

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Mz iMac — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:36:36 GMT

My favorite: The month of my birthday is 1 big holiday.

I celebrate the WHOLE month of my birthday. On the actual day, I party like it's 1999.

"Each day above ground is a good day."

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

MoJoV — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:58:26 GMT

#1 Thanksgiving, just family, friends and food. No gift worries!

#2 Halloween, love it. Ghosts and scary things are my thing. Also kids at the door and candy😍

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Parischic — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:29:11 GMT

Halloween
Christmas Eve
4th of July
Labor Day

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Sooner — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:33:53 GMT

Holidays are sort of a non-issue these times for us. Family and friends are gone, so the two of us just count our blessings to have had them and celebrate having each other.

Of course we celebrate religious commemorative dates, but that is different.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

gidgetgh — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:48:51 GMT

President's Day.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

AuntG — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:53:43 GMT

Thanksgiving because it leads into Christmas.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Eileen in Virginia — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:58:34 GMT

Halloween! I love decorating the house, buying the candy and seeing all of the kids in their costumes. But it's not official until I put my Quacker Factory Halloween sweater on with my Frankenstein necklace and my pumpkin earrings.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

smoochy — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:11:09 GMT

Easter. Most meaningful. I dont care that much about the secular holidays, Halloween in particular

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Effie54 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:14:04 GMT

Christmas, for many reasons. To name a few, I love the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping. Our family's Christmas dinner, sending Christmas cards and our church services. It's the "I'm thinking about you" season. Thanksgiving is just okay. Easter is lovely too. It's the beginning of spring.....which in CT, we're looking forward to.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

lynnie61 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:24:01 GMT

Christmas Eve (my favorite day of the year!)

Easter (renewal, and Spring is coming or here!)

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Patriot3 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:57:57 GMT

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Easter

4th of July

NOT Halloween. It used to be fun, but now it's gotten so gory.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Franklinbell — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:41:47 GMT

Actually, enjoy them all. I am always looking forward to an opportunity to hang out with friends and family and eat. As I age each holiday there is always someone that was there the last time and not now there now. Also there are brand new family and friends to welcome in to the group!

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Franklinbell — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:43:39 GMT

@Mz iMac MIchigan J Frog!! Love him!

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

Still Raining — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 15:50:22 GMT

Love Thanksgiving, so simple, just food and friends and family.

Re: Your Favorite Holiday?

RedTop — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:02:13 GMT

Easter, Memorial Day, and Christmas.