Holidays?

“Women's Day should be Everyday” ....Pardon me while I get up on my high horse.  I am not for any day that is exclusionary and I never have much appreciated them.  Why should a special day be set aside to celebrate a portion of the population pie, leaving out everybody else?  Somehow I find it undemocratic to focus on a day which includes just a segment of the population.  In other words we should celebrate and respect everyone on every day 

Growing up I loathed it when Father’s Day came around and I have never bought a card.  Now there is Grandparents Day, which I put up right there with the bumper sticker which says, “Happiness is being a grandparent” or “My kid is an honor role student ”. 

I swear naming new days is a ploy of Hallmark to see more cards.  Do you suppose that this is the start of a rush to name yet another day?  How about a Gay Day or Straight Day, which Bi and Trans people might find objectionable.  If there were a Dog Day, then cats would get pissed off.  How about Paraplegic Day, leaving ambulatory people up in arms?  A Red Hair Day, or Blonds Only Day (no dark roots) might bother bald folks.  There is a Veterans Day but no Returned Peace Corps Volunteer day nobody to celebrate us.  

Let’s just keep the old days going and delete all the new ones.  I think Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July are fine.  They have a history and don’t shout out “Look At Me”.  And of course birthdays are important.  But save me from yet another new day to celebrate. 

I am now stepping off my high horse if I haven’t already been thrown.