What are Some Unusual Holidays in the United States?
The big holidays of the calendar year are imposing and unchanging, often associated with history and time-honored traditions. Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July are all US holidays that bring to mind childhood, nostalgia, and a vein of seriousness behind the happy celebrations. For those who feel a little panic at traditional holidays, the United States boasts a variety of funny and ironically unusual holidays that you can celebrate at your leisure. Many of these have origins shrouded in mystery, but nearly all are silly and worth a celebration at least once.
