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serious crayons:
I propose that for some of these minor days we follow the example of the valiant Europeans trying to fight them off.
You can treat your grandparents, your administrative assistant or your boss any time. Setting up a day that's not that widely known might just set the potential recipients up for disappointment.
As for "children's day," when my children were really young, a casual friend invited me to a gathering in a park as "a day to honor our children." I was like, "Oh, for god's sake, don't we do enough of that all the time already?" I didn't go.
The statistics might surprise you. Both mothers and fathers, including those working full time and otherwise, spend more time with their children now than they did in Beaver Cleaver's day. Mothers spend more than fathers, of course. But both spend more time than earlier generations did, even when the phrase "stay-at-home mom" would have seemed weirdly redundant. :laugh:
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 01, 2017, 10:39:42 pm ---Isn't that April 19 in Massachusetts?
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From wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 29, 2017, 10:31:54 am ---Oh, OK. Still, the same explanation might be similar -- perhaps those European retailers are struggling and they picked up the idea from US retail and are hoping to capitalize on it there.
I like to give the general public a little more credit for independent thinking. Who knows, though. I do think everybody's affected by the culture they live in, and certainly the retail industry is part of that culture. But even retail here started getting into Valentine's Day and Halloween decades ago -- maybe as early as the late 19th/early 20th century, and gradually developed over a long time into what it is today. It's hard to believe a retail establishment could suddenly start selling and advertising products -- elaborate costumes and decorations and gifts and cards and foods and all that stuff -- and the population will all fall in line and start buying it, whether they like it or not. But if you see it happening, maybe so! :)
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Well, of course it's been a gradual process over the years.
Regardin the struggling retailers, I don't think they need to be struggling to pick up anything new that might enhance their profit. They'll pick up anything and everything, esp if it's American since the American culture had such a major influence here for so many years. Ever since the war, actually.
Sason:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 29, 2017, 11:00:50 am ---Just as McDonald's has taken over the world. ...
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Exactly. And coca cola.
CellarDweller:
did someone say "Coca Cola"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCsFvVg0UY[/youtube]
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