Oh, crap! I missed Swteetest Day!

[Back to being Cenanuff]

Good thing I'm single.

Just out of curiousity, where does this one rank in the pantheon of romantic days? I mean, you have Valentine's Day, their birthday, your anniversary, to a lesser extent Christmas and New Years, and of course, Sweetest Day. I'm of the opinion that it's a bona-fide Hallmark Holiday, but as I was dropping my son off at day care today, two of the girls there were griping about what their boyfriends did, or apparently didn't do enough of, over the weekend.

[Deleted]

What is sweetest day? I've never heard of it.

[Back to being Cenanuff]

It's a holiday similar to Valentine's Day, but this one was made up by marketing companies because there was a drop in merchandise sales between Labor Day and Thanksgiving.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

I got my wife a ring....


I picked up our wedding rings from being cleaned/polished/etc.


Hallmark holiday if there ever was one. If my wife ever gave me crap about it I would probably literally laugh at her - luckily she is on the same page as me.

[Bake Or Die]

I never even heard of it.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

Is it like Love Day?

[The Ichi]

So it's a second Valentine's Day made up on the spot because companies aren't making enough money from their commercialized bs.

...Yeah, no thanks. This holiday does not exist.

[Young Game]

I save all my romance for St. Swithun's Day.

Then I treat myself to a fine Italian meal.

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Oct 18, 2010 12:51:04 GMT -5 Bake Or Die said:

I never even heard of it.

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

I had never heard of this until I saw it mentioned on the internet a few years ago.

I don't like Valentine's Day, even when I'm in a relationship, so that should give you an idea of what I think of this one.

[vashondude]

Oct 18, 2010 12:51:04 GMT -5 Bake Or Die said:

I never even heard of it.

Me neither, but that's most likely due to the fact that (according to Wikipedia) it's celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region and parts of the northeastern US and I don't live anywhere near those areas.

[Baixo Astral]

Sweetest Day is great... I put up the Sweetest Day decorations, woke the wife up with a Sweetest Day breakfast of candied sugar toffees, and then we unwrapped the Sweetest Day presents, and went for a traditional Sweetest Day pilgrimage to several of the midwest's candy manufacturers, to thank them for such a heartfelt holiday.

Then, we tucked ourselves into bed, I took out the 4lb replica of an Idaho Spud she'd thoughtfully purchased for me, and we took turns bludgeoning each other into unconciousness.

Another successful Sweetest Day!

[jagilki]

Is there a Bitter Day?

[Kevin Hamilton]

I celebrate no randomly made up holiday that doesn't have an aluminum pole or airing of grievances involved.

[A Platypus Rave]

I have never heard of this... and yes it sounds exactly like "love day" from the Simpsons.

[Baixo Astral]

Oct 18, 2010 14:26:08 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

I celebrate no randomly made up holiday that doesn't have an aluminum pole or airing of grievances involved.

I'm hoping to lure my better half into throwing me a Festivus-themed birthday party.

[The Peoples Elbow]

It ranks slightly higher than Boxing Day here in the US.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Oct 18, 2010 14:32:58 GMT -5 Baixo Astral said:

Oct 18, 2010 14:26:08 GMT -5 Kevin Hamilton said:

I celebrate no randomly made up holiday that doesn't have an aluminum pole or airing of grievances involved.

I'm hoping to lure my better half into throwing me a Festivus-themed birthday party.

That would rule.

[Baixo Astral]

Well, my birthday is the 24th of December, so it'd be both a celebration and an aversion, and would only be one day later than the actual festivus day.

I want spaghetti in marinara sauce with meatballs, and chocolate babka.

[Kevin Hamilton]

There's always cinnamon babka if all else fails.