What is the point of holidays?
437258
You mean OTHER than the religious significance? (HOLY DAY=HOLIDAY)\n\nTo be with the one's you love and enjoy some good times. (And remember, if it isn't a good time, it's a good story!!)  ;-)
725825
It's about giving Thanks for the things we have. To be cherful and be together with family and friends. To share what we have with other's who do not have so much. It's about the feeling you get when you help some one out of troubles. It's when you feel the love that comes from spreading the cheers. That is what Thanksgiving is all about.
16704
you can stop anytime you like. holidays are optional in the USA..
528272
You don't have too, it your own personal choice. Remember, it is all just marketing or tradition:\n\nBirthdays - tradition\nNew Years - just marketing\nValentines Day - not a day for gift giving - just marketing\nEaster/Ostrea - tradition/marketing\nChristmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa - tradition/marketing\nAnniversaries - personal tradition\nSurgeries - personal choice\n\nYou get the point.
918518
Christmas for us is a celebration of our faith as well as the gathering of our families and friends. We exchange gifts with one another but we don't make that the focus. For us, it is the time spent together laughing over old times, remembering those that have passed, watching our children marvel over all the traditions, being able to share in some terrific feasts and creating new memories to cherish. I am fortunate that my family genuinely gets along with one another, so the holidays are a time for us to really spend some great quality time together.
459918
Love does bring people together for sure . For holidays does your family gettogether? Well thats love wanting to share things with those you love is natural . Love bonds us to oneanother makes us feel like we are apart of something special makes us whole .
693068
Meaning a change in your routine will get you out of whatever a tangle you're in over at the moment, it could be work, relationships, family crisis, personal issues, etc. Most of us release our worries and stress during a holiday -the main purpose to go on one anyway.
843567
In America, we celebrate plenty of different holidays. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, Halloween, Independence Day, St. Patricks Day, Easter, New Years (January1st), Labor Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day. Even some from different ethnicity, Tet (Chinese New Years), Cinco de Mayo, Hannukah (Not sure I spelled that right), Kwanza, and plenty more that I can't think of right now.\nI don't specifically have a favourite holiday, but if I had to choose, I'd say Christmas, and I know a lot of people love this holiday too, but I love it because it brings everyone together and puts a great smile onto our faces. Don't get me wrong, I love the presents, decorating, and Christmas shopping, but one of the best parts is, it gets everyone in a good mood, and I like that about people, it let's them forget some of there troubles and let's them just have fun because it's such an important day to us and our families, and let us enjoy our fun traditions. And I really mean it, not trying to be cheesy.
665589
It is when an employee can pick a day to be a holiday for him/herself.
891683
Holidays are overrated. I prefer to try to enjoy every day and make the most of every day. To treat every day as if it's special because it is and treat myself special also :c)\nWhat's your fave holiday?
815151
depends on what holiday, Mabey you should refrase this
728640
Because sometimes there is work to be done on the holidays and someone has to do it.\n\nSome services do not close - eg. fire fighters, ambulance service, hospitals, police, phone companies...etc.\n\nAnd if the services don't stop, someone has to do the work.
781305
Does 'nt the word holiday originate from Holy Day. What English people call a holiday (as in seaside) the Americans call a vacation.So calling Christmas a holiday seems ok to me.
905691
I don't think that's weird. You're entitled to do what you want to do. In my family, we celebrate Easter, Halloween and Christmas and birthdays because those are the fun holidays for the kids. As for the rest of the holidays.....we pretty much do the same thing on those days as we do for any other.
794528
I agree. Saying holiday break instead of Christmas break is a joke. However, I respect others opinions and faiths, but I should be able to say mine as well as them theirs.
70507
No.  It is a faux holiday designed to sell jewelry and greeting cards.  If we treat each other right every day we don't need a special day set aside to remind us to appreciate each other.
779116
You make a very good point . Every holiday motivates people to change patterns of behavior and attempt the impossible for some .\nPacking the family in the car and reaching a destination in a location not traveled to daily .\nHow can we stop stupid people from attempting to navigate roads they are un-familiar with and thus cause the death of themselves and others .