bagheera_san | Formerly wrongly titled post

Argh! It's like Fandom_Wank in our living room - my mother and her boyfriend are arguing about the whether the monks in Tibet serve any purpose (which in my opinion is about as reasonable a reason to have an argument as shipwars and flames.)

He: Communism 4eva!
She: Dalai Lama/Tibet = OTP!

In the blogging-about-stuff-we-don't-usually-blog-about meme,

venilia asked me what my favourite/least favourite holiday was.

I'm not a holiday loving person. My birthday and Christmas I usually consider more of a bother/burden/general annoyance because I can't ignore them. Easter is nice (I like the eggs and the flowers and the bunnies, it's all so simple and heathenish and a nice celebration of nature) but I don't acutally celebrate it. Halloween isn't quite a German holiday yet. As a kid I loved Fastnacht (Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras like) because I liked dressing up in costumes and catching sweets (they throw them) at the parades. New Year's Eve is in my opinion mostly an excuse to get drunk and pollute nature with fireworks (but they are admittedly pretty.) The first day of Summer, where children have small parades with flowe arrangement and green branches is also nice.

If I could choose, I would probably celebrate holidays that focus on nature/the seasons rather than religious backgrounds, because I'm not religious and I think my strongest spiritual tie is to nature/the universe in general. I would also love to experience the holidays of some other religions/cultures at least once in my life.