And with that, SantaCon hit San Francisco starting in Union Square spreading to North Beach, The Mission, Polk Street, you name it. The annual national celebration across 300 US cities takes drunk revelers on bar crawls in public displays of disorderly celebration. How drunk are we talking about? ‘Tis the season for keep your kids at […]
Tag Archives: Holidays
November
27
The Family Thanksgiving Tradition You Just Can’t Stand – White House Edition
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Good to know even the President of the United States isn’t exempt from teenage side-eye. It’s like a parental rite of passage. Today, President Obama held the annual tradition of pardoning a turkey. Best part about the ceremony was that his daughters – Sasha and Malia – could barely contained their disdain for the production. […]
November
26
6 Facts About Beer to be Grateful About on Thanksgiving Day
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Originally posted on Beer and Burger News:
The first Thanksgiving Day is supposed to be held in Massachusetts in 1621 and was officially celebrated in the USA as a bank holiday in 1863. From that year onwards Americans throughout their country, in Canada and around the world are celebrating this day with a grand feast. It’s…
December
24
Merry Christmas!
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Happy holidays from Bluxome St. Post! “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” ― George Carlin
November
28
150 years of Thanksgiving, the proclamation by President Lincoln that started it all
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
In the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared the first Thanksgiving. With this proclamation, Lincoln established the day as an annual holiday. The document below sets apart the last Thursday of November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise.” According to an April 1, 1864, letter from John Nicolay, one of President […]
Happy Oz Day!
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Why celebrate Australia Day? As one commercial proclaims, Australia Day is a chance to say thank you for beaches, lamington drives, Kylie and our democratic right to give dead arm. The day commemorates the establishment of the first settlement at Port Jackson in 1788. Port Jackson is now Sydney, and Sydney is now one of the best […]
December
31
The Origin of the New Year’s Resolution
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
The New Year celebration was first observed in Babylon in 2000 B.C. People marked the commencement of the year by paying off debts and returning borrowed goods. The practice carried over into Rome with worshipers offering resolutions to Janus, the god of beginnings and endings. When the Roman calendar was reformed, the first month of […]
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