December 5th: The Holiday We Can ALL Agree On

The upcoming holidays are warm and wonderful and jolly and candy-caney in all their very own and special ways, but there is a problem. Not everyone celebrates the same ones.

Our Canadian friends were celebrating Thanksgiving back in October, while down in the US, we were busy whoring ourselves up for Halloween.

Last Thursday, many of us stuffed ourselves full of poultry slathered with gravy in the company of people who drive us to drink, but some of us actually remembered WHY we do these things, and, being of Native American descent, very rightly chose not to participate (and was hilarious about it in the process).

Looking forward, there is the obvious distinction between those who prefer 8 days of wee presents, and those who like to get it all over with one Big Bang (oh wait, but they don’t believe in that, right? KIDDING) on December 25th. I speak, of course, of the endless mêlée between Hanukkah and Xmas. (Read that in Hulk Hogan’s voice, please. Before his wife castrated him in front of America by leaving him and taking up with a 19 year old, that is.)

No matter what your own preference/personal belief system/traditions that were imposed upon you by an overbearing mother, the fact remains that there is no holiday EVERYONE can gather round the fire for and tip a glass back, thankful for our lives and friends and the joy we have brought into each other’s lives. (I know, I know, you’re saying, “Actually, that sounds a lot like the days that end in “Y”… true enough, my friend. But wait for it…)

I propose that there is one grand holiday we can ALL get behind. One momentous and notable occasion we can all raise a glass to, and really mean it.

And that, my friends, my interwebby cohorts, my many and varied partners in crime…

is Repeal Day.

December 5th of each year marks the anniversary of a very special date upon which, in the words of The Brew Site,

On December 5, 1933, the states ratified the 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment, thus ending 13 years of Prohibition in America. At the 21st Amendment Brewery, the repeal of Prohibition means we can celebrate the right to brew beer, the freedom to be innovative, and the obligation to have fun.

And December 5th of THIS YEAR, my friends, marks not only the anniversary of said repeal, but it is, in fact, the 75th anniversary of that occasion. I hereby propose that this may be about the only thing we can ALL agreed is worth celebrating, at the exact same moment, no?

Also, it’s Friday, which just works out perfectly for my drinking schedule. Truth be told, I haven’t thought beyond this post, (what with starting a new job today and already having my hands full with the organizing of the Bloggerational Ball), but maybe we couldashouldawoulda put a wee something together? Perhaps an 8pm toast, at a central DC bar somewhere, to Cheers! the ever-so-lovely repealment of one of the most horrific amendments of our time? (Well, okay, not OUR time, but yanno. To honor our ancestors who suffered through bathtub gin, and all that.)

Ah well, just a thought I had dancing around my head this weekend. Holler at a girl if you think it’s a good one… (and if not, at least send me some good thoughts/karma/e-hugs on my First Day at the New Job!)