Southern Hemisphere Celebration Dates

[den]

Feb 2 - Lammas (sounds like a good excuse for a BBQ)
April 30th - Hallowe'en
Aug. 1 - Horse's Birthday
Aug. 2 - Wombat Day
Nov. 1 - November Day (like May Day, but... you know.)

Also

July 22 - Pi Aproximation Day (22/7 for those who do dates like that)


So Happy November Day everyone. And for my November Day wish I would like to see Bill Murray in a movie called "Wombat Day."

(oops. left out Yule and Midsummer's Day)

Comments

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

All these celebrations are tied to the seasons, with each day being specific to that season. Frinstance, Pagans freak out a little when we talk about Yule at christmas time, because Yule is a mid-winter festival and christmas is mid-summer.

The vale between worlds is lowered on the night half way between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice. For us that's between mid March and mid June.


Anyway, I don't remember us Aussies "doing" hallowe'en before the late 80s.

[azhreia.livejournal.com]

Anyway, I don't remember us Aussies "doing" hallowe'en before the late 80s.

I remember reading about The Great Pumpkin and halloween in Snoopy comics in the 70s, but more as a cultural curiosity type thing. "that's something quaint that americans do".

the first time I remember seeing a halloween display and being urged to "buy candy" was probably the mid 80s. I remember seeing Mr T. (A Team) halloween "swag bags" for collecting the halloween loot in the supermarket at the time and thinking that the supermarket owner had lost his marbles. The poodleboy was very much into Mr T at the time (as many a 7 year old lad was), which is probably why it stuck in my memory. ;-)