Happy International Womens day!!!!!

[alexandral]

I think I must have said this millions of times, but I don't really like "Mother's day" (celebrated in the UK on the fourth Sunday in Lent ) , the holiday has a problem by definition - What about women who lost their mothers or their children? "Mother's" day may not be the happiest time for these women. But this doesn't stop me from greatly enjoying the presents my daughter gives me every year for Mothers day, I love presents.

But International Womens day!! I love it! Let's unite, celebrate each other and think what we can personally do to help displaced women (this year's attention point).

Happy International Womens Day, everyone!!!!!! ** big hugs **

Comments

[arathesane.livejournal.com]

Oh I am sure that many non-religious folks observe it just not as many as do Christmas.

Easter is really more Pagan than anything else. At least in how it is celebrated! It is more about spring's arrival(again, Pagan), the emphasis on nature - ducks and bunnies and the like, the eggs, it's almost all Pagan.

Christmas is also quite Pagan. The date comes from the time that Christians and Mithraites were forced to share catacombs for worship when they were both being persecuted by the Romans. The date is very near the Winter Solstice which was a holy day for the Mithraites.

But the emphasis on the candy and stuff for both holidays? That's all fairly recent and can be traced back to Europe in the last couple of centuries. Santa Claus, gift-giving, those are more recent practices.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am familiar with this. This is why we don't really get involved too much (well, I buy chocolate every week :D) - I am not sure what for I should be doing any of this.