gratuitous holiday.

We are all aware of the major holiday like Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, Labor Day and Memorial Day. There are holidays that are only a big deal for certain group of people like good friday, easter, rosh shashanah, ramadan, all saint's day, and lunar new year. Some less known holidays such are groundhog day, april fools, columbus day, flag day, sweetest day or president's day often skip our consciousness all together. And then there are those holiday that we did not even know exist. Did you know that there is a Trivia day? Or a Hoodie Hoo day? Or Left hander's day? Or Poinsetta's day? Most of us don't even know when these are celebrated and what they are for. For an extensive listing of holidays (ridiculous or not) around the world, click HERE.

There are some obscure holiday that I think are totally gratuitous. My two examples would be Doctor's day and Boss day. I think people who are already high up in the food chain of importance, power and money should not be celebrated anymore. If you work in a healthcare, you will understand that Doctor's yield such power and authority. Everyday with them is doctor's day. I could relate to a resident doctor or intern doctor day cause they are paid little and they work their ass off for the attending doctors and specialist. And as for boss day, I could relate to it more if it was middle management boss day. Sometimes these middle management boss are caught in between the conflict of higher management and the workers. So having a day to acknowledge their existence is sometimes needed.