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Asked at Checkers Food Store, 23rd and Louisiana streets on November 25, 2009

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“No, I prefer Christmas. It’s a lot more fun for the grandkids.”

— Walter Stroker, retired, Lawrence

“Yes, because of the food. It’s better than Christmas.”

— Tristan Anderson, 3-year-old, Lawrence

“No, it’s not. Easter is because it’s the resurrection of Christ.”

— Pam Morrison, pastor, Lawrence

“Yes, because it’s just about family getting together without presents and commercialism.”

— Molly Pratt, homemaker, Eudora

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grammaddy (anonymous) says…

Yes, it is. Great food, lots of family and no commercialism.
November 25, 2009 at 5:57 a.m.
tangential_reasoners_anonymous (anonymous) says…

My favorites are all those undesignated holidays-from-the-Holidays.
November 25, 2009 at 6:12 a.m.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…

Free State Beer Day is my fav!
November 25, 2009 at 6:18 a.m.
trinity (anonymous) says…

nope. my fave holiday is festivus! :)
November 25, 2009 at 6:29 a.m.
canyon_wren (anonymous) says…

It's one of my favorites, but not THE favorite. I guess Christmas is still my favorite--there are so many aspects of it that I enjoy, particularly the music. It IS nice,though, that Thanksgiving is not as commercial as the other holidays--that spoils holidays for me that used to be a lot more enjoyable.
November 25, 2009 at 7:14 a.m.
nbnozzy (anonymous) says…

St. Paddy's Day
November 25, 2009 at 7:14 a.m.
SpiritTat (anonymous) says…

Till I had a kid of my own, I dreaded the holidays ~ sooo much family baggage, Schwarzenegger in his heydey would have had trouble carrying it.

But time (a whole lot of it) ~ and a wee one of me own to start a-new with, have me enjoying the winter holidays soo much ~ and especially Christmas, so that one gets my vote for fav.

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
November 25, 2009 at 7:17 a.m.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT (Ronaldo Ignacio) says…

Oh heavens no, never.

I have a larger propensity for enjoying holidays such as Extraterrestrial Abductions Day on March 20th and National Margarita Day on Febuary 22nd, so Thanksgiving is off the favorites list.
November 25, 2009 at 8:19 a.m.
autie (anonymous) says…

Thanksgiving is a total waste of a good holiday. And Tristan, Wake up dude, you're only three. And what is so special about the re-election of Jesus? What did he run for anyway? Was he like a city commissioner in Nazareth?
November 25, 2009 at 8:26 a.m.
prospector (anonymous) says…

Snap, that is a holiday I can pull up to the bar for. I have the opportunity to celebrate 359 days a year.

The choices

New Year Day
Kansas Day 1/29
Valentines Day
Memorial Day
Solstice
Blow something up day
Labor Day
Halloween
Turkey Day
Solstice
Christmas
Amateur Night 12/31

Did I miss any?

Tristan, That is a very good answer. Keep that attitude dude.
November 25, 2009 at 8:38 a.m.
prospector (anonymous) says…

"Was he like a city commissioner in Nazareth?"

Well. they did give him his own Neewollah parade a week before they hung him out to dry. You know how quickly they can turn on those politico's.

Give little dude a break, that is the only other holiday he knows because it is in his face. Got to love the un-jaded attitude, that eating is better than consuming. He knows nothing 'bout birthin' baby Jebus.
November 25, 2009 at 8:55 a.m.
autie (anonymous) says…

Prospector, the important ones you missed:
Panama Canal Day
National Potato Week
Custer's Last Stand Day
Opening of Dove Season
Ardenne Offensive Day, Dec. 16th
and of course, May Day, comrade.
November 25, 2009 at 9:03 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

Something tells me that if you put a turkey with all the fixin's in one corner and a bunch of wrapped presents in the other, lil' Tristan would be saying something different. But he's cute, though.

My favorite is Halloween.
November 25, 2009 at 9:06 a.m.
prospector (anonymous) says…

Jonas, he will be sitting is a fort made from the boxes gnawing on a turkey leg soon there after.
November 25, 2009 at 9:15 a.m.
canyon_wren (anonymous) says…

autie, you must have been watching one of my favorite Andy Griffiths reruns lately--to remember Panama Canal Day and National Potato Week!
November 25, 2009 at 9:39 a.m.
backyardwino (anonymous) says…

don't forget:
International Talk Like a Pirate Day. . . Sept, 19
System Administrator Appreciation Day. . . (last Friday of July)
November 25, 2009 at 10:06 a.m.
snap_pop_no_crackle (anonymous) says…

Tomorrow is the birthday of Eugene Ionesco. Go do something absurd.
November 25, 2009 at 10:19 a.m.
The_Original_Bob (anonymous) says…

Oh, dear no. International Biscuit Conundrum Rememberance Day is my favorite. Kansas Day comes in a distant second.
November 25, 2009 at 10:19 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

"Jonas, he will be sitting is a fort made from the boxes gnawing on a turkey leg soon there after."

Hmmm. . . I didn't start playing Lord of the Vikings until I was at least 5.
November 25, 2009 at 10:31 a.m.
jonas_opines (anonymous) says…

For Holiday cheer (for those who don't hate animals I guess)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humanint...

Great thing is that his facial expression in the first pic is really similar to the face that I've had human clerks give me when I told him I didn't want the 100s, just the regular hard pack.
November 25, 2009 at 10:34 a.m.
Machiavelli_mania (anonymous) says…

No, I like the Solstices. They are older and not borrowed. And they didn't come from the repression of natives.

I am thankful that history is being rewritten. Let's go all the way back to a world prior to monotheism, when people weren't merely herded like animals as they are today, thanks to W. Civilization and the current dark age.
November 25, 2009 at 10:44 a.m.
prospector (anonymous) says…

" Ardenne Offensive Day, Dec. 16th"

Grampa was there and lived to tell about it with souvenirs. Those entrepreneurial Frenchie's pick up spent brass Howitzer shells and decorated them with pounding and a punch into an attractive vase with name and dates. I have one for Verdun and Argonne Forest also. I never had the opportunity or guts to ask him where he pick up the German helmet with a serious hole in it.
November 25, 2009 at 10:45 a.m.
mom_of_three (anonymous) says…

nope, thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday, but it is nice to have Fridays off. Christmas is okay. I usually enjoy family get-to-gethers. This year, I just want to veg to myself with my hubby and kids.
November 25, 2009 at 10:47 a.m.
Ricky_Vaughn (anonymous) says…

As much as I enjoy indulging in gluttony, I'm with Jonas. Halloween is my favorite.
November 25, 2009 at 10:53 a.m.
acg (anonymous) says…

No, this isn't my favorite holiday. I get up at 6:00 a.m. and start cooking and then spend a whole day cooking and cleaning things. I munch so much while cooking that by the time dinner rolls around I'm full. Then I generally pass out on the couch for a few hours and wake up to a kitchen that looks like it needs a Hazmat squad. This year, however, will be different. My hubby said he was going to do all the cooking and for that I'm truly thankful! Yay! I may just sleep in, take a hot bath and do my nails.
November 25, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.
dajudge (anonymous) says…

Usually. Cinco de Mayo is a good one, too. Lots of Mexican food then.
November 25, 2009 at 11:33 a.m.
autie (anonymous) says…

Prospector, my Pops still has some like vases his father brought back from the Great War. He still has his uniform in a cedar closet. My Dec. 16 day was for the second one though. When Sepp Dietrich's panzers rolled out of the fog in 1944.
November 25, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
Newell_Post (anonymous) says…

propsector:

How about Guy Fawkes Day? That's sort if like "blow something up day."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawk...
November 25, 2009 at 12:44 p.m.
fleeba (anonymous) says…

Halloween is definitely my favorite.

Other than the Turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, which IS one of my favorite dinners..Thanksgiving tends to remind me of all the past faults of our ancestors and the "claiming" of new property...
November 25, 2009 at 1:44 p.m.
Sagecasey (Troy Taylor) says…

My favorite holiday is January 2nd. The end of the holiday season.
November 25, 2009 at 1:50 p.m.
labmonkey (anonymous) says…

R_I and Autie.... Please tell me there is a National Eyebrow combing day for Walter.

My favorite holidays are Super Bowl Sunday and Chiefs opening day.
November 25, 2009 at 2:33 p.m.
ckeizer77 (Corey Keizer) says…

Easter = Facepalm.
November 25, 2009 at 4:15 p.m.
autie (anonymous) says…

labmonkey (Anonymous) says…

R_I and Autie…. Please tell me there is a National Eyebrow combing day for Walter.

Oh my. Please tell me who Walter might be before I go all OCD and waste a bunch of time googling this. Ain't he gots no scissors?
November 25, 2009 at 5:09 p.m.
riverdrifter (anonymous) says…

Mardi Gras.
There was my pal Roger hanging by his knees from the railing of a balcony over Chartres Street when he started to throw up and the hookers...
Oh, never mind.
November 25, 2009 at 8:28 p.m.
denak (anonymous) says…

Yes, if I'm the one cooking. I only get to cook Thansgiving every 5 years or so, so it is fun when I do get to do it.

Of course, if I had to cook every year, I probably wouldn't like it as much.

Dena
November 25, 2009 at 8:30 p.m.
misterlee (anonymous) says…

I like saying goodbye to the year on New Year's Eve. It's also a great time to get kissed alot.
November 25, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.