I am not Jewish but I have respect and admiration for all my Jewish friends. I have fasted on the Jewish fast day many years just to align myself with my friends. I certainly understand the UCO office being closed during the holy days in September.
I do not want to be critical because I know how hard the people in the UCO office work to make life easier for the rest of us in the village.
I am somewhat surprised that today on Good Friday, the holiest day of the year in the Christian calendar, the UCO office is open. I would like to ask that UCO reconsider their policy for future years because not only is the office open, it is open during the most holy hours of the day. Noon to 3 is the time that many Christians go to their churches and remember the reason that they believe.
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Mollie:
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100% that UCO
should honor all religious holy
days and not single out certain
ones.
The Exec board did review holidays and decided on a secular UCO. It is interesting that you observe the religious holidays of your particular friends but every day is someones' religious holiday. Businesses, Seacrest, SWA etc. are working today, having realized they cannot provide all religious holidays to their employees. Are you saying that your 2 chosen religions are more important than the thousand others. That is a slippery slope, I am for a secular UCO.
ReplyDeleteGood points Elaine, I bow to logic. However in a perfect world, each person would have **** holidays and take the ones that are important to their belief system and work on the ones that aren't. That would allow businesses to stay open and be covered.
ReplyDeleteSince We are looking for holidays to observe by closing UCO. Please Include my Wiccan Holidays
ReplyDeleteWICCAN SABBAT
ALT. NAME
ASSOCIATED HOLIDAY
EARTH EVENT
DATE
OCCASION
Samhain Hallowe'en 15° Scorpio Oct 31 Pagan New Year, Honouring the Dead, Cleansing and releasing
Yule Christmas Winter Solstice ~ Dec 21 Rebirth, Life triumphs over death
Bridgid Imbolc Candlemas 15° Aquarius Feb 2 Purification, Initiation, Dedication
Eostara Lady Day Easter Spring Equinox ~ Mar 21 Conception, Regeneration, New Beginnings
Beltane May Day May Day 15° Taurus May 1 Passion that fuels Life, Joy, Fertility
Litha Midsummer Summer Solstice ~ Jun 21 Transition, Planning
Lammas Lughnasadh First Harvest 15° Leo Aug 1 Gratitude, Abundance, Fruition
Mabon Thanksgiving (Second Harvest) Autumn Equinox ~ Sep 21 Giving thanks, Reflection
Thanks , Mike
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteApril 22, 2011 8:52 PM,
Do not forget the observance of The Poon Far!
Dave Israel
Yes, please keep UCO secular. Religion, political affiliation and sexual orientation are personal choices and should be kept personal, out of the public realm.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the March 21 post, Christmas is a UCO holiday, with UCO to be closed on Monday, December 26. How is this a secular holiday?
ReplyDeleteHave no recollection of the
ReplyDeleteXBd reviewing which days
UCO would observe as Holidays, however, any &
all religious oriented ones,should be left to the discression of the observer..for before you know it,UCO could cease to function ( someone would find an observance almost daily)
Lanny, Dec 26th is National Whiners Day (how CV-appropriate is that). Xmas could be renamed Mid-Winter All-Purpose PC holiday, it is a Federal holiday and they are all secular I suppose.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dave
ReplyDeleteHow could I have missed Poon Far?????
It's Elaine's fault, I look to her for guidance in all spiritual matters and it seems, she has let me down.
Mike
Elaine:
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get your info in
saying that Dec. 26th is a
Whiner Day. My son was born on
Dec. 26th and no way is he a
Whiner. Ask his new neighbors
for he just bought a condo here
at CV and they threw a cookout
party for him.
Nut, Just Google it.
ReplyDeleteThis thread has left out the most deserving of secular holidays .. FESTIVUS!
ReplyDeleteElaine:
ReplyDeleteYou DO NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION
to call me Nut.