Top 10 Worst Holidays

The traditions, the time with family or friends, the celebrations... well, most of the time. You know there are at least a few calendar events that make you roll your eyes. Maybe it's those overly commercialized celebrations that leave you feeling broke. Or the ones steeped in outdated traditions. Maybe it's even a supposed day of merriment that leaves you feeling overwhelmed or lonely.

Whether it's a classic that's gotten out of hand or a bizarre observance nobody asked for, we're uncovering the "holidays" that deserve a lump of coal.

1. Valentine's Day

   

   Same to me, I actually enjoy Valentine's Day, just to relax. It was on the weekend. But during the weekend, when I was relaxing, my mother said that my uncle's wedding was happening on Valentine's Day. So, we went on a long drive to Vermont to go to an old barn where the wedding was happening.

   Soon enough, my uncle unfortunately chose me to be the wedding singer, and the song he picked was "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" since he was a huge fan of Air Supply. So when the song played during the reception, I sang it in front of everyone, and my voice cracked during the bridge, and everyone laughed at me. As if Valentine's Day wasn't stupid enough for me, I had to actually go to a wedding to experience it, and it was not fun.

2. Black Friday

   

   Bloody Friday is what it should be called instead. Instead of hanging out with your family for Thanksgiving, you have to camp outside of a GameStop or Target to go absolute ape the next day over discounts! Seriously, I would picture Black Friday customers as screeching chimpanzees.

   One crisp autumn day in 2008, I saw a discount for a Nintendo Wii. I didn't have one yet. On the day before Thanksgiving, I camped outside of the store, in the middle of the woods, in the freezing cold. The only interesting things I saw were wild deer and turkeys. The next day, I went to the store, and I was pushed back by the mob. I should have saved up for a Wii...

3. April Fools' Day

   

   A schoolgirl prank got out of hand in 1897. Girls at a prestigious school thought it would be hilarious to abscond from school and have a day of fun wandering around the town. What they weren't expecting was for their headmistress to quickly write a letter to all of their parents, asking for their removal from the school to ensure its reputation was maintained.

   An 18-year-old pranked her boyfriend by pretending she was pregnant. He didn't find it funny, and she ended up pulling a knife on him, and the police ended up having to settle the matter. Predictably, she later said the knife was yet another prank.

   In 2001, Hooters server Jodee Berry from Florida won a contest where the server who sold the most beer would win a new Toyota. When Berry went to get her car, she was given a Yoda doll from Star Wars (get it? A "Toy Yoda"). She was so angry that she hired a lawyer and sued the restaurant's corporate owners, Gulf Coast Wings, on allegations of breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation, according to USA Today. The two parties later settled for an undisclosed amount.

4. Boxing Day

   

   Why does this holiday even exist? It basically serves as a sad reminder that Christmas is over for everyone, even for people who don't celebrate Christmas (I have some friends that celebrate Hanukkah). It also serves as a massive sales day for stores, and that's about it. Boxing Day really makes you think the next year will suck, or that it'll be a good one.

   This is a boring holiday. It makes me wonder... Why is there Boxing Day, but no NASCAR day, baseball day, football day, heck, even rugby day, Looney Tunes Day, Mickey Mouse day, and even Jimmy Neutron Day would work better than Boxing Day.

5. Columbus Day

   

   Even in my town, they renamed Columbus Day to "Native American Appreciation Day" and they had a statue of Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo) removed, due to the holiday's dark past. It's about some guy who was born to a family of weavers (or was he?) during the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance who didn't even discover the Americas in the first place. Leif Erikson and the Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot on the New World.

   And he basically acted like a genocidal maniac when he ordered his men to enslave and kill the native population that lived on the islands. Whether his origin story was made up or not, it's not surprising that Columbus was an absolute madman who didn't really discover the Americas in the first place.

6. Lent

   Weird name, painful traditions.

   I feel sorry for anyone that's forced to celebrate this.

   Lent. Seems more like Lint to start a fire.

7. Republic Day

   As a longtime Star Wars fan, I think I like Life Day better than whatever this is supposed to be.

   What does Hanukkah have to do with Republic Day?

8. Halloween

   

   Being from the UK, I have a peeve with elderly people because Bonfire Night overshadowed Halloween for years. It was losing popularity. No offence to Americans or the American version of Halloween.

   Don't get me wrong, I like Halloween. I just like the atmosphere of it, with streets aglow with Halloween decorations at night. It's quite beautiful, as you can see. But, when you're too old to go trick-or-treating, you just have to keep yourself entertained by doing something Halloween-related, like how I watched Shaun of the Dead on the night of Halloween.

   And once those trick-or-treaters are gone, you can just have the candy for yourself. Make sure you don't get sick, or as I like to call it, the "November 1st Hangover." It's a good holiday, but it's kind of lonely when you are alone in your house, watching horror movies by yourself.

9. Wiggle Your Toes Day

   Yes, it's a holiday. This is by far the most pointless holiday ever. I mean, seriously, Wiggle Your Toe Day? Who thought this would actually be cool?

   Should be higher on the list. What is the point of this? You can wiggle your toes every day, so why a holiday? This is just lame and not cool.

   Why does this holiday exist? It sucks so bad! And I will never like this holiday again!

10. Flag Day

    

    Why do we need to have a holiday dedicated to a piece of cloth? I mean, seriously, even as a Six Flags fan, I don't celebrate "Happy Kingda Ka Crest Day."

    Fellow Americans, why? This holiday is just us worshipping a symbol. Do Broncos players worship horses? No.

    Why do Americans have this undying love and sense of duty to a piece of cloth?

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11. ?

    Good Friday

    The worst friday ever. Why? It's not even a holiday. It's about behaving like a blessed person, eating fish, and going to a church to get baptized? Good Friday is the Monday of the holidays.

12. ?

    Patriot Day

    Ugh. This holiday doesn't even exist. It's about 9/11 arabians trying to end the US and four planes crashed.

The Contenders

13. Hanukkah

    

    Even though I live in Israel, I still don't celebrate it because it's lame.

    This holiday was created because they were jealous of Christmas.

    They copy everything from Christmas.

14. St. Patrick's Day

    

    I don't really find this holiday special. We have to wear green? And there isn't really anything that you could do on this holiday. For the Irish culture, I understand, but for America, I still don't get it at all. I also have to get pinched just to celebrate something that isn't really fun.

    The worst part is getting PINCHED for not wearing green. Like, seriously. It's like we're forced to wear green regardless if we celebrate this holiday or not.

    You have to wear green, even Shrek has to wear green, which is stupid. It would also be considered inappropriate for babies who are more sensitive and can be done even when they are taking a bath. The traditional Irish version I can understand, but bringing it to America is just dumb.

15. Kwanzaa

    

    This man-made December holiday isn't even about religion!

    It is a bit mean. Although I'm Roman Catholic, I mean it is a bit bad.

16. Thanksgiving

    

    Ehhh, it's overrated. I don't MIND Thanksgiving, but I don't think it should be a holiday. To me, it's basically just another Sunday dinner, but you get a five-day weekend, which is really nice, and it's on Thursday. Plus, the food isn't even that good if we're honest. Stuffing is kinda nasty, turkey basically tastes like every school lunch ever, and mashed potatoes just aren't my favorite.

    Why do we need a second day where every business except the Chinese businesses closes? I can understand Christmas, but Thanksgiving (basically Christmas without the presents and radio songs)? Give me a break.

17. Easter

    

    When I was little, it was more enjoyable. It was like Christmas 2.0. I'd get a lot of candy, and something that couldn't be consumed in 5 minutes, like a movie. Between the lack of that, the unhealthiness of it, my allergies flaring up, and my dad explaining the pagan origins of Easter, it became more of a burden.

    What you do on Easter:

    1. Do some Easter egg hunt, but ONLY if you're a little kid or you have a young sibling playing an Easter egg hunt.

    Well, let's see, I'm an only child, so no.

    1. Go to church for 5 hours.

    Yeah, no.

    This holiday is garbage.

18. Confederate Memorial Day

    Yes, all Confederate memorials should be demolished and replaced with giant Madagascar penguin statues.

    Fun fact: The Penguins of Madagascar cartoon lasted longer than the Confederacy.

19. Ramadan

    Let's celebrate by not eating! Sign me up. Woo.

    This isn't that bad. The bad thing is that my friends don't even know if they're hungry.

20. Heterosexual Pride Day

    

    Why is there a day celebrating people who haven't faced adversity for their sexuality?

    Instead of Heterosexual Pride Day, there should be a Gingersexual Pride Day put in its place on the calendar.

    It's like they're asking us to invent something like "White History Month."

21. Groundhog Day

    

    This holiday always makes me so angry whenever it doesn't go my way.

    The groundhog is barely even right most of the time. This holiday is just stupid.

22. International Men's Day

    

    I mean, what is this? This is the worst holiday I have ever heard of in my life. Does anyone else even know this holiday?

    This is the worst holiday I have ever heard of - no offense.

    Why would men be better than women?

23. International Talk Like a Pirate Day

    

    Yar, this here holiday needs to walk the plank!

    This exists too? What? What day is it?

24. Christmas

    

    Christmas is too commercialized, and it ruins both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's the only widely recognized holiday of the year because of money and ads.

    The ads are so bad that they are displayed constantly. On the radio, I can hardly avoid them, even when I change the channel. On YouTube, they appear so frequently that I had to pay for a YouTube Premium account just to avoid the commercials altogether.

    The ads have become more and more annoying as the years go by, to the point where it's a headache. I don't want to hear Christmas songs before Thanksgiving or, even worse, around Halloween.

    This holiday sucks. Seriously, it sucks.

    Let's be real. Everyone who loves this holiday only likes it because they get presents, and they won't admit it. And it's not Jesus' birthday like every "Christian" and "Catholic" person claims.

    The weather is just very cold and depressing for the most part.

    Lots of the movies and songs based on Christmas are just corny and cringe, with the exception of maybe a few.

    Everyone's waiting for this Christmas miracle to happen when they are all just coincidences waiting to happen.

    I don't even see why this holiday is regarded as the best either.

25. World Password Day

    Sounds like a holiday that only Chris Chan would be gullible enough to celebrate.

26. Mardi Gras

    Stupid holiday that ruined the reputation of putting the colors yellow, green, and purple together. Alcohol, flashing your body for necklaces, and of course, jesters who look like they came straight from a time machine.

27. Veteran's Day

    Before attacking me, think about it. US veterans have done many unforgivable things to civilians. What do they get for that? A day dedicated to them.