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What are the most important holidays for each major religion? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just saw a discussion among corporate event planners where one person was upset that event organizers don't give proper consideration to scheduling over top of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

I can appreciate the annoyance, when I was still a practicing Christian I would never think to schedule a work thing over Easter or Christmas. We should treat others with consideration, and should be mindful of what others view as important days. But I also don't know what each religion considers to be major, non negotiable holidays. Do you?

Another question, does it matter where the event is? (for example, in the US should less consideration be given to holidays of religions that have fewer adherents?)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I think the trick with a lot of religious holidays is that they're based on different calendars and move around.

It's not like Christmas or New Years which are reliably 12/25 and 1/1.

Look at Easter! It could be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. I couldn't tell you, without looking it up, when it will be next year. (Pro-tip - it's 4/20/2025).

At work, we have a lot of folks who celebrate Indian holidays, but the dates for those can even vary regionally.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

What're you talking about? Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev every year. It's Christmas that shifts about all over the place! Luckily, this year it's easy to remember as it also happens on the 25th of Kislev.

Though you wouldn't know it's one day from going to the stores! It feels like Christmas starts as early as the middle of Tishri these days!

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