And now DS, time for something a little bit different!

Among the many things about the setting of SR, something that I've always wondered about, ESPECIALLY considering the crazy shit that happens in the Sixth World is: what has happened regarding the famous holidays?

I ask this because many of the huge events in SR, I would think, would either diminish the significance of certain holidays, or don't get practiced outright.

For instance, with the Awakening and the revival of neo-paganism, obviously many of the original pagan holidays would also regain popularity. So stuff like Samhain is probably more widely celebrated (and the books that I have read do mention, or at least imply, that the summer and winter solstices are more widely celebrated), but does that mean Halloween is no longer celebrated?

Then there's stuff like Thanksgiving and...well...PRETTY sure all of the NANs don't like having a day devoted to celebrating when the white men first set foot on the land of their ancestors.

4th of July/Independence Day might be a little bit awkward, since the UCAS is supposed to be a shadow of the former USA. Then you gotta wonder how the CAS deals with Independence Day.

Also, pretty sure the Danaan families in Tir Na Nog would rather not have people remember that St. Patty's Day used to be a thing.

Anyways, so what are holidays like in the Sixth World? I am asking specifically about the Western holidays, specifically those typically practiced in the UCAS and/or CAS. If any of the books make reference to holidays, titles and page number references are appreciated!

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...yes, I have plans with holidays regarding my current campaign. Because the possibilities of holiday-related shenanigans with shadowrunners are too good to pass up.

I think the Corporate Court should enforce 2nd of March as Murray Rothbard Day. A day for the people of the world to take a pause and ask themselves which part of their existence they could hand to the private sector. Governments would traditionally announce major privatization plans on that day.

I think in the CAS/UCAS all the normal holidays would still exists.
Tradition is not that easy to kill. Also don't forget that celebrations are good for business and everyone (= corps) want that. So expect them to be comerzialized as much as possible.
Many people likely don't even know what is celebrated except for practicing members of the associated religion.
Local holidays still exists like Mardi Gras (Feral Cities) or the one in Salem (Dragons of the Sixth World Damon entry I think)

Independence day gets tricky. No idea if there is canon material for that.
I don't think that either the CAS or UCAS stopped celebrating it. Imo the question is if the Cas would celebrate its secession as Independence day or celebrate the original one like "real americans". Or both.

And imo "Crash Day" would still be remembered.
I can even see Megacorps having their own holidays (still work days of course).

I guess the NAN calendar is more likely to be along those lines (especially in the Sioux and former Ute lands):

25th of April, Treaty Day
10th of June, Liberation War Day
25th or 26th of June, Battle of Little Bighorn
17th of August, Ghost Dance Day
5th of September, Crazy Horse Day
15th of December, Sitting Bull Day
20th of December, Wovoka Day (founder of the original Ghost Dance movement circa 1890)
24th of December, Awakening Day
29th of December, Battle of Wounded Knee

And whatever day Daniel Coleman was born as Howling Coyote Day.

IMHO, the typically "Christian" holidays (Christmas, Easter) and common Western secular holidays (New Year's Day, Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving) would probably still be celebrated as-is in the UCAS and CAS. I'd have to agree that Thanksgiving probably wouldn't be celebrated in the NAN anymore, though. I also could see the Christian holidays being translated to their seasonal equivalents - something like Christmas being replaced with a more general "winter solstice" holiday (I don't know the culture well enough to specify one) in the NAN and by Yule in Tír na nÓg, for example.

Likewise, different political holidays would probably come up in different regions. I could definitely see Nath's example of Treaty Day or Ghost Dance Day holding sway in the NAN, Secession Day (May 1) instead of Independence Day in Tír Tairngire, and so on.

Do Taco Tuesdays at Bubba's Love Shack count?

~Um

Isn't December 25th "Happy Gift Giver Day" or something in Japan? Something about a guy that lives in the Moon?

Be glad when my linguist friend comes home.

I wonder how much they would twist his doctrine. I wager he would not be a fan of the Corporate Court at all.

Interestingly, Christmas in Japan is actually more about romantic couples, and not so much about family in the Western world.

I've heard interesting stories from my native Japanese friends about THEIR friends bitching about not having a date for Christmas Eve.