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[-] Triumph@fedia.io 158 points 3 days ago

To be fair, the equinoxes and solstices are found in nature.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

But also, to be technical about it, the holidays actually celebrating them are still a human invention.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Meh, invention seems something a tad more in tentional. I think nature sort of gave us the solstices, we used them for some reason or another, but then they were too far apart and that's when we invented holidays.

[-] dumples@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago
[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

Lunar new years?

The harvest?

[-] dumples@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

I would say something lunar based would be natural.

The harvest would depend on the plant. You can really harvest something most of the year

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

If you are in the northern hemisphere, the vast majority of plants go dormant almost all around the same time.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago
[-] dumples@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago

Weird calendar to season mismatch.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Perhaps not a holiday in the strictest sense, but definitely because of a natural occurrence

[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 days ago

what is the natural occurrence? the calendar is not part of nature. its basically a rounding error.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

The number of days do not align with a single revolution around the sun.

[-] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

yeah actually you are right. my bad. 

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

But the calendar itself is artificial.

[-] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago
[-] dumples@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Are those holidays?

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

And by extension, Yule and Christmas, Ēosturmōnaþ and Easter, Samhain and Hallowe'en.

this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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