Today is my name day.
Latvians celebrate your name like birthdays...every day has three or four assigned names and those people celebrate on that day.
'K' is 24 July. 'My sister' is 10 May. And the biggest one is on June 24: 'Janis.' (This coincides with the big big midummer celebration where you have to stay up all night and drink and sing.) All the Janises get celebrated that night: they get oak-leaf-wreaths made and wear them as crowns, and so do their mothers and wives.
So today is my name day. I got flowers and my family sang to me and I got gifts. It is great.
Don't you wish you were Latvian?
Posted by at July 25, 2003 01:02 AM | TrackBackJon, you are June 24, the big Midsummer Celebration!
And I got a Hawaii (the Big Island) travel book and luggage as gifts.
Posted by: Me at July 30, 2003 02:33 AMAnnually, we celebrate the little-known holiday called 'Ron day". All of the folks named Ron gather together in one place and burn an effigy of Ronald McDonald.
Posted by: ron at July 25, 2003 11:12 AMHappy Name Day! When's mine?
Posted by: Jonathan at July 25, 2003 09:38 AM