What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? – There’s a decent question from the Daily Writing prompt.

This answer is subject to change being I used to work most holidays so I’m experiencing some of them for the first time in decades.

In short, my favorite holiday is the 4th of July – We usually spend THE DAY with family. There is no pressure of gifts. It’s warm out and we cook out and eat together. Kids can play outside. Everyone looks skyward together in the evening, and goes “oohhhh and aaahhhh.”

New Year’s – I don’t need to be reminded another year has passed in the blink of an eye. And it is January and cold outside. Plus it’s amateur night and it’s a 20-second holiday. The 10-second countdown and the 10-second kiss. That’s if my better half is still awake.

MLK Day – It’s January and cold outside.

Presidents Day – It’s February and it’s cold outside still.

Memorial Day – is too close and sometimes falls on the day my mother passed. And I usually visit Arlington National Cemetery. So it’s a difficult weekend.

Labor Day – Signals the end of my favorite season.

Thanksgiving – It’s getting cold outside and I overeat.

Christmas – A close 2nd because I love giving and seeing children and grandchildren happy is the best. But it’s so commercial and the spirit of the holiday has changed in my lifetime. Plus it’s December and cold outside.

I was never a government worker so I can’t tell you all the other holidays they get off.