I have to edit my gripe about the 'made up' holidays...

I am also not a huge fan of "Puerto Rican Day" - Kiss me, I'm Puerto Rican!

Cinco de Mayo either....

At my old job we had a nice one day deal called "International Day".

The hospital arranged for caterers to bring in ethnic food and they turned the cafeteria into a buffet, some people would dress in their native garb, we had a nice meal and fun going from table to table checking out the vibe.

I am all for celebrating your roots, but think we have gone overboard with the idea.


I propose we an American Holiday to celebrate the U.S.

Let's call it Tax Year. It will start on April 16th and run until April 15th.

We can all work in unison to pay our taxes, so we can have an even better country!

The colors will be red, white, blue and green, the color of money.

No one will be left out and everyone will be included. We can tweak it to celebrate participating in the running of the country.......

On the April 15th we can party and celebrate the end of another year of hard work and unity.....