If you could invent a holiday, what would it celebrate?

Question

Inventing your own holiday is an imaginative way to express personal values or quirks! You could decide what it celebrates, its traditions, and even create a fun backstory for its origins.  I would establish Internet Blackout Day. on this day, we unplug from technology and connect with others. We could participate in activities such as playing board games or getting crafty with art supplies.

Answer 1

Here’s a more casual and slightly poetic version of your Internet Blackout Day suggestion:

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Internet Blackout Day: Log Off. Live More.

Once a year, we take a deep breath and hit the off switch. No emails. No doom-scrolling. No “just one more video.” Internet Blackout Day is our digital detox holiday—a 24-hour pause to remember what life feels like unplugged.

We swap WiFi for wildflowers. Likes for laughter. We roll dice instead of reels and doodle with markers instead of mouse clicks.

Traditions? Think board games on the porch, handwritten notes to friends, messy painting sessions, long walks with no GPS, and stories told face-to-face—not face-to-screen.

The legend says a bunch of friends turned off their phones one rainy Saturday... and ended up having one of the best days of their lives. Now it’s a tradition—every first Saturday of May.

Join us. One day. No screens. All heart.

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Comments

I absolutely love this idea. It feels like in a bid to create more and further connections we became far more disconnected. If this could be done at least once a month, I'm sure it would have a positive impact.