Holidays
The Wellingborough Carnival
The town of Wellingborough, UK, has been holding a carnival for over 100 years. The old affairs certainly featured things that look weird to us today. Here's a photo album to peruse.
And the Wellingborough Carnival home page reveals this year's affair is on July 7th! Plenty of time to make your plans to attend!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 22, 2012 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Holidays, Parades and Festivals, Weird Theory, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Europe
It’s always a good idea to be armed at Christmas
via christmasyuleblog
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 28, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, Weapons
Namahage
And you thought clowns were scary! What about Namahage?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 21, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Superstition, Children, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Puerto Rican St. Pat’s Day
Do they still celebrate St. Patrick's Day with special fervor in Puerto Rico, thanking the saint for freedom from worms and ants? A charming thing, if they do.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 15, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays, Insects and Spiders, Religion, Rituals and Superstitions, 1920s, Caribbean
Happy Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 14, 2012 -
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Category: Holidays
Chinese New Year
Could some scholar of Asian Studies among the WU-vies please explain the iconography of flying sentient bananas to me?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 23, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Asia, Fictional Monsters
Happy New Year’s!
Here's wishing a splendid 2012 for the whole world!
Meanwhile, everyone party like Felix!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2011 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Surrealism, Cats, 1920s, Alcohol
Season’s Greetings!
I hope everyone has a Space Age Christmas!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 23, 2011 -
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Category: Holidays, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s
Happy Thanksgiving!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 24, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Hobbies and DIY, Holidays, Public Indecency
Ten31 Productions
Perhaps you'd like to hire these people to haunt your yard for Halloween.
Turns out they are from my native state of Rhode Island.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 06, 2011 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Holidays, Performance Art
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