Which national holiday is the MOST celebrated in your city?

ATLMidcity · #1 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 1:19 AM**

Which national holiday is the most celebrated holiday in your city or metro area? When is your city packed to the gills with visitors flooding the streets to enjoy this special day.

Some cities have parades, festivals, concerts, conventions, sporting events and other activities to celebrate the holidays. I'm sure your city is no different.

What makes your city 'lit and popping'?

Steely Dan · #2 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 1:41 AM**

For Chicago, probably September 16

Buckeye Native 001 · #3 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 2:28 AM**

Flagstaff: New Years Eve. We drop a large metal pinecone off the balcony of a downtown hotel. Temps are often in the 20s or lower (Fahrenheit).

Cincinnati: Opening Day no matter how awful the Reds may be.

Austin55 · #4 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 2:50 AM**

Christmas>July 4>NYE>Thanksgiving>Memorial Day>All others

mhays · #5 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 4:25 AM**

Christmas is always the biggest. Not necessarily out in public though.

It's not a religious for most people here. Just a great holiday for a bunch of obvious reasons.

ATLMidcity · #6 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 4:53 AM**

In Atlanta Labor Day is probably the most lit holiday due to the shear number of events taking place in the city. DragonCon takes up the entire downtown, leaving the sidewalks packed like NYC. Gay Black Pride rolls into town and keeps Midtown hopping. House in the Park (at Grant Park) is a music/dance festival featuring 'house' music. Luda Day is a multi-event weekend featuring rapper Ludacris host of stars. Concerts and conventions are plentiful on that weekend, which makes the city feel much bigger in the core.

Atlanta is a ghost town during Thanksgiving and Christmas probably due to all of the transplants heading home to see grandma. Fourth of July and New Years are great times to visit the city with college football games hosted during New Years and the typical party atmosphere.

mhays · #7 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 5:25 AM**

Ok, then Memorial Day for Seattle. Two huge festivals at once.

Folklife is the biggest one...a music festival (world music) at the Seattle Center, which is the site of our more recent world's fair.

The other is the Pike Place Market Street Fair...the world's most redundant fair. Basically it's like the normal Market, but Pike Place (the street down the middle) is fully pedestrianized with additional booths along it.

Pedestrian · #8 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 5:42 AM**

No question in SF: Halloween

10023 · #9 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 6:32 AM**

Pretty easy for me.

Who the hell celebrates New Year’s Day?

Pedestrian · #10 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 7:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Pretty easy for me.

Who the hell celebrates New Year’s Day?

Americans who love American football.

Also, folks who sell pizza and junk food.

10023 · #11 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 9:37 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Americans who love American football.

Also, folks who sell pizza and junk food.

Yeah, you watch the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. But the first half of the day is generally spent in bed and the real holiday is New Year’s Eve.

PhilliesPhan · #12 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 2:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Pretty easy for me.

Who the hell celebrates New Year’s Day?

Philadelphians do! It's called the Mummers Parade, and it has been a Philly tradition since 1901.

With that said, we Philadelphians tend to celebrate New Year's Day and Independence Day more than any other holiday.

iheartthed · #13 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 3:25 PM**

This was tricky. Intuitively, I think most would say Christmas Day, but little happens on Christmas Day in NYC. Thanksgiving Day is more active, so I chose that. New Years Eve is probably the busiest day of the year, but it is technically not a holiday.

maru2501 · #14 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 3:29 PM**

Chicago might be St. Patrick's Day, actually if I am really answering

chris08876 · #15 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 3:38 PM**

Christmas season for NYC. Back in the day, December 2019...feels like a century ago, doesn't it?

Per my visit:

Holiday Crowds NYC 1 - 12-28-2019 by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr

Holiday Crowds NYC 2 - 12-28-2019 by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr

Wall to wall folks and traffic, for a month straight, but a huge economic boost for the city.

For a nearby city in NJ, Newark has mass soccer celebrations. Anytime a Portuguese or Brazilian team wins some sort of cup, its a party down neck.

xzmattzx · #16 Posted **Jul 9, 2020, 3:42 PM**

Probably the 4th of July in Delaware. If you're between the ages of 20 and 40, you aren't a real Delawarean if you haven't spent a 4th of July weekend at one of the Delaware beach towns.