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Also, TIL UK doesn’t have a national day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Day
Historically St Georges Day (April 23rd) has been an English National Day, but not so much in the last 100 years or so. It’s not even a public holiday any more. But it’s still a reasonably well known thing
There have been some campaigns and stuff to refocus and increase the importance of it, but many (not all) of these have some connotations with the Right and that kind of Nationalism
Interesting, thanks! Personally, do you have any day you consider national day? St Georges Day or another?
Funnily enough, Saint Jordi (the Calan name of that saint) is a very big thing in Catalonia too, on the same date: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_Books_and_Roses
Not the guy who you were talking to, but I’m English and I can honestly say there’s not a single day that truly feels like a celebration of being “British”.
I think the closest anyone really gets to a day of unity (and not just for the individual countries) may be Remembrance Day? November 11th.
Apart from that, we’re like a dysfunctional family all celebrating our own things on our own days 😂
England is like that one sibling who thinks they’re the most important person in the room. Their other siblings hate them for all the bullshit they went through growing up because of them. England brushes it off as character building or some shit and continues to be an abusive older brother.
Some additional days:
- February 28: Andalusia National Day
- April 23rd: England National Day - Saint George
- March 1st: Wales National Day - Saint David
- May 19: Brittany Day
- July 11: Flanders
- July 25: Galician Day
- September 11: Day of Catalonia
- September 27: French Speaking Community of Belgium
- October 25: Day of the Basque Country
- November 30: Scotland National Day - Saint Andrew
It’s interesting how most of these days are in summer or autumn, hardly any are in winter.
I was very confused at first about that weird scoring system. Maybe I should take a nap
