Saturday was Skirt Day!
Today I’m going to take a break from writing about building better websites or HTML shortcuts and celebrate with a certain amount of awe and relief the greatest day in the Canadian calendar, Skirt Day.
Now for those of you who don’t know about Skirt Day (and I am sure there are millions of you) it’s a little like Easter in the sense that it doesn’t have a set day. In fact it comes to different parts of the country on different days but this year in my sleepy little town of Fredericton New Brunswick it came on Saturday, March 28th. Also like Easter, Skirt Day is the celebration of new beginnings and fresh hopes.
Skirt Day in New York City (photo by bnittoli)
Skirt day is, simply put the first day of spring that you step out of your local coffee shop and notice all the women are wearing skirts for the first time since Thanksgiving.
It’s a magical day and before anybody gets all high-and-mighty that it’s a sexist holiday, Skirt Day can be celebrated by women too. Every woman knows the day I’m talking about … you look out of your office window and men simply look better, they’re jackets are off and suddenly for the first time in months you can see hope again … that’s what Skirt Day is all about.
Now, as wonderful as Skirt Day is … today we have freezing rain so I’m not going to celebrate too much but, here’s hoping that pretty soon all the snow will be gone, bikes will be out and we can all enjoy a BBQ in the summer heat.
Spring brings in skirts,lemonade,Mexico vacations, tank tops, frappicino,strawberries and lots of color!
I was very glad to learn about such an interesting day in Canada.I have never heard about it before.I think holidays are very nice in spring.They reflect nature in human beings.Nature arises after long sleep of winter and fills itself with energy and new hopes and so do people.
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Frankly, I never heard about this day before. It sounds good too looking at it’s history for women.
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yeah, we have a similar day here – shorts day.
Well living in Salt Lake City, not sure if we have such a thing, but I am certainly a fan!
Gr8 post Ross,
Thanks for this information because i was not anything listen about “skirt Day” in canada….
That’s either a good or bad thing depending on who’s wearing the skirt ;)
Everyday is skirt day in London
Spring has come! Now every day is Skirt day everywhere.
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This post brought a smile to my face. I love spring also, and I always look forward to that first day when its warm enough to be outside in shorts. For me, that’s when spring really begins.
LOL! This is best time of the year. Never heard the frase “Skirt-day” before, but what a great thing. We’ve had wonderfull spring weather for a week now, so I guess it’s been “Skirt-week” also :)
Skirt-day should be a national holiday ;) The weather is great here in Holland too! So that’s skirts and tulips.
Like the Skirt-day :)
@Solar Power, which London do you live in.