Importance of Holidays

[Hell Bomb]

Hello everyone, I was talking to one of my moderators about a month ago and he was asking me why don't we have holiday announcements. I never really gave it much of a thought but i decided to open a poll asking people if there would be interested in celebrating holidays on the forum, and it turns out that a lot of people really liked the idea. I so i decided to give it a try and it turns out that since we started celebrating holidays, specifically Thanksgiving we got almost 100 new users over a 3 day period. That's about 10 times more then usual.

Some tips to celebrate.
- Create a theme based on that holiday
- Hold holiday contests
- give holiday awards
- Think of other ideas be creative.

Here is a list of holidays that me and my staff came up with.


New Years Day January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. January 19
Groundhog Day February 2
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day February 7
St. Valentine`s Day February 14
Lincoln's Birthday February 12
George Washington's Birthday February 22
Carnival / Mardi Gras February 24
April Fool's Day April 1
Easter Sunday April 12
Earth Day April 22
Veterans Day November 11
Thanksgiving November 26
Christmas December 25

[abdobasha2004]

nice simple tips
thanks
however these days are the least traffic days :)

[BBR-APBT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country#United_States_of_Ameri ca


* 1 January - New Year's Day
* 19 January - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January, traditionally Jan. 15)
* 20 January - Inauguration Day
* 1 February - Super Bowl Sunday (currently the first Sunday of February)
* 2 February - Groundhog Day
* 14 February - Valentine's Day
* 16 February - Presidents Day (officially George Washington's Birthday; 3rd Monday of February, traditionally Feb. 22)
* 25 February - Ash Wednesday (Christian; moveable based on Easter)
* 17 March - St. Patrick's Day (Christian)
* 20 March - Vernal Equinox (based on sun)
* 1 April - April Fools' Day
* 5 April - Palm Sunday (Christian; Sunday before Easter)
* 9 April - First day of Passover (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish calendar)
* 10 April - Good Friday (Christian; Friday before Easter)
* 12 April - Easter Sunday (Christian; moveable; Sunday after first full moon during spring)
* 13 April - Easter Monday (Christian; Monday after Easter)
* 16 April - Last Day of Passover (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish Calendar)
* 20 April - Patriot's Day/Marathon Monday (New England and Wisconsin only)(3rd Monday of April)
* 22 April - Earth Day, Administrative Professionals Day/Secretaries Day (Wednesday of the last full week of April)
* 24 April - Arbor Day (last Friday of April)
* 5 May - Cinco De Mayo (Mexican holiday often observed in US)
* 10 May - Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May),
* 25 May - Memorial Day (last Monday of May, traditionally 30 May)
* 31 May - Pentecost Sunday (Christian; 49 days after Easter)
* 14 June - Flag Day
* 21 June - Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June), Summer Solstice (based on sun)
* 4 July - Independence Day
* 22 August - First day of Ramadan (Islamic, moveable based on Lunar calendar)
* 7 September - Labor Day (first Monday of September)
* 11 September - Patriot Day
* 13 September - Grandparents Day (second Sunday of September)
* 19 September - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish calendar)
* 20 September - Last day of Ramadan (Islamic, moveable based on Lunar calendar)
* 21 September - Eid-al-Fitr/Day after the end of Ramadan (Islamic, moveable, based on lunar calendar)
* 22 September - Autumnal equinox (based on sun)
* 28 September - Yom Kippur (Jewish, moveable, 9 days after first day of Rosh Hashanah)
* 3 October - First day of Sukkot (Jewish; moveable, 14 days after Rosh Hashanaah)
* 9 October - Leif Erikson Day, Last Day of Sukkot (Jewish)
* 10 October - Simchat Torah (Jewish; moveable, 22 days after Rosh Hashanah)
* 12 October - Columbus Day (2nd Monday of October, traditionally Oct. 12)
* 30 October - Mischief Night
* 31 October - Halloween (Christian)
* 1 November - All Saints Day (Christian)
* 11 November - Veterans Day
* 26 November - Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November)
* 27 November - Black Friday (Friday after Thanksgiving Day)
* 7 December - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
* 12 December - First day of Hanukkah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish calendar)
* 19 December - Last day of Hanukkah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish Calendar)
* 21 December - Winter Solstice (based on sun)
* 23 December - Festivus
* 24 December - Christmas Eve (Christian)
* 25 December - Christmas Day (Christian)
* 26 December - First day of Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa is celebrated until 1 January 2010)
* 31 December - New Year's Eve

[cheat-master30]

Nice advice. I find it's definitely a popular thing when a forum changes the style or what not after the holiday in question, although don't forget there are more countries than just the USA...

[as7apcool]

nice idea

[Shabcool]

thanks dir