"Holi" just showed up on March 2, 2018 on my calendar on all of my devices and I can't remove it. Any ideas?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
Re: solstice & equinox. I find it odd that Apple doesn't feature those four days on the calendar. More than any other calendar events, they are inextricably tied to the solar year. Lunar & solar eclipses are also left out as well as phases of the moon and meteor showers.
usernamechallenged wrote:
Can people post a query without it turning into a political SJW three-ring circus?
Apparently not.
As far as this…
…yes I have to look it up every year when I am preparing newsletters and making plans for Easter activities!
I usually can find what day Easter (or any holiday) falls on by doing a web search. Or Spotlight. Or Siri.
CountryGirl56 wrote:
I usually can find what day Easter (or any holiday) falls on by doing a web search. Or Spotlight. Or Siri.
Good point. "Hey Siri, when is Easter" is much faster than browsing or searching the calendar for it.
"Hey Siri, when is the Spring Equinox this year" also worked.
"Hey Siri, when is Holi" did not work, however. So I guess it's more important to have it in the calendar than Easter 😉
Lawrence Finch wrote:
"Hey Siri, when is the Spring Equinox this year" also worked.
"Hey Siri, when is Holi" did not work, however. So I guess it's more important to have it in the calendar than Easter 😉
Brilliant!
Lawrence Finch wrote:
CountryGirl56 wrote:
I usually can find what day Easter (or any holiday) falls on by doing a web search. Or Spotlight. Or Siri.
Good point. "Hey Siri, when is Easter" is much faster than browsing or searching the calendar for it.
"Hey Siri, when is the Spring Equinox this year" also worked.
"Hey Siri, when is Holi" did not work, however. So I guess it's more important to have it in the calendar than Easter 😉
"Hey, Siri, when is Easter and and when does spring break start for the local schools so I can coordinate the church Easter kids activity, taking into account my call to jury duty and D's work schedule and the deadline to get this design project to the printer?" ... crickets ... "Never mind, Siri. I need to have this plotted out visually anyway."
Although I can respect your opinion... there are People that we’re born in America that still celebrate this holiday. So I’m my opinion there is nothing wrong with them having their holiday on a calendar. Just like we see all the Jewish holidays on the calendar. Hindu is a religion. Has nothing to do with our country. I’m just curious why so many people are against a hindu holiday? Basically what people are saying is that their religious holidays are not important. There are millions of Americans that practice Hinduism as a religion. I hope one day everyone will start to be excepting and respectful of each other’s beliefs.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
macuser7 wrote:
Holi is a "foreign" holiday (a Hindu spring festival celebrated in February or March in honor of Krishna)
How is it more foreign than Easter?
Don't confuse users with logic. 😎
CountryGirl56 wrote:
IdrisSeabright wrote:
macuser7 wrote:
Holi is a "foreign" holiday (a Hindu spring festival celebrated in February or March in honor of Krishna)
How is it more foreign than Easter?
Don't confuse users with logic. 😎
You're probably right. Sigh.....
CountryGirl56 wrote:
IdrisSeabright wrote:
macuser7 wrote:
Holi is a "foreign" holiday (a Hindu spring festival celebrated in February or March in honor of Krishna)
How is it more foreign than Easter?
Don't confuse users with logic. 😎
"My mind is made up; don't confuse me with facts"
rosy621 wrote:
It's a religious holiday, and I expect that some people in the U.S. celebrate the holiday.
As has already been noted, probably about 3 million of them, including three U.S. Representatives.
The Italian American community has been maligned by State and local governments that seek to remove or replace our Italian Heritage Day, Columbus Day. Some have already replaced Columbus Day with ‘Indigeneous Peoples Day.’
As far as I know ‘Holi’ Day is not a recognized, through statute, holiday in America. With that said I have great respect for the diversity of this country but Apple must have a clear and fair policy regarding establishng fixed (or optional) days of recognition.
As it is Italian Americans are unhappy about what is being done to them as a group.
Bill Russo wrote:
As far as I know ‘Holi’ Day is not a recognized, through statute, holiday in America. With that said I have great respect for the diversity of this country but Apple must have a clear and fair policy regarding establishng fixed (or optional) days of recognition.
There are NO, NONE, ZERO holidays recognized through statute in the US (there may be in other parts of America, like Canada and Mexico). So a calendar that had only holidays recognized by law would have nothing on it. The closest you can come is days that Federal Government employees don't have to come to work. And Easter is not one of them.
Apple does have a clear and fair policy, and they have expressed it by creating a calendar that reflects that policy.
Bill Russo wrote:
The Italian American community has been maligned by State and local governments that seek to remove or replace our Italian Heritage Day, Columbus Day. Some have already replaced Columbus Day with ‘Indigeneous Peoples Day.’
What are you going on about. Columbus Day is on the Apple US Holidays calendar.
Yes, so is Indigenous People's day, but that seems appropriate to honor the millions of indigenous Peoples who were MURDERED by your ancestors.
Bill Russo wrote:
As far as I know ‘Holi’ Day is not a recognized, through statute, holiday in America.
There are no "U.S." holidays. Congress can only establish holidays for federal employees. I hope your sense of pride in your heritage does not depend on whether or not one company decides to include a particular holiday on the calendar they publish.
nebnp wrote:
The 1st includes foreign holidays...the latter seems to only have Holidays in the United States, though it isn’t very complete I.e. no Memorial Day.
Just WHAT are you talking about? There are NO "foreign" holidays in the Apple US Holidays calendar. Every holiday listed is celebrated in the US. If you consider any of them to be foreign, then clearly Easter must be a "foreign" holiday also.
Agreed! Every culture/religion/country has their own variations of spring. Let’s keep calendar inputs directly relevant and minimal. I’m Jewish and the vast majority of my holidays including our Purim are not indicated. But the vast majority of Americans aren’t Jewish. So that makes sense. Neither are they Hindu.
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