How do I remove "Holi" (March 2) from my iphone calendar?

darionoharis wrote:

Hello Wendymoira, Holi is a Indian Festival for celebrating colors. It is a very huge festival in their country. The reason why it is reflecting in your calendar is because may be your calendar synced with Google Calendar. Looking at the Google's influence in India they must have added it in their calendar.

No, Holi is a Hindu (not Indian - there are many religions in India) festival celebrating Spring, fertility and a good harvest. Similar to the way Easter celebrates fertility (why do you think there are lambs, rabbits and eggs involved?) The colors represent several things that I will not explain in this family-oriented forum. It is celebrated around the world, including the US. There are Holi celebrations in major cities around the US including, but not limited to, New York City and Philadelphia. There is a Holi celebration a mile from me in a park in New Jersey. As there are 3 million Hindus who are CITIZENS OF THE US, including 3 who serve as representatives in Congress, it is clearly a US Holiday as much as Easter is.

br2olson wrote:

I want the calendar to reflect official US holidays. I am not fussed about it being a religious holiday.

I would like to know Apple's position on this.

The USA does not have even a single Nationally recognized holiday. It never has. Congress is not empowered to make any such thing.

Igothepower wrote:

“Holi” has never been a US holiday nor indicated on a US holiday calendar until now. Why added it now I believe that the point of this thread.

Why not add it if a large number of Americans observe it? The nation and its population evolves and changes, so why can’t commonly observed holidays? Not one single so-called “US Holiday” is, nor has ever been, universally observed by all Americans.

And again, if someone doesn’t observe it, why can’t they simply ignore it? Why must it be eliminated just because it does not fit your’s or anyone’s particular opinion of what constitutes a “US Holiday”?

Nobody complained about Easter being on the calendar(although it was never recognized as a legal holiday for federal employees), but as soon as a holiday that some Americans don’t think they celebrate as American is added, a few in that group start complaining. To me that sounds like the same prejudice talking that America has been battling for years. I think we should all calm down and think to ourselves: “you know what, 3 million people that are US citizens celebrate these holidays (if not more). They deserve the right to be dignified just as much as us native American killing settlers do by getting to have their holidays on our (our as in ours as a nation) calendar too.”

Todd1914 wrote:

You said you thought that was the Christian way. I wasnt sure what you meant. Did you mean that the Christian way was being prejudiced or just the complaining part?

Yes.

(Based on what has been expressed on these forums.)

Caswartz wrote:

I’m so sorry I thought that this was a helpful site. It’s full of real life bullies. It was a simple question, not an open forum for bashing.

Like so many people, you have labeled disagreement as bullying. This does a disservice to people who really are being bullied. It's also simply an attempt to silence people who disagree with you by attacking their motives rather than confronting their ideas. It's intellectually dishonest.

They became common extras days off over a period of time to draw potential quality employees to a business.

I'm actually a bit ahead of myself there. That came later. These "standard" days off, medical plans and other perks came from the organization of unions. Go back before large union organization, and working 12-14 days, 6 days a week with no days off other than Sundays, no medical insurance, not even a 10 minute break in the day, was normal. Didn't like it? Too bad. There were plenty of people out of work who'd take your place in a moment, and employers knew that.

All of the common holidays came from union demands, along with shorter work weeks/hours per day, vacation time, and most other perks we now take for granted. In my first full-time job, we got Good Friday off for Easter, paid. But that was only because it was written into the union contract. No job I've had since then includes that day as paid time off. Not unless you want to use one of your vacation days to cover it.

Unions aren't anywhere near as strong as they were some decades ago, and that's mostly because almost all employers offer the types of perks and work schedules unions (literally) fought for without having to be a union shop. If you don't offer similar perks, potential employees you would want to hire will ignore you and go somewhere else.

Todd1914 wrote:

Yes. Except for that one guy... saying that people should go back where they came from is definitely bullying...

I would take the opportunity presented by 'that guy' to castigate all Christians for his appalling statements, but that would be unfair. I am pretty sure that tolerant Christians do, in reality, exist. It's a shame that they are largely not here which only leaves people like 'that guy' as the religions spokespersons.

Todd1914 wrote:

I’m sorry that you feel that way. I’m sure you didn’t mean to start a conversation like this but sometimes Americans find it important to talk about this kind of stuff when they disagree.

Thats not the purpose of this forum and the terms you agreed when you signed up. If you have some point to make there are forums outside here when you can do this. If you've got a question about an Apple product or service please ask it and if the question has already been answered you can mark it as helpful or if you have a new question start a new thread. Discussions outside of that derails the purpose of this forum.

Todd1914 wrote:

Yes. Except for that one guy... saying that people should go back where they came from is definitely bullying...

It's rude and offensive, certainly. But way to many things, in my opinion, have been, of late years, labeled "bullying". I'm very hesitant to label any kind of of speech as broadly impermissible, especially when the speaker has no power relationship with the person they're addressing. I have no problem calling people out for rudeness or offensiveness and it's inappropriateness in civil discourse. And, in many cases, I think labeling something as "bullying" deprives the person on the receiving end, by labeling them victims, of agency and power.

I thought this was intended as a technical support group. I am disappointed that so many users are turning it into a cultural / religious forum. I have never heard of Holi so I wanted it removed. For the record I am a Unitarian Universalist and we support the common worth and dignity of all individuals.

This appears to be a defect, as if the word "holiday" were supposed to be there but got cut off.

Regardless, this should be removed.

Yep

Per a google search it is a Hindu holiday, March 2.

I agree; holidays that are not official US holidays should be removed from the US holiday calendar.

You are not talking to Apple. This is a user forum.