It's not a national holiday. Maybe a religious one? I want it off my calendar. I'd like to stick to actual US Holidays.
Thanks.
iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.6
wendymoira wrote:
On my chosen US Holiday calendar I expect to see the following according to the Federal holidays established by law (5 U.S.C. 6103):
- New Year's Day (January 1).
- Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Third Monday in January).
- Washington's Birthday (Third Monday in February).
- Memorial Day (Last Monday in May).
- Independence Day (July 4).
- Labor Day (First Monday in September).
- Columbus Day (Second Monday in October).
- Veterans Day (November 11).
- Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November).
- Christmas Day (December 25).
For information on the observation of these holidays within Federal employee work schedules, please see the Federal holidays fact sheet at http://www.opm.gov/oca/WORKSCH/HTML/HOLIDAY.asp.
I subscribe to my chosen religious (Christian) holidays and I appreciate that this is an option; it is here I expect to see holidays associated with my Christianity. "Holi" is not a part of my chosen religion and according to law (per above) it is not a US Holiday, it is a Hindu festival. It needs to be removed. Thanks Apple, we'd like this corrected.
Apparently you have not been following the long, drawn out, painful saga here. What you have listed above is exactly what Apple tried to do - put out an actual US Holidays calendar. And what happened? Thousands of Christians accused Apple of all sorts of things because Easter was no longer showing. Did it matter that they could download a Christian calendar with all important Christian holidays to augment the US Holidays one? Not one whit. Threats of lawsuits followed by promises to abandon all Apple products ensued and went on for days. Then, Apple re-issued the Calendar with Easter put back on it. In addition, they added important religious holidays for all of the other Major religions in the world. Since all of those religions are practiced by Americans all over the country.
But, NO, that WASN'T OK either. The Christians came back accusing Apple of trying to be "PC", or of acting like a bratty kid who decided that if you didn't it one way, then they would give it to you all ways.
It's a no-win situation. If you don't like the new US Holiday Calendar, unsubscribe from it, subscribe to a normal, secular, US Calendar, and, and you have already done, keep your subscription to the Religious calendar of your choice.
The amazing thing is that all of these things meld together so nicely, that one can truly customize their calendar to be exactly like they would like it to be. Unfortunately for the rest of us, a gang of entitled, overreacting, infantile people wanted it their way, and felt that they should not have to make even the tiniest effort to take advantage of the ability to customize. They wanted it their way and they wanted it that way NOW!!! 🙄
So, thank you for being a reasonable person. It is quite refreshing to find a person who understands the beauty of calendar subscriptions and how to use them. I find it amazing how people can make such a huge deal out of something so trivial that is so easily rectified. If only they could spend even a tiny bit of that energy toward trying to find solutions to real problems, like hunger, thirst, illness, hatred, you get it....
Cheers,
GB
Yes it can, but that hardly constitutes bullying.
It is a user manned Technical Support forum, but that has not stopped the hordes from ignoring that fact.
Did the same thing
And you found out that Holi is not a US Holiday. Neither is Good Friday or Easter.
GB
Caswartz wrote:
So in order to get rid of Holi, I have to uncheck US HOLIDAYS and then it’s gone ALONG WITH MY US HOLIDAYS. Holi is not a US HOLIDAY
Are you incapable of typing? If no subscription calendar suits you, don’t use any. Enter whatever holidays you wish in your calendar. Issue solved.
Nothing compells anyone to use anyone else’s optional subscription content in their own calendar. If you don’t like the subscription content, don’t subscribe.
And just what do you classify as a “US Holiday” since the United States of America has not one single Congress enacted National Holiday.
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.
For pity's sake! It's a calendar. It's not a loyalty test. It's not a measure of any religion's or ethnicity's worth. And, it's Apple's calendar. If they want to add "National Way Too Many Americans are Way Too Parochoical Day", they can.
Not that simple of a question when it shows both a lack of knowledge about what is a holiday (there actually are none), and intolerance of any marked day that doesn't fit their world.
Where did all of these "holidays" come from? The same place vacation days, medical/dental coverage and other job perks did. They became common extras days off over a period of time to draw potential quality employees to a business. A carrot to dangle out so you'd get a sought after person over your competitor.
None, not one of these "holidays" are automatic days off at any job you will ever have. They're offered as a perk, only, and can be taken away if the employer wishes.
How do I remove "Holi" (March 2) from my iphone calendar?
