Hello World,

You may have seen the LW holiday themed logos we have used for Halloween and Thanksgiving. LW’s users represent many countries around the world and we want to celebrate holidays and other special days that are local to you, but our team is fairly small and we aren’t aware of a lot of the local customs out there. So we’re asking you what you would like to see represented in a LW themed logo. What are some holidays/special days in your area and how do you celebrate them? And not just major holidays, we would like to celebrate festivals, days of remembrance, and other special days.

Please, comment below your suggestions and ideas on how we could represent them in the LW logo.

EDIT: Mostly looking for events throughout the year. What’s left of 2023 is already in work. Thanks!

  • Jilanico@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    1 year ago

    Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha celebrated by 1.7 billion people in the world :) not sure how to best represent them tho.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    …and Thanksgiving. LW’s users represent many countries around the world…

    I wasn’t paying attention/didn’t think about it until now, but was the Thanksgiving logo also up for Canadian Thanksgiving or only the USian one?

    Also, here’s a nice list to get you started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays

    In terms of ones coming up soon, I’m a fan of Saturnalia (Dec 17-23) and Festivus (Dec 23).

    • canthidium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      The first logo made was for Halloween, so we, unfortunately, missed Canadian Thanksgiving, but will be sure to include next year. Thanks for the link. What we’re looking for is users’ personal experiences with holidays, as we may not be as familiar as a person local to that area would be. We can easily look up a list and make something, but we want to make sure they are represented accurately. Thank you!

  • Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 year ago

    Rosenmontag is a German holiday that does not seem to be well-known in the rest of the world. Just put a Narrenkappe on Lemmy’s head and you’re good.

    Chinese New Year might be another interesting one, but as I’m not exactly well-informed about its holiday customs and traditions, I’d like to leave design ideas to people who know more about it than me.

  • Advocado@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago

    Kanelbullens dag! Celebrated every 4th of october in Sweden (and Finland too)

    Kanelbulle = special cinnabon buns.

    Also, Semmeldagen/Fettisdagen

  • __little_omega@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    Diwali/Deepavali is probably the most widely celebrated Indian festival and can be represented by some variation of an earthenware lamp 🪔 and fireworks

  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    Little late to the party, but Matariki (Maori new year - ma - ta - ri - ki) would be nice to have. Little difficult to implement as its day changes each year, but its a holiday that has only recently come to the forefront in NZ after a century of being suppressed or ignored, and we have only had one public holiday of it since it started again. Late june/early July, usually a Friday.

  • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Could we add holiday logos for the Dutch (and Belgian) holidays of Sinterklaas (December 5th and 6th), and perhaps Kings Day? (April 27th)

    If I have some direction on the style I could perhaps Photoshop something together :)

    Edit: Carnaval would be fun too, but that one might be tricky because it falls on a different day every year (and is also not consistent between countries, I don’t think…)

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    This should honestly be left up to communities to decorate. Asking all of lemmy.world sounds like chaos, or at the very least not enough space to encompass it all respectfully.

  • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    Sorry for the late reply! There are some hungarian fellows here on Lemmy.world and we have 3 national holidays. Here are some suggestions what to implement and how:

    March 15th: 1848-49 Revolution

    You could integrate some of the main symbols of the revolution (such as the 12 points of the reformers or Hungarian cockade) in the logo.

    Aug 20: Country was established by Saint Steven

    This event is also mainly symbolized by the Hungarian cockade and flag but you could make the logo “wear” the Hungarian crown.

    October 23: 1956 Revolution

    In the 1956 revolution the communist coat of arms was cut out from the Hungarian flag, this became the main emblem of the revolution. You could add/decorate the logo with Molotov coctails and a mainly destroyed statue too. (or tanks idk (t34-85 t54))