Why boomers so particular about festivals?

[kittyklysm]

its just an excuse for the elders to gather everyone at their house la, if no festival no ang pow, you all will visit your elders or not? Old peopler are all lonely but they don't dare to say, cause they don't want to sound self important, they also scared that the younger gen don't care about them anymore.

 

[benedium]

Same reason for cpf. Not everyone will bother or know how otherwise. Traditions and institutions alike.

 

[1BadAssLobster]

Cos they nothing better to do lor.

 

[ChinTuaKi]

Go google Culture, Tradition, roots.

Then go try understand.

 

[Goh Chai Fatt]

i dont give a fug unless got holiday or free snowskin mooncake. dumpling price jacked up meh? means can bring and give to customers also?

 

[keewee0415]

Same reason as why some girls very particular about anniversaries ba.

Btw, since most edmwers are BBFAs, I reckon we encounter boomers more than girls, so no one ever opened a thread complaining about girls wanting to celebrate so many bo liao anniversaries throughout the year.

 

[eggie011]

It's a way to mark the passage of time. Otherwise, every day will look like every other day and become a long blur.

 

[lazyclimb]

Just like Halloween & St Patrick's Day, people just want a reason to get together and mingle

 

[JaeC2107]

someone might have step on ts tail TS goes KABOOOOM WHY WHY WHY

 

[ramlee]

Same reason as why some girls very particular about anniversaries ba.

Btw, since most edmwers are BBFAs, I reckon we encounter boomers more than girls, so no one ever opened a thread complaining about girls wanting to celebrate so many bo liao anniversaries throughout the year.

she wants to celebrate good. can make her drunk to piak piak afterwards

 

[elmohootbigbird]

aiya the latest gen all just caught up with different crap. what's the diff? what gender reveal.. simi hen night.. bachelor's party.. graduation trip.. pot calling the kettle black la.

 

[keewee0415]

she wants to celebrate good. can make her drunk to piak piak afterwards

Like boomers, girls like to celebrate these types of anniversaries in their own ways.
Can only talk about piak piak if you exceed her expectations and I mean just “talk” only.
If she doesn’t want to drink then her wish has to be expected.

 

[Plow98]

Things like Dongzhi, which is totally irrelevant to SG as we got no 4 seasons.

Other stuffs like mooncake festival, or dragonboat festival. It's becomes so commercialized until mooncakes and dumplings prices all jacked up

Boomers are right with their traditional practices.
Traditions help to remind us of what we are
Where came from and the events that became part of our lives.
Traditions are links connecting generations
Bond us as a people, a race that is unique and wonderful.
.
Ramadan, CNY, Deepavali, Dongzhi, Xmas,
.
For Chinese, over the past 5 millennia, we accumulated plenty of festivals
Dongzhi aka Winter Solstice is but one. (21st Dec 2021)

 

[ramlee]

Boomers are right with their traditional practices.
Traditions help to remind us of what we are
Where came from and the events that became part of our lives.
Traditions are links connecting generations
Bond us as a people, a race that is unique and wonderful.
.
Ramadan, CNY, Deepavali, Dongzhi, Xmas,
.
For Chinese, over the past 5 millennia, we accumulated plenty of festivals
Dongzhi aka Winter Solstice is but one. (21st Dec 2021)

立春 is another. remember to deposit marnee on that day

 

[kimsix]

different era experience loh

our era of edmwer ish like to stealth flex their 5C and holiday trips

younger era is IG, tiktok and cancel culture

 

[Daty41]

better than the so many days we have now...world/international ______ day (fill in the blank) almost every week for 1 "special" day

soon we will have World Pfizer day, World Mordena day (because inevitably they will take over Govs soon as everybody will need their shots every 6 months until the day they die....)

 

[PlayDough]

I can tahan all of these except the stupid burning of paper.

 

[70niner]

Same reason why EDMW automatically discuss academic stuff on Sundays....

It's a habit that became a culture

 

[Deep fried]

Things like Dongzhi, which is totally irrelevant to SG as we got no 4 seasons.

Other stuffs like mooncake festival, or dragonboat festival. It's becomes so commercialized until mooncakes and dumplings prices all jacked up

Most of our ancestors come from places with 4 seasons. To mark the end of a year of hard work before winter comes, they celebrate and make offerings to the Gods. They can't work on the farms during winter, so they live on their harvest until Spring comes when they can start to work again.

Festivals are our way of celebrating, renewing our faith and bonding as a community. This is what made us more human ... at least in the past.

 

[jumping_pea]

Things like Dongzhi, which is totally irrelevant to SG as we got no 4 seasons.

Other stuffs like mooncake festival, or dragonboat festival. It's becomes so commercialized until mooncakes and dumplings prices all jacked up

do u celebrate x'mas?