International Day Off from Celebrations: The Only Way to Celebrate Is to Do Nothing Every day in the world calendar is marked by some kind of celebration. International, professional, ecological, religious, folk, funny — there are hundreds, if not thousands of them. Birthdays, anniversaries, anniversaries, festivals, corporate events. We live in an era of total celebration, where a reason for a celebration is literally under every corner of the calendar. And that's great, until the moment comes when you just want to breathe. When celebrations tire you more than work. When the soul needs not fireworks and champagne, but silence, solitude, and idleness. It is for such cases that the International Day Off from Celebrations was invented. The paradox is that this is also a celebration. But the only way to celebrate it is not to celebrate it at all. Anticelebration: How the Day When Nothing Is Celebrated Came About The exact date of birth of this unusual day is unknown. As often happens with the best ideas, it was born out of fatigue and, possibly, out of despair. It is believed that the "founders" of the Day are the residents of the UK. According to one version, it was the employees of a London event organization company in the early 1990s who first celebrated it in the form of a humorous flash mob to take a break from their professional activities. Event industry professionals, who create celebrations for others every day, decided to take a day off from "daily festive worries". They proposed to spend the day at home, in front of the TV, for a walk, or with a book — without guests, without fireworks, without reasons. The idea turned out to be so viable that the tradition was continued in the following years. In the 2000s, thanks to the Internet and social networks, it went far beyond London and the UK. The date of celebration is most often on July 4th. The choice of this date is not accidental: on this day, the whole world watches the grand celebrations in honor of ... Read more