What kind of weird holidays have you heard about? Or perhaps participated in?

What kind of weird holidays have you heard about? Or perhaps participated in?
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answer:I’ve never actually participated in it; but here in Delaware we have Return Day. Here’s the Wikipedia entry on it. It’s unique to the state. We also invented Punkin’ Chunkin, I’ll have you know, but that’s not exactly a holiday; it just happens at a particular time of the year.
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