It’s just been Easter, and soon it’s the month of May, with both national and religious holidays lined up in Norway. After discussing with some friends I came to see that most of the Norwegian public holidays are come from Christianity. Granted we still have a state church, so this is to be expected. But what if the church and state get separated and Christian Protestantism becomes a religion equal to Islam, Hinduism and the rest. Why should these holidays be any more important than others. Tradition is one reason to keep them, even the French have still have lots of Christian holidays. On the other hand these tradition are not for everyone. In a multicultural world not everybody celebrates Easter or the Ascension day. What if some of the holidays were replaced with ones related to the countries history, making them non religious and more including. The USA has some benefits being such an young nation, the only public holiday they have that is religious is Christmas day. And after being in New York for Christmas day, it’s mostly like the relaxing day between the sales. Why does it feel like the public holidays in Scandinavia are written i stone.

Chismukkah, joke or real, seems to be getting bigger each year. Maybe new holidays are a possibility.