Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491026-20141007184915/@comment-24145588-20141007191843

The idea has potential, but aside from any technical details, it does bring up some interesting questions about nationalism or ethnocentrism. Almost certainly, the majority of the audience is in the U.S., but are the very U.S.-centric holidays going to be appreciated by the wider audience?

For example, last year during the U.S. Thanksgiving week, turkeys gave double food value. No real problem there, I'd guess. But I'm pretty sure you wouldn't get much buy-in worldwide for things like the U.S. Independence Day, Veterans' Day, Labor Day, or MLK Jr. Day -- remember, that isn't even agreed upon here.

On the other hand, getting some more global flavor in the holidays could be fun (if they're not offensive to anyone), such as a dressed-up Dragong for the Chinese New Year, some Scandinavian variants on the Yool, etc. We already get an Entbrat dressed up for Oktoberfest (although it's part of the Halloween decorations).

I don't know enough about other cultures to know about their holidays, or what might be considered inappropriate to make part of a game. I'm pretty sure we're not going to have the monsters fasting for Yom Kippur.

I'm actually kind of surprised by the presence of the Blabbit, but I guess it falls in the same category as the Yool: more associated with the commercialized (and particularly, Americanized) versions of the holidays, than with their original religious holidays.