Tomorrow is Lincoln’s birthday to be followed in ten days by Washington’s birthday.
It is also Chinese New Year.
This is the Year of the Ox.
“is said that Ox ranks the second among the Chinese zodiacs because it helped the Rat but was later tricked by it. The myth goes that the Jade Emperor declared the order of zodiac signs would be based on the arrival orders of 12 animals. Ox could have arrived the first but it kindly gave a ride to Rat. However, when arriving, Rat just jumped to the terminus ahead of Ox, and thus Ox lost the first place.”
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/zodiac/ox.htm
Also see here if you want to see what the Chinese believe.
https://www.zodiacsigns-horoscope.com/chinese-horoscope/chinese-2021/
” kindly gave a ride to Rat. “
Just like The Scorpion, it’s its nature!
Rat tricks Ox huh - guess we just saw that last year
Presidents Lincoln and Washington each had a day named after them as a holiday.
They’ve now been combined into “Presidents Day” and the only “named” national holiday is MLK Day ?
in the words of the immortal Jim Traficant “beam me up...”