Happy Ascension Day, to all christians and others!
It is a day to remember, day of joy that should be celebrated with your family. Here in Iceland it is a public holiday, although its value has been a little lessened in this year as shops have been allowed to have open unlike before. But most people can stay home and celebrate this important event with the family, now it is mostly done as this is a popular day for confirmation cervices.
As municipal elections are taking place in just two days here, it is popular with the parties to use it for events for the families and such.
How is this day celebrated in the US?
Best wishes from Iceland,
Leifur
In the highly secularized USA, if you were to ask people on the street what day is today, most will answer "Thursday." A handful will answer with a "lemme think" and a blank stare.
The holy day is only meaningful to observant Catholics and a handful of Protestant churches that might follow some sort of liturgical calendar paralleling the Roman Catholic one. Not much of a public celebration here, I am sad to report.
-Theo
Ascension Day was mentioned yesterday at Mass. They will talk about it today (but I slept in...) and Sunday (here in Los Angeles) it will be celebrated -- in the churches.
You are in Iceland? My husband's dad's mom came from Iceland. Greetings to the Icelanders and Happy Ascension Day.