What is this National Tartan Day?

**Cowher** · 5th April 11, 07:15 AM

I like how there isn't much religious undertones to tartan day. It is what it is. I am a Christian but I choose not to celebrate most holidays like Christmas. It has a pretty commercialized Christian shell be look into what the Christmas celebration really is. It's anything but Christian.
Tartan day is just pure fun it's not pretentious. Strap on a kilt drink a pint or nine and enjoy. Not much better than that.

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**Lallans** · 5th April 11, 07:16 AM

Robbiethepiper,

I agree with you about St Andrews Day; however Tartan Day was and is needed over here as a secular commemoration. And since Scots mostly built many of the New World colonies, British and non-British, we deserve two days!

**AcuteEnigma** · 5th April 11, 09:28 AM

I think they called in National Tartan Day because Declaration of Arbroath Day just doesn't have a parade and party ring to it, you know???

**Spartan Tartan** · 5th April 11, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Cowher

Strap on a kilt drink a pint or nine and enjoy. Not much better than that.

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OR NINE!!! Well, there wouldn't be any need to ask what's under my kilt

I'm sure I'd be making a show by then

**CelticSire** · 5th April 11, 10:16 AM

http://www.tartanday.org/senate.htm

**TaxCollector** · 5th April 11, 05:41 PM

Thank you all so much!

**NewGuise** · 5th April 11, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Tartan Day began in Canada as a way for those of Scottish heritage to celebrate the contributions of Scottish immigrants to that country; later, it spread ....

And as pointed out in another thread, this past month at long last the Maple Leaf tartan was officially declared Canada's national tartan. So I know which kilt I will be wearing tomorrow.

(... which means that will have to hold off wearing my utterly lovely, newly-arrived Keltoi MacBeth modern military-box-pleated kilt until the next day ...)

**PEEDYC** · 6th April 11, 02:21 AM

Tartan Day was celebrated first as a "one of" in America on the 200th anniversary of the repeal of the Act of Proscription which had banned Scots from wearing tartan. This was in August 1982. In the mid 1980's Canada decided to have an annual event called Tartan Day to celebrate all things Scottish and the 6th of April was chosen as this was the date of the Declaration of Arbroath. It is now world wide.

**Zardoz** · 6th April 11, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by AcuteEnigma

I think they called in National Tartan Day because Declaration of Arbroath Day just doesn't have a parade and party ring to it, you know???

**Downunder Kilt** · 6th April 11, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by PEEDYC

Tartan Day was celebrated first as a "one of" in America on the 200th anniversary of the repeal of the Act of Proscription which had banned Scots from wearing tartan. This was in August 1982. In the mid 1980's Canada decided to have an annual event called Tartan Day to celebrate all things Scottish and the 6th of April was chosen as this was the date of the Declaration of Arbroath. It is now world wide.

Not on April 6 it isn't, we in OZ and NZ celebrate it on July 1 the date of the repeal of the Act of Proscription