# Please recognize my holiday **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447 "2021-11-01T05:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Badger613](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/badger613/32/70326_2.png) [@Badger613](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Badger613)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/1 "2021-11-01T05:29:11Z")
This November 28th starts the Beautiful holiday of #Chanukah its a 8 day holiday it be great if @GemsOfWar recognize it this year with menorah emoji đź•Ž or something just a suggestion ---
**Author:** ![TonberryDoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TonberryDoink](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TonberryDoink)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/2 "2021-11-14T12:55:43Z")
Yeah, more cosmetic options are always good. However, if we are going to do Channukah, we also need other religious festivals to be available. As well as the obvious Christmas themes emojis and portraits, we also need something for Eid and Diwali. The important thing is we need to be inclusive here. No-one’s holiday should be left out. Obviously other religions are available, and any genuine request from a user to add whatever festival they observe should be considered, and implemented. While we’re at it, can I ask for the pastafarian holiday of “Holiday” to be added? A portrait of a Pirate, possibly a choice of Johnny Bronze, Bonnie Rose and Captain Macaw, wearing a colander on their head, with any traditional pirate hat on top of that, would be great. > **[Holy days](https://pastafarians.org.au/pastafarianism/holidays/)** > > Pastafarians have wonderful religious ceremonies. We celebrate every Friday as a holy day. Prayers are concluded with a final declaration of affirmation, “R’amen”. Around the time of Christmas, Han… ---
**Author:** ![Badger613](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/badger613/32/70326_2.png) [@Badger613](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Badger613)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/3 "2021-11-16T11:24:17Z")
We already have a Xmas/ pagan tree pet a hand full of Easter like egg / bunny’s pets that came out around their respected holidays. Skulls that turn in to leprechaun near saint Patrice’s all Christian based entities. Sadly not just in Gems but in most games one of the oldest religions and cultures is always forgotten despite its deep history. There is Beauty in all Cultures all I wish was there was just a little more representation of mine. ---
**Author:** ![igniteice](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/igniteice/32/67904_2.png) [@igniteice](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/igniteice)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/4 "2021-11-16T14:43:53Z")
Also please recognize Festivus. ---
**Author:** ![Badger613](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/badger613/32/70326_2.png) [@Badger613](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Badger613)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/5 "2021-11-16T17:43:44Z")
For the rest of us love it ---
**Author:** ![TonberryDoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TonberryDoink](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TonberryDoink)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/6 "2021-11-17T00:52:29Z")
And Newtonmas: On 25 December 2014, American [astrophysicist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics) Neil deGrasse Tyson [tweeted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter): > On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec. 25, 1642. A tree decorated with apples to represent gravity, and multicoloured lights to represent Newton’s discovery of the spectrum would be appropriate 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/wow/32/76075_2.png) [@Wow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Wow)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/7 "2022-07-20T17:49:34Z")
Do you really need to write the word “pagan” to request to add your holiday? ---
**Author:** ![Badger613](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/badger613/32/70326_2.png) [@Badger613](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Badger613)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/8 "2022-08-01T16:43:57Z")
I’m simply calling it what it is! If you like a quick history lesson I’d be more then happy to give you Origins of the ever green used in celebration! I think your completely missing the point. I’m happy that there is different holiday items in the game just wish my holiday which are far older and in most cases the bedrock of most of these religions holidays was celebrated too! ---
**Author:** ![TonberryDoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TonberryDoink](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TonberryDoink)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/9 "2022-09-09T14:53:31Z")
Badger is correct. Decorating trees was a pagan thing which celebrated midwinter before christians “appropriated” it. > **[Yule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule)** > > Yule (also called Jul, jól or joulu) is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht ("Mothers' Night"). Some present-day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others may have connections to older pagan Yule traditions. Yule and cognates are still used in English and the Scandinavian languages as well... And here is what the bible has to say about decorating trees: Jeremiah 10: 3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Its a shame so many christians don’t bother to read their bible… > **[Bible Gateway passage: Jeremiah 10 - New International Version](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2010&version=NIV)** > > God and Idols - Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. For the practices of the peoples... Also, he’s right about you completely missing the point. Everyone should be able to celebrate their holidays: Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan or anyone else. Objecting to the use of the word “pagan” is discriminatory, and discrimination is always wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Darkscythe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkscythe/32/76402_2.png) [@Darkscythe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkscythe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/10 "2022-09-09T15:11:49Z")
This is why I believe that Little Bang should be an all day Pet Rescue on the first night of Diwali. ---
**Author:** ![Starlite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/starlite/32/43018_2.png) [@Starlite](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Starlite)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/11 "2022-09-11T15:01:31Z")
I don’t know if this might shed some light for the OP or not… Googling the number of Jews in America versus Australia (where the devs are from, as am I), roughly 2% of Americans are Jewish, while less than 0.5% of Australians are Jewish. What’s more, I get the impression there are a lot of very famous Jews in American culture, but I’m not aware of many famous Australian Jews. Essentially, in my (admittedly limited) experience, Jewish culture simply isn’t very prominent in Australia. It’s not something that crosses our path or mind very often. This may be part of the reason why Chanukah is not currently amongst the holidays comemmorated in Gems of War. (Or it may not – the devs may have other reasons, and I cannot speak for them.) Lucky you to get an 8-day holiday, though! Wow! 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![Darkscythe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkscythe/32/76402_2.png) [@Darkscythe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkscythe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/12 "2022-09-12T02:19:05Z")
Here you go (I’m American btw): [Prominent Australians of Jewish Ancestry Include: - Racism. No Way!](https://racismnoway.com.au/teaching-resources/prominent-australians-jewish-ancestry-include/) @Starlite ---
**Author:** ![Wow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/wow/32/76075_2.png) [@Wow](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Wow)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/13 "2022-09-18T07:13:18Z")
Who is Christian? ---
**Author:** ![Starlite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/starlite/32/43018_2.png) [@Starlite](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Starlite)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/14 "2022-09-19T11:58:54Z")
Thanks. Interestingly, the only two I’ve heard of, I didn’t realise they were Jewish. My point isn’t that they don’t exist. It’s just that Judaism (and possibly religion, in general), just doesn’t have the same prominence in Australian society that I understand it does in the States. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fleet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fleet/32/74121_2.png) [@Fleet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fleet)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-recognize-my-holiday/72447/15 "2022-09-19T14:43:31Z")
GoW is a global game. Globally, Judaism is a significant religion, as is Islam\*, and a few Asian religions. Paganism is also significant, although the term covers a huge range of beliefs. Where does one draw the line? Personally, I like the idea of more non-Christian icons. (\*Muslim people may take offense at such trivial use of their religious symbols, however.)