The 5 Best Drinking Holidays

By Amanda

How’s your Easter turning out? Did you celebrate with some mimosas this morning? Or perhaps you’re planning on a little red wine with dinner? I know there aren’t too many drinking opportunities on Easter, but that shouldn’t stop you. After all that’s what holidays are made for… er, well, kind of.

Maybe Easter doesn’t mean kegs, and shots and bar crawls to you, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t celebrate with a well deserved buzz. Get creative, people!

Anyway, I started thinking about holidays and how sometimes they just seem to be made for partying. I’m not talking about the holidays that are all about family (although a little peppermint Schnapps in my hot chocolate sure seems to make Christmas a little merrier at my house). No, I’m talking about the holidays that seem to be created around the drink. The ones that aren’t worth celebrating without something frosty and soothing. The ones where I don’t know what I’m celebrating, but I definitely am happy to celebrate. These are the drinking holidays, and I have listed the top 5 for you below.

5. Cinco de Mayo - I’m not exactly sure what happens on the 5th of May, but I know that I will be celebrating with a burrito, tequila and some limes. (Hm. Maybe that’s why I never know what happens on that day…) It is the perfect example of what I will do to throw a party and pass out shots, even if that means wearing a blindfold and whacking a pinata.

4. Independence Day – It boggles my mind as to who decided to hand out giant sticks of explosives after hours and hours of beer and BBQ fun. I don’t mind though, because it adds a little edge to my buzz. And, let’s be real, fireworks aren’t so cool when you’re sober.

3. Halloween – Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was little. Of course when I was little I wasn’t walking around the East Village in a stewardess costume downing mini bottles of liquor. Still, Halloween is a night of tricks and treats, masked make-outs and a whole lot of craziness.

2. St. Patrick’s Day - Guiness, whiskey, Bailey’s… this holiday was made for boozin’.

1. New Years – Of course you could ring in the new year sober, but it always seems like a good idea to aim for the worst hangover imaginable in order to start the year off right. Between champagne toasts, a Dick Clarke drinking game, or just trying to find enough alcohol to bravely kiss a stranger at midnight, New Years is the top drunken holiday of the year.