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People here don't celebrate the Derby at all, probably because it's so far away. They watch it on TV maybe if they're around a TV, but that's it.
Here in Seattle May 5 is the opening day of the boating season, so a whole lotta Seattleites will be out on the water, tailgating, eating salmon and dungeness crab, and watching the regatta. I bet most don't even know the Derby is going on. The boats started lining up along the boom a couple days ago.
Cinco de Mayo is one of those "holidays of convenience" for a lot of people, just like St. Patty's Day. People in Ireland never used to do anything on St. Patty's Day, either, in fact it was a very religious holiday. Then the American tourists started bringing the party there and now people in Ireland actually party on that holiday.
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