Tartan day

**Terry Searl** · 4th April 18, 05:51 PM

In Canada we celebrate Tartan day on April 6th...and by my calendar that's on FRIDAY...... I live on Canada's west coast ... in a small town called Courtenay, half way up Vancouver Island.
I doubt there will be a lot of folk walking about the town centre in their kilts, but I plan on increasing what ever that number is by one.

I will take some photos as I wander about and hopefully so will other members of XMTS in their communities ....... I look forward to your photos, and hope you will get a smile from mine.
For me, wearing my Canadian Maple Leaf tartan, or my Victoria, City of Gardens, will be a huge pleasure and if things go as they have in the past, I will generate lots of smiles.

In anticipation of my wander about town tomorrow, I went looking for some brown slip on shoes this afternoon, and low and behold at my favourite thrift shop there they were!!!.....
I know some folk think that matching leathers is a no-no, but in this case I like how they show off the grain in the different kind of leather. The sporran leather is pigs skin and the shoe leather has a wee brass tag on the bottom near the heel that says genuine snakeskin.... Yikes I hope that doesn't infer that I will be slitherin' around on my walk about tomorrow

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**Jumpmonkey** · 5th April 18, 03:10 PM

Turns out the USA also has Tartan day on the 6th, courtesy of George Bush Jr. (according to the ol' wikipedia.) I guess I have a bonus excuse to wear the kilt on Friday.

**Fedgunner** · 5th April 18, 03:52 PM

Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.

**macmanjim** · 5th April 18, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Fedgunner

Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.

I've been reminded that in other parts of the world, it's July 1. I think Canada and US are the only ones that do April 6.

**Terry Searl** · 5th April 18, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Fedgunner

Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.

......maybe so but they are far enough away that any kind of somethin' they throw at us will likely miss

**Tom Fiddles** · 6th April 18, 02:38 PM

Taken this morning, April 6, as I was heading out for work today.

**tpa** · 6th April 18, 03:22 PM

I posted this for National Tartan Day on FB, in reality it was taken in February.

**ThistleDown** · 6th April 18, 09:03 PM

Tartan Day began in Canada in the 1980s to coincide with the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath (which, of course, had nothing to do with tartan). From Canada it spread outwards to other nations, sometimes with other dates honouring other anniversaries. There are some districts in Scotland where tartan is celebrated.

**neloon** · 7th April 18, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by Fedgunner

Tartan day is celebrated in the US, Canada and Australia. I'm sure that the Scots think we are a bunch of numpties.

Aye!

Alan

**AFS1970** · 7th April 18, 04:29 AM

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

Tartan Day began in Canada in the 1980s to coincide with the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath (which, of course, had nothing to do with tartan). From Canada it spread outwards to other nations, sometimes with other dates honouring other anniversaries. There are some districts in Scotland where tartan is celebrated.

I always figured that the name was for two reasons. 1) Only a few could pronounce Arbroath and 2) Tartan is a visual representation of Scotland and is good way to market the rest of the culture.

I am not sure the day itself has any more or less to do with tartan than it does with pipes or scotch.