Talk:Sadie Hawkins Day

Vandalism
Someone needs to get rid of the ewww... thing i dont know how Justinpauloberg 03:17, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, the history shows that "the ewww... thing" and its removal both came from the same user name: your own. So unless you've walked away from your computer and let someone play there behind your back ... At any rate, thanks for removing it.Lawikitejana 04:50, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If you look the person who vandilized the page thier ip address is 71.104.171.218 and my ip address is 24.21.123.177. Just to let you know I didn't vanilze the page.User:Justinpauloberg 03:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Source for claim of bans?
I've removed for now the claim that many Christian schools banned Sadie Hawkins events due to "occultic associations." The only such claim I found when searching online just now was one person's post to a message board for an almanac, and that's not a reliable source. I also found many Christian schools with Sadie Hawkins banquets or dances. If you have a good source, then by all means restore the claim and post your source. Lawikitejana 04:50, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Harry Potter
I've removed the claim that Sadie Hawkins Day is referenced in Harry Potter. It didn't mention a book, and the only reference to Sadie Hawkins Day that I can find related to Harry Potter is in a fan-fic piece. As far as I can tell, it doesn't appear in any of the novels so far.
 * It's in either Goblet of Fire or Prisoner of Azkaban. They don't call it the SAdie Hawkins dance, but there is one where the girls ask the boys.74.131.225.55 22:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd be very surprised if a Sadie Hawkins dance was mentioned by name in Harry Potter because as far as I know (based on living here my whole life) that name is only known from occasional references in American popular culture. There might occasionally be school dances where girls ask boys (although in state schools it seems more common for everyone to go with friends rather than a designated date) but they wouldn't be called a Sadie Hawkins dance. 108.171.128.169 (talk) 14:03, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Date
I've just flagged the text that says SHD is observed on "the Saturday that follows November 9". That may have been the arbitrary decision made by some calendar publishers, but to the best of my knowledge, Al Capp himself insisted that "Sadie Hawkins Day falls in November on whatever day I say it does". One year he even wrote himself into the comic, announcing that he was exercising his power (as the only cartoonist with control over a national holiday) to defer it until the following January! 75.36.181.74 02:21, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, I also saw "either November 9 or the first Saturday in November". The first Sadi Hawkins day was on Wednesday November 9, 1938. So the formulation "the Saturday that follows November 9 or November 9 if on a Saturday" might be more accurate. Ruerd (talk) 20:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Broader Sadie Hawkins Implication
Perhaps this isn't widespread, but there are cities where the meaning of Sadie Hawkins is more extensive: It's the day when women are allowed to "take the lead" in relationships...to the extent that there can be anticipation in a relationship where the knot hasn't been tied that a woman might be impatient enough to ask a man to marry her. If this is pervasive, it certainly bears mentioning.

There are other broader issues here, as well, such as a comparison with Boxing Day, where there's social role reversal. What's accomplished socially by reversing roles? It is related to role playing, or to Halloween dress up? Alpha Ralpha Boulevard 04:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Date
I learned of Sadie Hawkins Day as a Leap Year Day event. I'm from Ohio... anyone else familiar with the leap year date? Rasida7 (talk) 20:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Rasida7. I think you might be thinking of Leap year, or perhaps the person you learned it from confused the two. Schazjmd   (talk)  20:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)