i get really nervous when people mess with other peoples' holidays. I go berserk on St. Patrick's Day when people with no connection to Ireland have the nerve to tell us how to celebrate, what to sing, oh they don't sing that in Ireland. no one said they did. we sing what our fairly immediate ancestors sang, which is pretty much john mccormick and bing crosby. i have no personal connection with christopher columbus holiday and don't celebrate it but i respect that it is important to Italian Americans and I presume it will be abandoned but hopefully with some respect for IA's.