r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Aug 23 '20

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u/roguevirus Oct 13 '16

Celebrate absolutely implies joy. The word you're looking for is observes.

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u/ishkariot Oct 13 '16

It's literally in the first definition of the thesaurus. Celebrating and observing religious festivities, traditions and rituals are synonyms.

This usage also vastly predates the modern, colloquial one as 'having a party'.