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If el día de los muertos is the hipster’s excuse to get drunk, Cinco de mayo is everyone else’s good enough day to get hammered. Today sports bars, Tex-Mex restaurants and “casual dining” establishments across the country will fill up with hordes of people out to celebrate the holiday the way they know how: by getting unbelievably loaded.

Anyone that knows me knows that I’ve got nothing against imbibing. All I ask is that people actually know what the holiday is before making it their own personal mardi gras (ask anyone what that holiday is about and prepare for some blank stares as well).

For once and for all, Cinco de mayo is not Mexican independence day. Not from Spain or from (gulp!) the United States. People, Spain got out of Mexico in 1810 and if you ever happen to pay attention on the days of September 15-16, you’ll see a heck of a lot of Mexican people partying. Those days commemorate Mexican independence.

Now you know what Cinco de Mayo isn’t. While most probably don’t care, we’ll tell you what it is.

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