In Detroit, our unique holiday is Devil's Night. I actually was surprised to learn recently that this is a Detroit thing. I always tacitly assumed the whole country "celebrated" in the inner cities.
You sure the whole country doesn't do this? Wow!! I assumed the same thing. When I was a kid, we used to go out into our neighborhood with rolls of toilet paper and hit all of the trees. Some years we would protect our home and we would sit on the rooftop of our house with a hose and any kids that tried to toilet paper our yard would get soaked. We would also egg houses. That was how you celebrated Devils night in the suburbs. In Detroit proper, you celebrate by burning down abandoned houses and shooting people.
You have a holiday dedicated to mischief? How is that even possible? :S
I was talking to a co-worker of mine from Chicago when I mentioned Devil's Night and was surprised to see that he had no idea what I was talking about. I assumed it would've made its way at least to there, but I guess it really is just a Detroit thing.