Originally held in New York as a day for the city slickers to reembrace the civility and gentleness of mankind's roots and to escape from the savagery of modern life, it quickly degenerated into an all out competiton between Steve Ballmer and Tom Cruise to see who could kill the most number of animals for the RoadKill Kookoff. In various regions of Poland it is celebrated by taking Polish sausages, painting George Bush's face on them and burning/ eating them. Your Comprehensive Automotive Reference Source