Bigger Feast Than Christmas?? Is Ascension Thursday A Holy Day of Obligation?

Discover the profound significance of the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, celebrated forty days after Easter. Dive into the biblical account where Jesus, accompanied by His Apostles, ascended to Mount Olivet, predicting the arrival of the Holy Spirit and commissioning His disciples to spread His teachings to the ends of the earth. Witness His miraculous departure as He was lifted up before their eyes, disappearing into the clouds 

The Meaning and Customs of Ascension Thursday
Sacred liturgy and liturgical arts. Liturgical history and theology. The movements for the Usus Antiquior and Reform of the Reform.
https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/05/the-meaning-and-customs-of-ascension.html 

The Meaning and Customs of Ascension Thursday
Sacred liturgy and liturgical arts. Liturgical history and theology. The movements for the Usus Antiquior and Reform of the Reform.
https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2022/05/the-meaning-and-customs-of-ascension.html 

Ascension Thursday is one of six holy days of obligation (not counting all Sundays) in the United States, although most dioceses have now transferred it to the following Sunday. Canon Law has relegated the holy days to local bishops or provincial synodal decision. There are actually, as of 1993, only seven states in the U.S. that still celebrate the Ascension on Thursday rather than the following Sunday. I was surprised to find that Hawaii and Canada have only two holy days of obligation, Christmas and the Immaculate Conception for the former, and Christmas and the solemnity of the Mother of God (January 1) for the latter.
https://catholicism.org/ascension-thursday.html 

St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. – Sermon on the Ascension 
https://www.svfsermons.org/B189_Ascension.htm