Holidaze

Back in 2006, I went to buy refill calendar pages for my daily planner, but I didn't like any of the options at the local office store. So I created my own calendar, and I went on the Internet to find holidays that I felt like celebrating. This the list of the holidays that either appeal to me or amuse me. See www.brownielocks.com for a more comprehensive list of Bizarre Holidays.

If a day is not associated with a number, it's because it's not formally associated with a date. I put it vaguely where it belongs in the calendar; you'll have to look up the date for the particular year you want (start with BrownieLocks to see if they've done it).

A few of the wacky holidays have websites. I've tried to remember to link to them as I went along: hover the mouse over the holidays to check for references.

January     February     March     April     May     June      July      August     September     October     November     December

January

1 - New Year's Day
1 - New Year's Dishonor List Day

2 - Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
2 - 55-MPH Speed Limit Day

3 - Fruitcake Toss Day
3 - Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day

4 - Dimpled Chad Day
4 - Trivia Day

5 - Bird Day

Earth at Perihelion
Thank God It's Monday Day
I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day

8 - Midwife's Day
8 - Women's Day
8 - Show and Tell Day at Work

10 - National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
10 - Positively Penguins Day
10 - United Nations Day

National Clean Off Your Desk Day
Organize Your Home Day

15 - Humanitarian Day
15-16 Women in Blue Jeans Day

16 - Appreciate a Dragon Day
16 - Nothing Day
16 - Religious Freedom Day

Kid Inventors' Day

18 - Winnie the Pooh Day

World Religion Day
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
National Hugging Day

20 - Inauguration Day

22 - Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
22 - Celebration of Life Day
22 - Roe vs. Wade Day

23 - Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day

24 - Belly Laugh Day
24 - National Compliment Day

25 - A Room of One's Own Day

Chinese New Year
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
National Speak Up and Succeed Day

26 - Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement

27 - Holocaust Memorial Day

29 - Freethinkers Day

30 - Fun at Work Day
30 - Inane Answering Message Day

31 - Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

February

1 - Freedom Day
1 - Robinson Crusoe Day
1 - Spunky Old Broads Day (month long celebration)

2 - Groundhog Day
2 - Hedgehog Day
2 - Candelmas

Sled Dog Day
National Girls & Women in Sports Day

3 - African American Coaches Day

4 - USO Day

5 - Weatherpersons' Day

6 - Bubble Gum Day

Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Chinese New Year's Day
MOBIUS Awards Day

7 - Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day

8 - Laugh and Get Rich Day

9 - Read in the Bathtub Day

11 - National Shut-in Visitation Day
11 - Satisfied Staying Single Day

12 - Darwin Day
12 - Lincoln's Birthday
12 - Safety Pup Day

Blame Someone Else Day

13 - Employee Awareness Day
13 - Get a Different Name Day

14 - Ferris Wheel Day
14 - Quirky Alone Day

15 - National Gum Drop Day
15 - Susan B. Anthony Day

President's Day

17 - My Way Day
17 - World Human Spirit Day

18 - Pluto Day (the planet...or whatever)

Chocolate Mint Day

19 - International Mother Language Day
19 - Iwo Jima Day (landing)

World Day for Social Justice
Clam Chowder Day

21 - Single Tasking Day

22 - George Washington's Birthday

23 - Iwo Jima Day (raising the flag)

24 - Mardi Gras
24 - International Pancake Day
24 - Spay Day USA

Ash Wednesday
Inconvenience Yourself Day
International Sword Swallowers Day

26 - For Pete's Sake Day

28 - National Tooth Fairy Day
28 - Open That Bottle Night

March

1 - Beer Day
1 - Pig Day
1 - Plan a Solo Vacation Day

2 - Fun Facts About Names Day
2 - N.E.A.'s Read Across America Day

3 - What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day
3 - I Want You To Be Happy Day

Unique Names Day

4 - March Forth-Do Something Day
4 - National Grammar Day

Learn What Your Name Means Day
Middle Name Pride Day

6-8 - Sherlock Holmes Day
6 - World Day of Prayer

Daylight Saving Time Begins (second weekend)
National Be Heard Day
U.S. Snowshoe Day

8 - Day for Women's Rights & International Peace
8 - Girls Write Now Day
8 - International Working Women's Day

Get Over It Day
Napping Day (first Monday after Daylight Saving Time)

9 - Panic Day

Purim
Organize Your Home Office Day
Peeps Day

15 - Buzzards Day
15 - Ides of March
15 - Brutus Day

17 - St. Patrick's Day

18 - Awkward Moments Day
18 - National Biodiesel Day

19 - Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

20 - Great American Meat Out Day
20 - Snowman Burning Day

Vernal Equinox
Maple Syrup Day

21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 - Memory Day
21 - National Common Courtesy Day

22 - As Young As You Feel Day

23 - National Puppy Day

27 - Education and Sharing Day

30 - Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day

31 - Bunsen Burner Day
31 - National "She's Funny That Way" Day

April

1 - April Fools' Day (aka All Fools Day)