by Edie Melson
January 23
January 27
It's that time
again—Calendar Days. I sure hope you all are enjoying this column as much as
me. It's funny, as I research these each month, I think of so many of you.
And I can't
help but giggle at the holidays that fall on or near the same date, like
National Humiliation Day falls within the Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week. And how National Pie Day is the same day as
Women’s Healthy Weight Day. Did they even research this stuff?
I’m late this month because
of the holidays, but I usually share this info on the last Thursday of every
month. So be sure to drop by. Today I’m going to continue with the upcoming
crazy and normal holidays in the month of January.
Using the
calendar for blog post or even article ideas is a great way to jumpstart your
creativity. It's also a fun writing prompt idea.
Calendar days
are also great conversation starters for social media sites like Facebook and
Twitter.
January
Holidays, Special Days & Downright Crazy Days
January is:
National Oatmeal
Month
National Be
On-purpose Month
International
Brain Teaser Month
National Bath
Safety Month
Hot Tea Month
National Blood
Donor Month
National Braille
Literacy Month
Be Kind to
Servers Month
Brainteaser Month
Get Organized
Month
Celebration of
Life Month
Creativity Month
National Soup
Month
Weekly
Celebrations
Week 1:
Celebration of
Life Week
Diet Resolution
Week
Someday We’ll
Laugh About This Week
Week 2:
Letter Writing Week
International 3-D Week
Week 3:
National Fresh
Squeezed Juice Week
Week 4:
Clean Out Your
inbox Week
No Name Calling
Week
National Cowboy
Poetry Gathering Week
Daily
Celebrations
January 1
Bloody Mary Day
New Year’s Day
Z Day
Commitment Day
Polar Bar Swim
Day
January 2
Happy Mew Year
Day for Cats Day
Personal Trainer
Awareness Day
Run Up the
Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
Science Fiction Day
National
Motivation and Inspiration Day
Buffet Day
Cream Puff Day
January 3
Humiliation Day
Drinking Straw
Day
J.R.R. Tolkein
Day
Festival of Sleep
day
Chocolate Covered
Cherry Day
Fruitcake Toss
Day
January 4
World Braille Day
Hypnotism Day
Pop Music Chart
Day
Spaghetti Day
Tom Thumb Day
Trivia Day
January 5
Whipped Cream Day
National Bird Day
January 6
Bean Day
Shortbread Day
Epiphany or
Twelfth Night or Three Kings Day
Cuddle Up Day
Apple Tree Day
January 7
I’m Not Going to
Take It Anymore Day
Old Rock Day
Harlem
Globetrotter’s Day
National Tempura
Day
January 8
Bubble Bath Day
Argyle Day
National English
Toffee Day
Show & Tell
at Work Day
Joy Germ Day
January 9
Apricot Day
Play God Day
National Static
Electricity Day
January 10
National Cut Your Energy Cost Day
League of Nations Day
Houseplant Appreciation Day
Bittersweet Chocolate Day
Peculiar People Day
January 11
Milk Day
Learn Your Name
in Morse Code Day
National Human
Trafficking Awareness Day
Fruitcake Toss
Day
Step in a Puddle
and Splash Your Friends Day
January 12
Marzipan Day
National Pharmacist
Day
January 13
Peach Melba Day
National Clean
Off Your Desk Day
Public Radio
Broadcasting Day
Stephen Foster
Day
International
Skeptics Day
Make Your Dream
Come True Day
Rubber Duckie Day
January 14
Dress Up Your Pet Day
Poetry at Work Day
Organize Your Home Day
Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15
Strawberry Ice
Cream Day
National Hat Day
January 16
International Hot
and Spicy Food Day
Get to Know Your
Customers Day
Appreciate a
Dragon Day
National Nothing
Day
January 17
Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day
Kid Inventors Day
January 18
Winnie the Pooh
Day (Birthday of A.A. Milne)
Thesaurus Day
National Sanctity
of Human Life Day
January 19
Tin Can Day
National Popcorn
Day
January 20
Disc Jockey Day
Robert E Lee Day
National Buttercrunch Day
Cheese Lover Day
Day of Acceptance
Penguin Awareness Day
National Day of Service
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (Third Monday of January)
January 21
Granola Bar Day
National Hugging
Day
Squirrel Appreciation
Day
January 22
Celebration of
Life Day
National Blonde
Brownie Day
Answer Your Cat’s
Questions Day
National Pie Day
National Handwriting
Day
Women’s Healthy
Weight Day
Measure Your Feet
Day
January 24
National Peanut
Butter Day
Belly Laugh Day
Beer Can
Appreciation Day
National Compliment
Day
Talk Like a
Grizzled Prospector Day
January 25
Robert Burns Day
Irish Coffee Day
Macintosh Computer Day
A Room of One’s Own Day
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day
National Seed Swap Day
Opposite Day
January 26
Spouse’s Day
National Peanut
Brittle Day
World Leprosy Day
Chocolate Cake
Day
Holocaust
Memorial Day
Thomas Crapper
Day
Bubble Wrap
Appreciation Day
Punch the Clock
Day
January 28
Data Privacy Day
Blueberry Pancake
Day
Fun at Work Day
National Kazoo
Day
January 29
National Puzzle
Day
National Cornchip
Day
Free Thinkers Day
Curmudgeons Day
January 30
National Inane Answering Message Day
Croissant Day
January 31
Backward Day
Inspire Your
Heart with Art Day
Now let's do a
little brainstorming for next month. What are some of your favorite days from
the list and how do you propose using them?
Don't forget to
join the conversation!
Blessings,
What a delightful find! Thank you for the research and the chuckles.
ReplyDeleteTina, I'm glad you enjoyed the post! Blessings, E
DeleteI look forward to these every month! Bummer - I was born on Humiliation Day??
ReplyDeleteSherry, don't feel bad. I was born on fruitcake toss day! Thanks for stopping by, Blessings, E
DeleteToday is National Chocolate-covered cherry day? Sounds like a good excuse to indulge. :) As for Clean Off Your Desk Day, mine could definitely use it even if it's not as bad as the picture!!
ReplyDeleteEllen, there are lots of fun ones this month! Thanks for dropping in, Blessings, E
DeleteI'm thinking these are great writing prompts for a fiction story. Take one day with several listings and write a story utilizing each of them for that day. Could do that with the list for the month of January (or whichever month), too. Great exercise and I might come up with a great story in the process. Thanks, Edie. You know I love fiction. Maybe you should try it, too. :)
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