Unusual Holidays
January
January is National Careers in Cosmetology Month, National Eye Health Care Month, National Fiber Focus Month, National Hobby Month, National Soup Month, Hot Tea Month, Oatmeal Month, Prune Breakfast Month
- First Foot Day and Z Day (Z Day is a holiday that can be celebrated by letting all those poor unfortunate people with names that start with Z be first in line.)
- Run Up the Flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes It Day
- Festival of Sleep Day
- Trivia Day and Humiliation Day
- Bird Day
- Bean Day
- Old Rock Day
- National Joy Germ Day and Man Watcher's Day
- Play God Day
- Peculiar People Day
- National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day
- Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
- Make Your Dream Come True Day and Blame Someone Else Day
- National Dress Up Your Pet Day
- Hat Day
- Hot and Spicy Food International Day and National Nothing Day
- Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day
- Winnie the Pooh Day
- National Popcorn Day
- National Butter crunch Day
- National Hugging Day
- National Answer Your Cat's Question Day and National Blonde Brownie Day
- National Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, and Measure Your Feet Day
- Eskimo Pie Patent Day
- Opposite Day
- Australia Day
- Punch the Clock Day and Thomas Crapper Day (This holiday commemorates Mr. Thomas Crapper, the man who--as the name may suggest--invented the flush toilet.)
- National Kazoo Day, Clash Day, Rattle Snake Round-Up Day
- National Corn chip Day
- Escape Day
- National Popcorn Day and Child Labor Day
February
February is National Blah Buster Month, National Embroidery Month, National Grapefruit Month, National Snack Food Month, National Weddings Month, Responsible Pet Owner Month, Return Carts to the Supermarket Month, Creative Romance Month, International Twit Award Month, Canned Food Month.
- Serpent Day
- Purification Day
- Cordova Ice Worm Day
- Create A Vacuum Day
- Disaster Day
- Lame Duck Day
- Charles Dickens Day
- Kite Flying Day
- Toothache Day
- Umbrella Day
- White Tee-Shirt Day and Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
- National Plum Pudding Day
- Get A Different Name Day and Dream Your Sweet Day
- Ferris Wheel Day and National Heart to Heart Day
- National Gum Drop Day
- Do A Grouch A Favor Day
- Champion Crab Races Day
- National Battery Day
- National Chocolate Mint Day
- Hoodie Hoo Day (At high noon everyone yells "Hoodie-Hoo" to chase away winter and make way for spring.)
- Card Reading Day
- Be Humble Day
- International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
- National Tortilla Chip Day
- Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt)
- National Pistachio Day
- International Polar Bear Day
- Public Sleeping Day
- National Surf and Turf Day
March
March is Foot Health Month, Humorists Are Artist Month, National Furniture Refinishing Month, National Frozen Food Month, National Noodle Month, and National Peanut Month
- National Pig Day and Peanut Butter Lover's Day
- Old Stuff Day
- I Want You To Be Happy Day, Peach Blossom Day and National Anthem Day (Today President Hoover signed a bill making the Star Spangled Banner our national anthem. Celebrate by singing as much as you can remember with some friends.)
- Holy Experiment Day
- Multiple Personalities Day
- National Frozen Food Day
- National Crown Roast Of Pork Day
- Be Nasty Day
- Panic Day
- Festival Of Life In The Cracks Day
- Johnny Appleseed Day and Worship of Tools Day
- Alfred Hitchcock Day, Plant a Flower Day
- Jewel Day
- National Potato Chip Day
- Buzzard's Day and Everything You Think Is Wrong Day
- Everything You Do Is Right Day
- Submarine Day
- Supreme Sacrifice Day
- Poultry Day
- Proposal Day and Festival Of Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
- Fragrance Day
- National Goof-off Day
- National Organize Your Home Office Day and National Chip and Dip Day
- National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
- Pecan Day and Waffle Day
- Make Up Your Own Holiday Day and Spinach Festival Day
- National "Joe" Day (Do you hate your name? Everyone who hates their name has a right on this day to have everyone they know call them Joe.)
- Something On A Stick Day
- Festival Of Smoke and Mirrors Day
- I Am In Control Day
- Bunsen Burner Day and National Clams On The Half Shell Day
April
April is International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, National Anxiety Month, National Humor Month, National Welding Month, National Garden Month, and Uh-Huh Month .
- One Cent Day
- National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
- Tweed Day and Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day
- Tell-A-Lie Day
- Go For Broke Day
- Sorry Charlie Day (Sorry Charlie Day honors those who have been rejected and lived through it.)
- No Housework Day
- All Is Ours Day
- Winston Churchill Day and Name Yourself Day
- Golfers Day
- Eight-Track Tape Day
- Look Up At The Sky Day
- Blame Somebody Else Day
- National Pecan Day
- Rubber Eraser Day
- National Stress Awareness Day and National Eggs Benedict Day
- National Cheeseball Day
- International Jugglers Day
- Garlic Day
- Look Alike Day
- Kindergarten Day
- National Jelly Bean Day
- Read Me Day and World Laboratory Animal Day
- National Pigs In A Blanket Day
- National Zucchini Bread Day
- Richter Scale Day and National Pretzel Day
- Tell A Story Day
- Great Poetry Reading Day and Kiss-Your-Mate Day
- National Shrimp Scampi Day
- National Honesty Day
May
May is Better Sleep Month, National Good Car Care Month, National Photo Month, National Salad Month, National Egg Month, National Barbecue Month, Revise Your Work Schedule Month, Date Your Mate Month, National Hamburger Month, and Fungal Infection Awareness Month
- Mother Goose Day and Save The Rhino Day
- Fire Day
- Lumpy Rug Day
- National Candied Orange Peel Day
- National Hoagie Day
- National Beverage Day
- International Tuba Day, Pate Up Day, National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
- No Socks Day, Have a Coke Day
- Lost Sock Memorial Day
- Clean Up Your Room Day
- Eat what You Want Day, Twilight Zone Day
- Limerick Day
- Leprechaun Day
- National Dance Like a Chicken Day (Do chickens dance??)
- National Chocolate Chip Day
- Wear Purple for Peace Day
- Pack Rat Day
- International Museum Day, Visit Your Relatives Day
- Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
- Eliza Doolittle Day
- National Memo Day, National Waitress/Waiters Day
- Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
- Penny Day
- National Escargot Day
- National Tap Dance Day
- Grey Day
- Body Painting Arts Festival
- National Hamburger Day
- End of the Middle Ages Day
- My Bucket's Got A Hole Day
- National Macroon Day
June
June is Adopt-A-Shelter-Cat Month, American Rivers Month, Cancer In The Sun Month, Dairy Month, Turkey Lover's Month, National Accordian Awareness Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, National Ice Tea Month, National Papaya Month, National Pest Control Month, National Rose Month, Fight The Filthy Fly Month, and Zoo and Aquarium Month.
- Dare Day
- National Rocky Road Day
- Repeat Day
- Old Maid's Day
- Festival Of Popular Delusions Day
- Teacher's Day and National Applesauce Cake Day
- National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
- Name Your Poison Day
- Donald Duck Day
- National Yo-Yo Day
- National Hug Holiday and King Kamehameha Day
- Machine Day
- National Juggling Day and Kitchen Klutzes Of America Day
- Pop Goes The Weasel Day
- Smile Power Day
- National Hollerin' Contest Day
- Watergate Day and Eat Your Vegetables Day
- International Panic Day
- World Sauntering Day
- Ice Cream Soda Day
- Cuckoo Warning Day (BEWARE! It will be a wet summer if the sound of the cuckoo is heard today)
- National Chocolate Eclair Day
- National Pink Day
- Museum Comes To Life Day
- Log Cabin Day
- National Chocolate Pudding Day
- National Columnists Day
- Paul Bunyan Day
- Camera Day
- Meteor Day
July
July is National Baked Beams Month, National Ice Cream Month, National Tennis Month, Read an Almanac Month, Anti-Boredom Month, and Hitchhiking Month.
- Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day, Build a Scarecrow Day
- Visitation of the Virgin Mary Day
- Stay out of the Sun Day, Compliment your Mirror Day
- National Country Music Day, Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day
- Workaholics Day
- National Fried Chicken Day
- National Strawberry Sunday Day
- Video Games Day
- National Sugar Cookie Day
- Clerihew Day
- National Cheer Up the Lonely Day
- National Pecan Pie Day
- Fool's Paradise Day
- National Nude Day
- National Tapioca Pudding Day, Respect Canada Day
- International Juggling Day
- National Peach Ice Cream Day
- National Ice Cream Day, National Caviar Day
- Flitch Day (An old custom from yesteryear developed into the holiday of Flitch Day. Bacon was given to any married couple who could prove they had lived in harmony and fidelity for one year. Very few "took home the bacon.")
- Ugly Truck Contest Day
- National Tug-of-War Tournament Day
- Rat catcher's Day
- National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
- Amelia Earhart Day
- Threading the Needle Day
- All or Nothing Day
- Take your Pants for a Walk Day
- National Milk Chocolate Day
- Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
- National Cheesecake Day
- Parent's Day
August
August is National Catfish Month, National Golf Month, National Eye Exam Month, National Water Quality Month, Romance Awareness Month, Peach Month, and Foot Health Month.
- Friendship Day, National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
- National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
- National Watermelon Day
- Twins Day Festival
- National Mustard Day
- Wiggle Your Toes Day
- Sea Serpent Day
- Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night
- National Polka Festival
- Lazy Day
- Presidential Joke Day
- Middle Child's Day
- Blame Someone Else Day
- National Creamsicle Day
- National Relaxation Day, National Failures Day
- Bratwurst Festival
- National Thriftshop Day
- Bad Poetry Day
- Potato Day
- National Radio Day
- National Spumoni Day
- Be An Angel Day
- National Spongecake Day
- Knife Day
- Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
- National Cherry Popsicle Day
- Petroleum Day
- World Sauntering Day
- More Herbs, Less Salt Day
- National Toasted Marshmallow Day
- National Trail Mix Day
September
September is Self-Improvement Month, Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month, International Square Dance Month, Cable TV Month, National Bed Check Month, National Chicken Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Piano Month, National Rice Month, National Papaya Month, and Classical Music Month? Whew! If that isn't enough here are some other things you can celebrate in September if your family is looking for something to do when they're bored (I didn't make these up!):
- Emma M. Nuitt Day
- National Beheading Day
- Skyscraper Day
- Newspaper Carrier Day
- Be Late for Something Day
- Fight Procrastination Day
- Neither Rain nor Snow Day
- National Date Nut Bread Day, National Pardon Day
- Teddy Bear Day
- Swap Ideas Day
- No News is Good News Day
- National Pet Memorial Day, National Chocolate Milkshake Day
- Defy Superstition Day
- National Cream-filled Doughnut Day
- Felt Hat Day
- Stay away from Seattle Day, Collect Rocks Day
- National Apple Dumpling Day
- National Play-doh Day
- National Butterscotch Pudding Day
- National Punch Day
- World Gratitude Day
- Hobbit Day, Dear Diary Day
- Checkers Day, Dogs in Politics Day
- National Comic Book Day
- National Good Neighbor Day, National Pancake Day
- Crush a Can Day
- Ask a Stupid Question Day
- Poisoned Blackberries Day
- National Mud Pack Day
October
October is Adopt-A-Dog Month, Computer Learning Month, National Apple Jack Month, National Car Care Month, National Clock Month, National Cosmetology Month, National Dessert Month, National Pickled Pepper Month, National Popcorn Poppin' Month, National Pretzel Month, National Sarcastics Month, National Seafood Month, National Kitchen and Bath Month, and Vegetarian Awareness Month.
- World Vegetarian Day, Magic Circles Day
- Name Your Car Day
- Virus Appreciation Day
- National Golf Day
- National Storytelling Festival
- German-American Day, Come Take It Day
- National Frappe Day
- American Tag Day
- Moldy Cheese Day
- National Angel Food Cake Day
- It's My Party Day
- International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
- National Peanut Butter Festival
- Be Bald and Free Day, National Dessert Day
- White Cane Safety Day
- Dictionary Day
- Gaudy Day
- No Beard Day
- Evaluate Your Life Day
- National Brandied Fruit Day
- Babbling Day
- National Nut Day
- National Mole Day
- National Bologna Day
- Punk for a Day Day
- Mule Day
- Sylvia Plath Day
- Plush Animal Lover's Day, National Chocolate Day
- Hermit Day
- National Candy Corn Day
- National Magic Day, Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
November
November is International Drum Month, Peanut Butter Lover's Month, and Slaughter Month.
- Plan Your Epitaph Day
- National Deviled Egg Day
- Sandwich Day and Housewife's Day
- Waiting For The Barbarians Day
- Gunpowder Day
- Saxophone Day and Marooned Without A Compass Day
- National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day
- Dunce Day
- Chaos Never Dies Day
- Forget-Me-Not Day
- Air Day
- National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
- National Indian Pudding Day
- Operation Room Nurse Day
- National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
- Button Day
- Take A Hike Day
- Occult Day
- Have A Bad Day Day
- Absurdity Day
- World Hello Day and False Confessions Day
- Start Your Own Country Day
- National Cashew Day
- Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
- National Parfait Day
- Shopping Reminder Day
- Pins And Needles Day
- Make Your Own Head Day
- Square Dance Day
- Stay At Home Because You're Well Day
December
December is Hi Neighbor Month, National Stress Free Family Holiday Month, Bingo's Birthday Month, and Read A New Book Month.
- National Pie Day and Eat A Red Apple Day
- National Fritters Day
- National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day
- Wear Brown Shoes Day
- National Sacher Torte Day
- National Gazpacho Day and Mitten Tree Day
- National Cotton Candy Day
- Take It In The Ear Day
- National Pastry Day
- Festival For The Souls Of Dead Whales
- National Noodle Ring Day
- National Ding-A-Ling Day
- Ice Cream and Violins Day
- National Bouillabaisse Day
- National Lemon Cupcake Day
- National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- Underdog Day and National Maple Syrup Day
- National Roast Suckling Pig Day
- Oatmeal Muffin Day
- Games Day
- Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, and Hamburger Day
- National Date-Nut Bread Day
- Roots Day
- National Egg Nog Day
- National Pumpkin Pie Day
- National Whiners Day
- National Fruitcake Day
- Card Playing Day and National Chocolate Day
- Pepper Pot Day
- Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day
- Unlucky Day