Celebrate January!

While cleaning my files I found a folder full of fun and silly reasons to make your day a special day ... things to celebrate ... every day ... any day.   I remember having some fun with these years ago, using some of these ideas for a while before forgetting about them.  I've found a few more and thought they'd be a fun addition to the blog.  Some of these are quite ridiculous, but several are great for family fun, for preschool fun, for party fun, or just for fun!

Happy Celebrating!

 

January

 

Birthstone is Garnet (meaning Constancy)

Flower of the month is Carnation, Snowdrop

 

- Nat'l Soup Month and Soup Swap Month

- Nat'l Oatmeal Month

- Nat'l Hobby Month

- Nat'l Bath Safety Month

- Nat'l Blood Donor Month

- Nat'l Soup Month

- Nat'l Get Organized Month

 

- 2nd week is "Someday We'll Laugh About This" week

- 2nd week is Letter Writing Week

 

- 1st Friday is Gals Night Out

- 2nd Monday is Clean Off Your Desk Day

- 3rd Sunday is World Religion Day

- 3rd Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day

- 3rd Thursday is Guys Night Out

- Last Tuesday is Backwards Day

 

 

1 

- New Year's day

- The ball was first dropped at Times Square NYC in 1908

- Betsy Ross Birthday (b1752)

- Beanie Babies Introduced (1994)

- Ellis Island opened 1892

 

2

- Swiss Cheese Day

- Science Fiction Day

- Nat'l Buffet Day

 

3

- Drinking Straws Patented (1888)

- Nat'l Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

 

4

- Trivia Day

- Louis Braille Birthday (1809)

- Roller Skates Birthday (1863)
- Nat'l Spaghetti Day

 

5

- Nat'l Bird Day

- Nat'l Whipped Cream Day

 

6

- Three Kings Day / The 12th day after Christmas celebrates the visit of the 3 Wise Men.

- Bean Day
- Nat'l Shortbread Day

 

7

- Nat'l Old Rock Day

 

8

- Nat'l Bubble Bath Day

- Nat'l Show and Tell Day 

 

9

 

10

- Peculiar People Day

- Houseplant Appreciation Day

 

11

- Secret Pal Day

- International Thank You Day

- Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day (don't let your kids know this one ..., or your friends)

- Milk Day (milk bottles delivered for first time in 1878)

 

12

- Batman debuts on television in 1966

 

13

- Make Your Dreams Come True Day

 

14

- Organize Your Home Day

 

15

- Nat'l Hat Day
- Nat'l Strawberry Ice Cream Day

 

16

- Nat'l Nothing Day

- Appreciate a Dragon Day

 

17

- Benjamin Franklin's Birthday (b1706)

- Popeye's Birthday (started 1929)

 

18

- Winnie-the-Pooh Day / A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne's Birthday (1882)

 

19

- Nat'l Popcorn Day

- Tin Can Day

- International Sing-Out Day

 

20

- Nat'l Cheese Lovers Day

- Inauguration Day

- Penguin Awareness Day

 

21

- Squirrel Appreciation Day

 

22

- Nat'l Polka Dot Day

- Nat'l Blonde Brownie Day

 

23

- Nat'l Pie Day (not to be confused with Pi Day celebrated on March 14th)

- Nat'l Handwriting Day

 

24

- Eskimo Pie (1919)

 

25

- Nat'l Opposite Day

- 101 Dalmatian's (1961)

 

26

- Bald Eagle Appreciation Day

- Spouses Day

 

27

- Mozart's Birthday (b1756)

- Nat'l Chocolate Cake Day

 

28

- Nat'l Kazoo Day

- Nat'l Blueberry Pancake Day

- Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day  

29

- Nat'l Puzzle Day

- Nat'l Corn Chip Day

 

30
- Nat'l Croissant Day

 

31

- Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
- Nat'l Hot Chocolate Day