Days to Celebrate
Posted by Judy on Jan 29th 2017
With so many days to celebrate throughout the year, there's no need to wait for an official holiday. Here's a list of noteworthy occasions.
- Jan 10: Poetry at Work Day
- Jan 12: National Hot Tea Day
- Jan 16: Appreciate a Dragon Day
- Jan 21: National Hugging Day
- Jan 23: National Handwriting Day
- Feb 1: National Candy-Making Day
- Feb 2: Groundhog Day
- Feb 3: National Wear Red Day
- Feb 5: Weatherperson’s Day
- Feb 13: National Wingman’s Day
- Feb 14: National Donor Day
- Feb 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day
- Feb 18: National Whale Day
- Feb 23: National Chili Day
- Feb 24: Gregorian Calendar Day
- Feb 25: World Sword Swallowers Day
- Feb 28: Mardi Gras
- Mar 1: World Compliment Day
- Mar 2: Read Across America Day
- Mar 3: World Wildlife Day
- Mar 4: National Grammar Day
- Mar 8: National Proofreading Day
- Mar 10: International Bagpipe Day
- Mar 13: National Open an Umbrella Inside Day
- Mar 16: No Selfies Day
- Mar 18: National Quilting Day
- Mar 21: Memory Day
- Mar 22: National Goof-Off Day
- Mar 26: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
- Mar 30: Doctors’ Day
- Apr 4: Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
- Apr 6: National Fun at Work Day
- Apr 11: National Be Kind to Lawyers Day
- Apr 14: International Moment of Laughter Day
- Apr 17: Ellis Island Family History Day
- Apr 18: National Stress Awareness Day
- Apr 20: National High Five Day
- Apr 22: Earth Day
- Apr 22: National Jelly Bean Day
- Apr 26: Administrative Professionals Day
- Apr 26: National Pretzel Day
- Apr 27: Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day
- Apr 28: Arbor Day
- Apr 30: International Jazz Day
- May 1: May Day
- May 2: Robert’s Rules Day
- May 3: National Two Different Colored Day
- May 4: National Day of Reason
- May 5: Cartoonists Day
- May 5: Cinco de Mayo
- May 8: No Socks Day
- May 10: National Receptionist Day
- May 12: Limerick Day
- May 15: National Slider Day
- May 18: International Museum Day
- May 19: National Bike to Work Day
- May 22: National Maritime Day
- May 25: National Tap Dance Day
- Jun 1: Say Something Nice Day
- Jun 2: National Donut Day
- Jun 6: National Yo-Yo Day
- Jun 19: World Sauntering Day
- Jun 23: Take Your Dog to Work Day
- Jun 27: Happy Birthday to the Birthday Song Day
- Jun 29: National Handshake Day
- Jun 30: Leap Second Adjustment
- Jul 11: Bowdler’s Day
- Jul 13: Embrace Your Geekness Day
- Jul 14: National Motorcycle Day
- Jul 17: National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
- Jul 20: Auntie’s Day
- Jul 22: Rat-Catchers Day
- Jul 22: Spooner’s Day
- Jul 27: Walk on Stilts Day
- Jul 30: National Chicken and Waffles Day
- Jul 30: U.N. International Day of Friendship
- Aug 6: Sisters Day
- Aug 7: National Lighthouse Day
- Aug 13: International Lef-Handers Day
- Aug 16: National Roller Coaster Day
- Aug 18: Bad Poetry Day
- Aug 18: Serendipity Day
- Aug 22: Be an Angel Day
- Aug 26: National Dog Day
- Sep 5: Be Late for Something Day
- Sep 5: U.N. International Day of Charity
- Sep 10: National Grandparents Day
- Sep 16: Locate an Old Friend Day
- Sep 19: IT Professionals Day
- Sep 22: American Business Women’s Day
- Sep 23: National Hunting and Fishing Day
- Sep 23: R.E.A.D. in America Day
- Sep 24: National Punctuation Day
- Sep 25: Family Day
- Sep 29: National Coffee Day
- Oct 1: World Vegetarian Day
- Oct 4: National Ships-in-Bottles Day
- Oct 5: United Nations World Teachers’ Day
- Oct 6: World Smile Day
- Oct 11: International Top Spinning Day
- Oct 13: Silly Sayings Day
- Oct 14: Universal Music day
- Oct 15: National Cake Decorating day
- Oct 15: National Grouch Day
- Oct 16: Dictionary Day
- Oct 16: National Boss Day
- Oct 17: Mulligan Day
- Oct 21: Sweetest Day
- Oct 22: Mother-in-Law Day
- Oct 28: Make a Difference Day
- Oct 29: National Cat Day
- Oct 30: National Candy Corn Day
- Oct 31: National Knock-Knock Day
- Nov 2: National Men Make Dinner Day
- Nov 3: Cliché Day
- Nov 4: Sadie Hawkins Day
- Nov 5: Zero Tasking Day
- Nov 6: Fill Our Staplers Day
- Nov 14: International Girls Day
- Nov 15: National Educational Support Professionals Day
- Nov 16: World Philosophy Day
- Nov 17: Substitute Educators Day
- Nov 18: International Games Day
- Nov 20: U.N. International Children’s Day
- Nov 21: World Hello Day
- Nov 25: Small Business Saturday
- Dec 1: Antarctica Day
- Dec 1: National Salesperson’s Day
- Dec 2: Special Education Day
- Dec 8: Official Lost and Found Day
- Dec 9: Gingerbread Decorating Day
- Dec 9: National Day of the Horse
- Dec 15: Cat Herders Day
- Dec 15: Underdog Day
- Dec 17: Wright Brothers Day
- Dec 21: Celebrate Short Fiction Day
- Dec 26: Boxing Day
- Dec 31: New Year’s Eve Banished Words List
Source: Chase's Calendar of Events