They do say that January is the most depressing month of the year - with January 18th being dubbed as ‘Blue Monday’. Christmas is over, we’re all hard up and feeling overweight, the weather is bleak… well I thought I’d try and inject a bit of warmth for you with my alternative calendar dates.
January
- 21st: Squirrel Appreciation Day
(after all, who doesn’t appreciate a squirrel?) - 22nd: Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day
(poor cats, only get answered once a year - so make sure you don’t miss this date!) - 23rd: Pie Day
- 24th: Talk Like a Grizzled Old Prospector Day (the day you’re officially allowed to call everyone a ‘varmint’)
- 25th: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
- 27th: Chocolate Cake Day(not to be confused with Pie Day)
- 29th: International Fun at Work Day (see how fast you can spin round on your office chair, I dare you!)
February
- 2nd: Groundhog Day and Hedgehog Day (also Marmot Day and Sled Dog Day, so if you don’t like hedgehogs…)
- 3rd: Carrot Cake Day
- 4th: Stuffed Mushroom Day (although, as Shirley Conran once said, life is too short to stuff a mushroom so you may decide to skip this one)
- 5th: Working Naked Day…ooh la la! (Also Shower with a Friend Day - could be quite a day!)
- 6th: Take Your Child to the Library Day (a sensible one!)
- 10th: Plimsoll Day (or, if its raining, you can observe Umbrella Day instead)
- 14th: Ferris Wheel Day (oh, and Valentine’s Day - why not combine the two and take your loved one to the fair?)
- 15th: Hippo Day
- 17th: Random Act of Kindness Day
- 18th: Drink Wine Day
- 20th: Handcuff Day (interpret this as you will…)
- 21st: Sticky Bun Day
- 23rd: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
(your dog may do better with this one than you) - 26th: Tell a Fairytale Day
- 27th: World Sword Swallowers Day
(careful now…) - 28th: Tooth Fairy Day
- 29th: Leap Year Day
(only comes every four years, so enjoy your extra free day this year by doing something luxuriatingly lovely - or propose to someone, I think that’s the other thing you’re supposed to do)
There now, I bet your calendar looks much more jolly now!
Sarah x
