Which means I hope you’ve got everything figured out for tomorrow! I suppose you could get some last minute inspiration from Archie McPhee’s but unless you’re lucky enough to live in Seattle, I’m not sure what you would do about shipping.

Then of course, there’s the centralized web location for April Fool’s day including the database of pranks (wouldn’t you like to see that data model?)

Good luck!

• February 1 – National Baked Alaska Day
• February 8 – Kite Flying Day
• February 13 – Get a Different Name Day
• February 22 – National Margarita Day
• February 23 – International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
• February 28 – National Chocolate Souffle Day

The third week is International Flirting Week – note this is the week after Valentine’s Day…

The whole month is Canned Food Month and National Grapefruit Month

Without a doubt January is a quirky month:

January 2nd – National Buffet Day

January 10th – Peculiar People Day

January 13th – National Peach Melba Day

January 20th – Penguin Awareness Day

January 23 – National Rhubarb Pie Day

January also features some oddly sexist (not that we’re complaining) and unexplained holidays:

January 8th – Male Watcher’s Day

January 12th – The Feast of Wild Fabulous Men – anybody celebrating this one?

Think you’re ready for Christmas?  Better read the FAQ at Norad’s official Santa Tracker site to be sure.  Did you know you can still call to get Santa’s location on Christmas Eve?

And a little tune from the Muppets will help get you in the mood (and remind everyone that some things are better off key…)

• December 5th – anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the U.S. – go ahead – spike that eggnog!
• December 6th – Put on Your Own Shoes Day – interesting proximity to the holiday directly above…
• December 6th – Woolseymas (for all the James Joyce fans out there)
• December 14th – National Bouillabaisse Day – you have to spell it before you can celebrate it (ok, not really)
• December 16th – National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
• December 23rd – Festivus (the Seinfeld-created holiday)

The whole month is Bingo Month!!

Turkey Day is almost upon us. Now that the excitement of frying turkeys has mostly worn off – except for those that manage to burn their house down with this method – there doesn’t seem to be a new bizarre Thanksgiving custom on the horizon.  People seem to stick pretty close to tradition for this holiday that is well, pretty much all about tradition.  You could however experiment with stuffing and there are some strange ones out there:

Turkey stuffed with Twinkies

Video of the Swedish Chef and Danny Kaye attempting to prepare a turkey stuffed with chop suey

Resolve to get creative this year!  How are you going to unconform your turkey?

The month is pretty well dominated by Veterans’ Day and Thanksgiving, but if you’re in the mood for something less well known, these should get you started:

• November 2  – Look for circles day.  No evidence that it started with Sesame Street but I’m suspicious
• November 13 – Sadie Hawkins Day
• November 14 – National Guacamole Day
• November 28 – National French Toast Day

The entire month is Real Jewelry Month (presumably Fake Jewelry is celebrated at another time…)

The prime holiday season is upon us and the less common holidays are in abundance:

• October 3rd- Techies Day – hug a geek!
• October 7th – Bald and Free Day (best do it now before it gets too cold)
• October 9th – Leif Erikson Day, eat lutefisk if you dare
• October 18th – National Chocolate Cupcake Day
• October 20th – National Brandied Fruit Day
• Third Saturday: Sweetest Day in the Midwest – yes, it was probably invented by a candy company but nobody seems to care
• October 27th – National Navy Day – go on, hug a sailor! You know you want to
• October 28th – National Chocolate Day
• October 31 – Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

Probably no surprise that October is National Apple Month, but that also means it’s National Applejack month!  Combined with National Pickled Pepper Month and National Dessert Month

The big day is almost here. If you don’t have everything picked out for International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Sept. 19th  by now, you’re running late! Here are a few online generators to help you catch up:
Name your pirate ship – ahem, The Evil Eel is now taken.

Name your parrot – very specific to species and some really great names

Name yourself:

• based on your current name
• based on a scientific quiz
• if you’re in a hurry

Language translators:

• Pirate Speak
• Official site

September 13 – Fortune Cookie Day and Uncle Sam Day

September 19 – International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Third Saturday of September – Von Steuban Day – basically celebrating people that volunteer to fight in other nations’ wars.

The entire month is dedicated to the following foods, although no one has yet suggested eating them together:  chicken, honey, mushroom, papaya, potato, and rice.