Celebrating quirky

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It’s April Fool’s Eve!

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 [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in February

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 [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in January

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 [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in December

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 – [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in October

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 [...]

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