NurdleNet » quirky holidays http://www.nurdle.net Celebrating quirky Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:45:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 It’s April Fool’s Eve! http://www.nurdle.net/2010/03/its-april-fools-eve/ http://www.nurdle.net/2010/03/its-april-fools-eve/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:10:03 +0000 Juliet Chase http://www.nurdle.net/?p=925

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!

]]> http://www.nurdle.net/2010/03/its-april-fools-eve/feed/ 0 Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in February http://www.nurdle.net/2010/02/dont-forget-to-celebrate-unusual-holidays-in-february/ http://www.nurdle.net/2010/02/dont-forget-to-celebrate-unusual-holidays-in-february/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:32:28 +0000 Juliet Chase http://www.nurdle.net/?p=879

  • 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

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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?

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  • 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!!

]]> http://www.nurdle.net/2009/12/dont-forget-to-celebrate-unusual-holidays-in-december/feed/ 0 Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in October http://www.nurdle.net/2009/10/dont-forget-to-celebrate-unusual-holidays-in-october/ http://www.nurdle.net/2009/10/dont-forget-to-celebrate-unusual-holidays-in-october/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:02 +0000 Juliet Chase http://www.nurdle.net/?p=726

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

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