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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 – you have to [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in September

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, [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in July

July 2 – World UFO Day  The Roswell ‘find’ was on July 2…
July 12 – Different colored eyes day (no known connection to UFO Day)
July 14 – The holiday trifecta: Bastille Day, Pandemonium Day, and National Nude Day
All of July is National Ice Cream Month with these additional holidays:

July 7 – National Strawberry Sundae Day
July [...]

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in June

June 17 – Bunker Hill Day
June 18 – International Panic Day
June 19 – World Sauntering Day
June 22 – National Chocolate Eclair Day
June 30 – Meteor Watch day
The whole month of June is National Accordion Awareness Month

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in May

May 1 – National Law Day, National Loyalty Day, May Day
May 8 – International Tuba Day – note it’s Tuba Day not Tuba Player Day…
May 9 – Lost Sock Remembrance Day – mourn and move on
May 20 – Meck-Dec Day
May 30 – National Mint Julep Day
The whole month is National Chocolate Custard Month!

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in April

April 6 – Plan Your Epitaph Day  If you don’t, someone else will….
April 13 – Dyngus Day – nothing says love like getting someone wet
April 25 – World Penguin Day
And the whole last week of April is National Karaoke Week! (can you stand it?)

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Don’t forget to celebrate! Unusual holidays in March

March 10 – Middle Name Pride Day  Read up on middle names
March 11 – Worship of Tools Day
March 14 – National Pi Day  
March 20 – Extraterrestrial Abductions Day

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It’s time to start preparing for International Talk Like a Pirate Day

It’s time to start practicing pirate talk and making sure you have a good pirate name picked out. International Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19th.

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