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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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

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 [...]

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?)

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

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.