Days to Celebrate in January

If you’re looking for an excuse to celebrate this January then you’ve come to the right place as I’ve compiled a great list of cool holidays for you to pay homage to – some you may be familiar with, but many you have probably not heard of before.

New Years Day is usually celebrated with a hangover from too much partying on New Years Eve and lots of great intentions aka New Years Resolutions.

Trivia Day is a great excuse to crack open a game of Trivial Pursuit to celebrate.

Old rock day is about celebrating old rock aka stones, not rock music although any excuse to play classic rock seems like a good one to me!   

9^th January - National Clean Off Your Desk Day

Clean off your desk day was designed to help get people more organized and I'm guessing we're celebrating it in January in an attempt to help people keep their New Years Resolutions.

9^th January - National Apricot Day

Why wouldn't you have a day to celebrate the humble apricots because not only do they taste good they are packed full of goodness which could be why the name apricot came from the Latin word for precious.   This is a day to eat apricots, so grab some apricot recipes and let the celebrating begin!

Peculiar People Day??   Who comes up with these holidays?   I guess you could call nearly everyone who doesn't agree with your choices in life peculiar so the day should be about celebrating everyone in your life and their individual personalities complete with their little oddities that make them who they are.

Let's face it with everyone using computer keyboards and phones to text less and less of us use a pen or pencil in our communications any more.   Make a point to celebrate National Handwriting Day to send a letter the old fashioned way to someone.   I know I love to recieve 'real mail' sometimes and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

This holiday is self explanatory and you can celebrate by dressing your pet up in bling or even in a costume as though it's Halloween.

16^th January - National Nothing Day

This holiday has been celebrated since 1972 so that's a good reason to keep up the tradition of doing absolutely nothing on this particular day and a great excuse to totally recharge your batteries so to speak.

16^th January - Religious Freedom Day

Whatever your beliefs January 16th's Religious Freedom Day is a day when you should be proud to be American because there are so many different countries around the world where people do not have the right to follow their own religious beliefs.    This is something many of us take for granted without really thinking about it.

Who doesn't love Winnie the Pooh?   AA Milne (the creator of Winnie the Pooh and his many friends) was born on 18th January 1882 so it's an appropriate day to celebrate as Winnie the Pooh Day - now where's some honey because eating honey is one of Pooh's favorite things to do!

Need an excuse to eat popcorn?   You've just found one and the great thing about Popcorn Day is that there's more popcorn days later in the year too!

20^th January - Cheese Day

I love cheese and Cheese Day is a great excuse to try new cheeses out whether it's in a cheese sandwich, on crackers or in a cheese souffle there's just so many ways to incorporate cheese into your day.

20^th January - National Buttercrunch Day

I do love all of these food holidays and National Buttercrunch Day is another yummy day to enjoy and if you happen to have any leftover popcorn (I can't imagine why you wouldn't have finished it, but anyway....) you could always combine it with buttercrunch and macadamias in this delicious recipe - Macadamia Buttercrunch Popcorn - delicious!

Give someone a hug today - it's good for you!

22^nd January - National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

This is a fun holiday for cat owners to celebrate, if my late cat was still alive the answers would be 'because I said so,' 'it's the dog's food not yours,' and 'the dog cannot reach that high so I know you were the one to knock it off, just because the dog had it does not make the dog the only culprit!'

I do miss my cat at times, but the amount of time he tried to get the dogs in trouble it was just like having 'human' children!

22^nd January - National Blonde Brownie Day

Another delicious food holiday - eat blonde brownies all day - enough said!

23^rd Januray - Measure Your Feet Day

Well again this day is very self explanatory - you need to measure your feet!   I must admit I did think I'd heard of everything when I heard this day, but it's a great excuse to pamper your feet at the same time because they certainly do work hard every day.

23^rd January - National Pie Day

Another food holiday, so much for the diet!   Choose your favorite pie and enjoy.

We often forget to say thank you to people let alone pay them a compliment so take the time to notice the people around you today and pay them a compliment.  

My daughter absolutely loves it when we have an opposite day so when she discovered that there was an 'official' Opposite Day there was no doubting that it would be celebrated in our house.   It can get a little confusing sometimes, but it is a lot of fun.

Australia Day celebrates the establishment of the first settlement at Port Jackson in Sydney in 1788 and is used by Australians to celebrate being an Australian.  

29^th January - National Corn Chip Day

In my mind National Corn Chip Day is a great excuse for throwing a Mexican party, but however you celebrate it I'm sure it will be delicious.

National Escape Day isn't about people trying to emulate Houdini, instead it's about escaping things in your life that infuriate you so think about what it is you want to escape from and 'poof' escape!   It could be that you leave the children at your mother in laws for a few hours and treat yourself to a bubble bath and face mask or it could be that you decide you've had enough of your boss and phone in sick for the day to watch daytime television.   Whatever you decide to do, relax and enjoy.

Backwards Day is a fun way of having fun with your children - say goodbye when someone visits and hello when they go are two simple ways to enjoy the day.   Reading stories backwards is another activity that toddlers and preschoolers in particular enjoy - just be prepared for lots of giggling and enjoy the day.