Here's a collection of obscure and unusual AUGUST
celebrations.
Let's start with month long celebrations. For August you have: Admit You're Happy Month, Family Fun Month,
National Catfish Month, National Eye Exam Month, National Golf Month (I'd
better make sure my brother knows about this one), Peach Month, Romance
Awareness Month, Water Quality Month, National Picnic Month.
And then there are the week long celebrations. The first week of August is National Simplify
Your Life Week. The second week of the
month is National Smile Week. The third
week is Friendship Week. And the fourth
week is Be Kind To Humankind Week.
And the daily celebrations:
I found it interesting that 10 of the 31 days in August have holidays
connected to food (are we seeing an ongoing theme here?). Some of the dates have more than one holiday
attached to them.
August 1) National
Raspberry Cream Pie Day
August 2) National
Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 3) National
Watermelon Day
August 4) National Mustard
Day (the first Saturday in August)
August 4) U.S. Coast
Guard Day
August 5) Friendship
Day (the first Sunday in August)
August 5)
International Forgiveness Day (first Sunday in August)
August 5) Sisters Day
(first Sunday in August)
August 5) Work Like A
Dog Day
August 6) Wiggle Your
Toes Day
August 7) National
Lighthouse Day
August 8) Sneak Some
Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
Apparently
zucchini is one of the most prolific plants with a single plant producing what
seems to be an endless supply of zucchini. By the time August arrives,
gardeners have far more zucchini than they can possibly use. After giving away
as much as they can to family and friends, desperate growers seek desperate
measures to rid themselves of the overflow. And that gives us the name and
reason for the holiday…sneak some zucchini onto your neighbor's porch day.
August 9) Book
Lover's Day
Book Lover's
Day encourages you to find a comfortable place, relax, and enjoy a good book.
If you happen to fall asleep in that gently swaying hammock while reading,
that's perfectly okay. There is some disagreement about when this holiday is
celebrated. August 9th is the most widely accepted date. Some
celebrate it on the first Saturday in November. My suggestion? Celebrate both
days.
August 10) Lazy Day
August 10) National
S'mores Day
August 11)
Presidential Joke Day
August 12) Middle
Child's Day
August 13) Left
Hander's Day
August 14) National
Creamsicle Day
August 15) Relaxation
Day
For people
with a hectic lifestyle, this is the day to kick back and do nothing…just
relax. Take a break from your busy work and personal schedule. If something
stresses you out, this is the day to ignore it.
August 16) National
Tell A Joke Day
August 17) National
Thriftshop Day
August 18) Bad Poetry
Day
August 19) Aviation
Day
August 20) National
Radio Day
August 21) Senior
Citizen's Day
August 22) Be An
Angel Day
August 22) National
Tooth Fairy Day (and/or February 28)
August 23) Chinese
Valentine's Day (7th day of 7th Lunar Month
August 23) Ride The
Wind Day
This is a
carefree day, a time to soar above the earth. Catch a ride on the breeze or
float like a cloud. Summer will soon be over. Take advantage of this day to
relax and leave your worries behind. Fly a kite. Enjoy the final days of
summer.
August 24) Vesuvius
Day
August 25) Kiss And
Make Up Day
August 26) National
Dog Day
August 26) Women's
Equality Day
August 27) Global
Forgiveness Day
August 27) Just
Because Day
August 28) Race Your
Mouse Day (but in today's society are we talking
rodent or computer?)
August 29) More
Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 30)
Frankenstein Day
There are 3
versions of this day. This one is in honor of author Mary Shelley, the author
of Frankenstein, who was born August
30, 1797. There is also Frankenstein Friday and National Frankenstein Day, both
celebrated in October. Confused? Celebrate all 3 days.
August 30) Toasted
Marshmallow Day
August 31) National
Trail Mix Day
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