Every Day's a Holiday
June 01, 2012
When I turned my wall calendar page to June this morning, I
found a list of 2012 international holidays stapled inside. I was about to toss
it, when I stopped to take a look. Along with the more traditional
holidays like Christmas, New Year’s and various independence days, other
countries celebrate some memorable and colorful holidays such as:
Picnic Day (Australia —Aug.
6)
Day of Goodwill (South Africa —Dec.
26)
Waitangi Day (New Zealand —Feb.
6)
Coming of Age Day, Children’s Day, Respect for the Aged Day
(Japan —Jan. 9,
May 5 and Sept. 1, respectively)
Not to brag or anything, but we here in the U.S.
have quite the array of holidays and
“National Month/Day of” designations ourselves. For example, in addition to the
well-known Father’s Day and Flag Day, June contains some of most lighthearted
and silly of these. How about Chimborazo
Day (June 3)—celebrating an inactive volcano that is supposedly the point on
Earth that is closest to the Moon and farthest from the Earth’s center? Food
lovers celebrate National Cheese Day (June 4), National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
(June 7), Iced Tea Day (June 10), Corn on the Cob Day (June 11), National Fudge
Day (June 16) and National Bomb Pop Day (June 28)—among others!
To work off all that ice cream and cheese, you can get
outside for National Trails Day (June 2), National Running Day (June 6—also
National Yo-Yo Day) or Go Fly a Kite Day (June 5).
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| Kites. Go fly one on June 5. Photo courtesy Falto. |
Other days of note: Weed your Garden Day (June 13), World
Juggling Day (June 16), Eat Your Vegetables Day (June 17), Take Your Dog to
Work Day (June 22), Camera Day (June 29), and Meteor Day (June 30).
And, of course, there’s always Donald Duck’s birthday. Mr.
Duck made his first appearance in the cartoon “The Wise Little Hen” on June 9, 1934 . Happy 78th
birthday, D.D.!
Believe it or not, these are just a few of the days in June
with official celebrations! Click here for a more complete listing.
What do you want to celebrate today? Me, I’m celebrating
National Doughnut Day—meet me at Krispy Kreme for a free doughnut!
2 comments
Seriously, I never knew there was such a day as Go Fly A Kite Day! Nor the Weed Your Garden and Eat Your Vegetables Day. Hahahaha....
ReplyDeleteThe Take your Dog To Work Day sounds fun, though. Personally, I would be interested in a National Jelly Day, if there's one. :p
Michelle--I didn't know either until I looked up "June holidays!" I would not be surprised if there was a National Jelly Day--you should try searching for it on the internet.
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