Weird January Holidays and Observances

Let me say right away that there are many weird and wacky holidays that occur in the month of January. Sure most people know about New Year's Day Celebrations, The Mummers Parade Celebration, Rose Bowl, and the Tournament of Roses, just to name a few well known observances. Along with these well established holidays and observances are a few obscure and shall we say, a bit weird and unusual observances. For example, did you know that there is a Bubble Bath Day, Fruit Cake Toss Day, Dress Up Your Pet Day, Bald Eagle Appreciation Day, National Hugging Day, Belly Laugh Day? It's true. And there are many more obscure observances and occurrences celebrated in the month of January. Often, there is more than one celebration on each specified day. In this article we try to concentrate on the more obscure observance. Let's get the ball rolling with Happy Mew Year For Cats Day which is observed on January 2 each year.

January List Weird Holidays

Happy Mew Year for Cats Day - January 2
J.R.R. Tolkien Day - January 3
Dimpled Chad Day - January 4
Trivia Day - January 4
Bean Day - January 5
Bird Day - January 5
Cuddle Up Day - January 6
Harlem Globe Trotters Day - January 7
Bubble Bath Day - January 8
Learn to Ski Day - January 8
Fruit Cake Toss Day - January 9
National Clean Off Your Desk Day - January 11
Rubber Duckie Day - January 13
Dress Up Your Pet Day - January 14
International Fetish Day - January 15
National Nothing Day - January 16
Bald Eagle Appreciation Day - January 17
Hot Head Chilli Day - January 17
Thesaurus Birthday - January 18
Penguin Awareness Day - January 20
National Hugging Day - January 21
National Pie Day - January 23
Belly Laugh Day - January 24
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day - January 25
National Peanut Brittle Day - January 26
Thomas Crapper Day - January 27
Fun At Work Day - January 28
National Puzzle Day - January 29
National Seed Swap Day - January 31

Circle your calendar on the special holidays and observances and celebrate with like minded people across the nation. Find out more about unusual and wacky or obscure observances by visiting the links below.

Source:
Holiday Insights
Infoplease
The New York Public Library Desk Reference