Fun Days to Celebrate!
July 15- Disney Land opens (1955)
July 23 - National Hot Dog Day (see Hot Dog: A Summer Classic Revisited!)
July 30 - Fathers in Laws Day
August 30 - National Watermelon Day
August 8 – Summer Olympics begin in Bejing, China
August 11 – Brothers Day
August 12 – IBM introduces the first PC in 1981 – great news for Busy Bee!
August 15 – Find a Hammock – National Relaxation Day
August 21 – Host a Luau – Hawaii became the 50th state on this day in 1958
August 27 – U.S. Open Tennis begins in NY
August 30 – Grab a stick – National Marshmallow Toasting Day
September 1 – Labor Day
September 18 – Chocolate Day (yum!)
September 19 – Talk Like a Pirate Day! (no kidding – check out talklikeapirate.com, and their new book, The Pirate Life
September 20 – Germany Celebrates its 175th Oktoberfest (lasting until October 7th)
September 22 – Ice Cream Cones are invented in 1903
September 26 – The Brady Bunch premiers in 1969 (share this TV icon with your kids by treating them to the full five season set on DVD, covered in avocado green shag carpet!! Amazon.com, The Brady Bunch
October 8 – Columbus Day
October 13 – World Egg Day (sounds like breakfast for dinner!)
October 27 – National Beer Day (perfectly timed before Mothers-in-Law day! Just kidding!)
October 28 – Mothers-in-Law Day
October 31 – Halloween (not like you’d forget this one!)
November 3 – Sandwich Day
November 7 – Sadie Hawkins Day (invite your hubby out to dinner!)
November 12 – the first recorded Happy Hour is celebrated in Ireland, 1745
November 18 – Mickey Mouse’s Birthday (he’s turning 80!)
November 21 – World Television Day (not like it’s hard to find an excuse to watch some great TV!)
November 22 – Thanksgiving!
December 5 - Prohibition is repealed in the US (1933)
December 9 – A Charlie Brown Christmas premiers (1965)
December 12 – Poinsetta Day
December 18 – Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day (and no, this isn’t a joke!)
December 20 – National Sangria Day
December 21 – Hanukkah begins at sundown
December 22 – Winter Solstice/First Day of Winter (the shortest day of the year)
December 24 – National Eggnog Day
December 31 – New Year’s Eve (who could forget this bubbly holiday?)
January 1 – Happy 2010!
January 11 – the 67th Annual Golden Globes Award
January 19 – National Popcorn Day (rent a movie!)
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23 – National Pie Day
January 25 – Dinner Party Day (you know you should!)
February 1 – Super Bowl XLIV
February 2 – Ground Hog’s Day
February 8 – 52nd Grammy Awards
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 17th – Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 22 – 82nd Academy Awards as luck would have it, National Margarita Day as well!
February 24 – Mardi Gras
