It Is MLK Day and There are Strange Holidays

It is Martin Luther King Day. Whenever I see this written as MLK Day, I always think it says Milk Day. Then I have to think and relize there is no such thing as Milk Day, as far as I know. I'm going to look it up.

I was wrong. Milk Day is January 11 and it celebrates the first time milk was delivered in bottles in 1878.


There seems to be a holiday about everything. Below are Strange Holidays I found. 

• World Naked Bike Ride: (dates vary) (WNBR) "is an international clothing-optional bike ride in which participants plan, meet and ride together en masse on human-powered transport (the vast majority on bicycles, and fewer on skateboards, rollerblades, roller skates) to "protest oil dependency and celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies"."  "The dress code motto is "Bare As You Dare". Full and partial (especially topfree) nudity is encouraged, but not mandatory, on all rides. Requiring partial cover-up is strictly forbidden and is a distinguishing feature of WNBR versus other cycling events."

• First Foot Day - (January 1) - First Foot Day marks the beginning of the New Year and is said to bring luck.  Who dares enter your home first on New Year's Day?  You have to read about this Holiday. It's traditional for many people. Click Here for more info on First Foot Day.

• Thomas Crapper Day! - (January 27) Some information you find calls it "Toilet Day."  This holiday is devoted to the man who invented the flush toilet. Parties are hosted on this day and toilet games are played in it's honor!

• International Medical Marijuana Day / 420 - (April 20)

"April 20 ("4/20" in U.S. date notation) has evolved into a counterculture holiday, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis.: This observance is set to honor "medical marijuana" - "Medical cannabis (commonly referred to as "medical marijuana") refers to the use of the Cannabis plant as a physician-recommended drug or herbal therapy, as well as synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoids.

In some locations this celebration coincides with Earth Week. At events in the United States, it is common to hear about Abraham Lincoln, one of many American politicians known for past use of cannabis, who wrote that one of his "favorite things" was "smoking a pipe of sweet hemp". 

• International Nose Picking Day - (April 23)

This holiday is an International Observance celebrated each and every year on April 23; which means that people all over the world can and will be celebrate this unusual holiday!  Is this a joke? Nope, it's another one of those Weird, wild & Wacky Holidays that people just love to roll over laughing about-

• No Pant's Day - (always celebrated on the 1st Friday in May)

It is a day where everyone, be they students, respectable businessmen, or cherished community leaders, leave their pants behind, and have a little fun.  Usually this means wearing thick, appropriately modest boxer shorts, but bloomers, slips, briefs, and boxer-briefs all work as well.

• Bath Tub Party Day: (August 5) where party goers are encouraged to go to the extreme and pile in a large tub (most of the time it's a large water fountain, hot tub or swimming pool) and splash around in bubbles while wearing shower caps with the largest tub toy you can find (most popular is the yellow duck)! These parties are known to go on for hours and many times the theme goes into soap and scrubbing the body with large sponges! It's a really funny party to be sure!

• The Mid-Autumn Festival: (September ?) also known as the Moon Festival, Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese people and Vietnamese people (even though they celebrate it differently), dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. Traditionally friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes together. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as: Putting pomelo rinds on one's head, carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns, burning incense in reverence to deities

• Sadie Hawkins Day: It became a day-long event observed in Canada and in the United States on the Saturday that follows November 9th. The practical basis of Sadie Hawkins Day is one of simple gender role-reversal. Women and girls take the bold initiative by inviting the man or boy of their choice out on a date - almost unheard of before 1937 - typically to a dance attended by other bachelors and their assertive dates.