Use Less Stuff Day

In a world with rapidly diminishing natural resources, conservation is incredibly important. Use Less Stuff Day is all about re-using, patching up, recycling and handing things down rather than throwing them away and buying new things.

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Checkers Day

Checkers Day doesn’t have anything to do with the popular board game; rather, it commemorates the famous ‘checkers‘ speech made by Richard M. Nixon in 1952 after he received an adorable Cocker Spaniel as he sought election in 1952.Politicians are banned from taking donations for their own use so, when he was accused of this […]

Be Humble Day

February 22nd is the day when everyone celebrates Be Humble Day. Be Humble Day is the day to show humbleness. This day is not a day to boast or swash, not even the day to talk about your accomplishments and success. It’s the day meant only for humble experience.Humbleness is a good thing and virtue. […]

Saint Urho’s Day

The legend of St. Urho originated in Northern Minnesota in the 1950s. However, there are differing opinions as to whether it began with the fables created by Sulo Havumaki of Bemidji, or the tongue-in-cheek tales told by Richard Mattson of Virginia. Either way, the legend has grown among North Americans of Finnish descent to the […]

Curmudgeons Day

Curmudgeons Day is one of those holidays most people find hard to believe is real. There’s no need to worry, though, because you don’t have to be grumpy to celebrate it.There are many schools of thought regarding Curmudgeons Day. Some say it’s a holiday where you’re supposed to stay home all day and do nothing. […]