Day

January 6

5 holidays

Bare pruned apple tree in a frosty winter orchard with rows of trees behind

Apple Tree Day

Apple Tree Day falls on January 6, and every named apple variety on earth is a cutting of one original tree, because apples refuse to breed true.

A bowl of mixed dried beans with a wooden scoop on a burlap cloth

Bean Day

Bean Day falls on January 6 and celebrates a cheap, nutritious food eaten the world over, with a link to the bean once hidden in the Epiphany cake.

Two people wrapped in a blanket on a sofa facing a window in gray winter light

Cuddle Up Day

Cuddle Up Day falls on January 6, and the body has a dedicated nerve system that responds to slow gentle touch and almost nothing else.

Pale shortbread fingers with fork-prick marks on a wire rack beside a broken round

Shortbread Day

Shortbread Day falls on January 6, celebrating a biscuit defined by a three-number ratio and by the reason anything in a kitchen is called short.

Ring-shaped sweet bread with candied fruit on a platter beside a small figure and cut slice

Three Kings Day

Three Kings Day falls on January 6, the Epiphany, and in much of the Spanish-speaking world it, rather than Christmas, is when children receive their gifts.