Extraterrestrial Culture Day –
Celebrated big in New Mexico on the second Tuesday of the month, it
is a day to celebrate aliens in the past, present and future.
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day – Seems
to go hand in hand with Extraterrestrial Culture Day for obvious
reasons.
International Darwin Day – The
birthday of Charles Darwin, this day is a global celebration of
science and reason, or so the website says. http://darwinday.org/
Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday or Fat
Tuesday or Fastnacht day – The day before Ash Wednesday when Lent
begins. This is the day to eat lots of food in preparation for the
fasting of Lent. Hence the pancakes since they are rich in eggs,
milk and sugar.
Mardi Gras – This celebration seems
to last for weeks. This is actually the last day of the festivities
as far as I can tell so if you wait until the actual Mardi Gras day
to go see it all, you will miss most of it.
Paczki Day – a Polish dish that looks
like a donut without the hole. It is traditionally made on this day
to use up ingredients that could not be eaten during Lent.
http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/holidaysfestivals/a/paczkiday.htm
Lincoln's Birthday – The birthday of
President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most popular presidents in
American History.
NAACP Day – Founded on this day in
1909, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
has a mission “to ensure the political, educational, social, and
economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial
hatred and racial discrimination”. While all of those things
have come a long way since 1909, I don't think anyone believes that
its mission is finished.
Oglethorpe Day – This day honors British
General James Edward Oglethorpe who founded the state of Georgia on this day in
1733(which he named after King George II).
Safety Pup Day – Developed in 1985 by
the National Child Safety Council and designed to address different
safety issues with children such as stranger safety.
National Lost Penny Day – Begun in
1995, this is a day to find all of the lost pennies you can and cash
them in because combined, pennies are more useful than they are
individually. Consider donating the pennies to your favorite charity
so they might serve a great purpose.
National Plum Pudding Day – Formerly
known as Plum Duff, this pudding has been around for a long time. It
isn't really a pudding, to me it's more of a cake, but I've made
other puddings that came out very cake-like so I guess others have
different definitions of what makes a pudding. Feel free to put this
on a plate, douse it in brandy and flambe it.
I wonder if it's a coincidence that we
celebrate extraterrestrials on the same day as Mardi Gras? In any
case, make sure your children are safe before they go off to school
today, then you can search the house for pennies, and have your own
Mardi Gras party. Lunch today will be Plum Pudding and Paczki before
you leave the house to go to join the NAACP. Then you can celebrate
Oglethorpe Day by taking a quick trip to Georgia to admire the land
he found and named on your way to Washington D.C. to visit the
Lincoln Memorial. You should be able to make it home in time for
dinner since your extraterrestrial friends will be giving you a lift.
They are waiting to give you a tour of their spacecraft which is
full of scientific exhibits which would fascinate Darwin if he were
able to come with you.
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