Date When Celebrated : This holiday is always held on June 1
Dare Day is a day to challenge someone, and to do a dare yourself. It’s a day that daredevils truly relish. Today is definitely a call to action. It is not a day for procrastinators or for hesitation.
Dares take all forms and shapes. The type of dare is almost limitless. Whether it is a prank, a challenge to accomplish something, or a personal action (like asking someone out on a date), this is the day to make the dare. And, its the day to do the dare. We do suggest that dares be safe, and of course, legal…….
Daring to the max: To dare someone to do something risky or challenging is one thing. Declaring the “double dog dare” heightens the challenge. The highest degree of challenge is to “triple dog dare” someone. It should not be used lightly, or frequently.
The most important DARE: We believe the most important dare is the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program.
Today’s Quote: ” Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.” – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama
Date When Celebrated: This holidays is always held on May 31
National Macaroon Day honors the Macaroon, a flourless cookie. It is popular among the Jewish community, especially during Passover, when Jews can not cook with flour. But, the popularity of the Macaroon doesn’t stop there. It is also enjoyed around the world.
Macaroons are made from ground nuts and leavened egg whites. Coconut and potato starch is common in Macaroon recipes. Macaroons were believed to have been first made in an Italian monastery in 1792. While monks are well known for their vows of silence, they just couldn’t keep quiet about this tasty treat.
Celebrate National Macaroon Day by baking and eating macaroons. If your schedule is tight today, stop by a bakery and select some for both work and for home.
Today’s Quote: ” When you go into court, you are putting your fate into the hands of 12 people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.” – – Norm Crosby
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 30.
Don’t you just love May? The weather has turned ideal or growing just about anything outdoors. The month is filled with garden related holidays. Today is another great one. It’s Water a Flower Day. This special day exists to reminder you to water your flowers…all of them.
Sure, we know that this day reads Water “a” Flower (singular) Day. It clearly indicates that a flower should be watered. But, in today’s world of equal rights and non-discrimination regulations, how can you single out one particular flower to water? Even if you can decide upon a certain flower, wouldn’t the rest of your flowers get upset and file a class action lawsuit?
So please, for your own sake, water all of your flowers today. As a gardener, this author suggest you make your flowers very happy with you, by adding a liquid fertilizer to the water. They will reward you with faster growth, and bigger blooms!
Today’s Quote: “Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” – – Sigmund Freud
History and Origin of Water a Flower Day:
Our research did not find the creator, or the origin of this day. But, we’re glad someone created this day. It’s late spring, and chances are, my flowers need a drink.
Our research found references to the establishment of this day around 2015.
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 29
Learn About Composting Day is a great opportunity to “Go Green” and help the environment. Composting is easy. It makes you feel good, knowing you are doing your part to keep our environment a little bit cleaner. You may be surprised at how easy it is to compost. And, everyone can compost.
What to compost- As you learn about composting, you will be surprised at all the things you can compost. It is common knowledge, that you can compost garden and yard vegetation, as well as kitchen (vegetable) scraps. But, you can also recycle many other things, including papers, untreated wood, and cardboard. Cardboard paper towel and toilet paper holders are great items to compost.
You can use compost around your plants, to feed them, keep the weeds down, and to help retain soil moisture. If you don’t have a yard, you can give it away to family and friends that do. Your reward will be flowers, vegetables or herbs from thankful gardeners.
Did you Know? You can make Compost Tea with your compost materials to feed your indoor and outdoor plants! It will save you $$$.
As you learn about composting today, you will also see the wide array of ways you can compost. You can start a simple compost pile in your back yard. Or, you can select a range of composters, from compost bins and compost barrels, to compost tumblers. You can even use an indoor compost pail. More on Composters and Compost Tumblers.
How to Celebrate Learn About Composting Day
There are a wide range of activities you can do to celebrate this special day. They include:
First and foremost, everyone should learn more about composting. See More on How to Compost.
Today is a great day for schools to create a lesson plan on composting.
Restaurants and businesses can buy composters to start a compost program and hold training for staff.
Organizations, local governments, and gardening groups can hold seminars on composting for the general public.
Learn the different kinds of composting: Compost piles, compost tumblers, and compost bins.
Today’s Quote: ” Behold my friends, the spring has come. The earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” – – Sitting Bull
History and Origin of Learn About Composting Day:
Holiday Insights created this special day in 2011.
We are strong advocates of the “Go Green” environmental movement. Composting is easy. We believe everyone can practice composting, to leave a better world for our children.
As a Boy Scout leader, this author follows the Boy Scout motto “Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle”. Composting is a great way to re-use a wide range of things that otherwise would go un-necessarily into the waste stream.
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 28th
Hamburgers are America’s favorite sandwich. What would a Memorial Day, or Fourth of July picnic be without the very American hamburger? So, it only fitting that we have a special day to celebrate our cherished burgers.
Hamburgers are American in origin. However, there is much controversy as to whether Hamburgers were first created in the 19th or the 20th century. We won’t fret over when they were first created. We’ll just savor the flavor.
Have it your way. The best way to cook a hamburger, is grilled on an outdoor grill. You can also cook them indoors on a frying pan. Add your favorite fixings. Cheese is all but a must. Then, there’s lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, bacon, and so much more. And, don’t forget the condiments. Mustard, ketchup, and relish are the favorites.
The World’s Largest Burger: On September 2, 2012, the Black Bear Casino Resort in Carlton, Minnesota cooked the world’s largest hamburger at 2,014 pounds. That’s the equivalent of 8,056 Quarter Pounders!
Hamburgers always seem to taste best with a side order of French fries. See National French Fries Day
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 27
Sun Screen Day educates and brings awareness to the importance of using sunscreen to protect yourself and your children from harmful UV rays from the sun. This day is held on May 27th, just in advance of the summer and vacation season.
Ultraviolet rays from the sun is a serious risk to your health. With the steady depletion of the ozone layer above the earth, more and stronger UV rays get through.
Overexposure to the sun can cause a number of health problems. It can cause skin cancer, and sunspots. It can also result in premature aging of your skin.
Doctors and medical professionals advocate the use of sunscreen, to guard against health problems. They recommend an Skin Protection factor (SPF) of 15 or more. The higher the SPF value, the better the lotion is at protecting you against harmful UV rays. Sunscreens should be used for all outdoor activities, including swimming.
And yes, sun screens should be used on cloudy days. UV rays can penetrate through the clouds.
Now get out and celebrate Sun Screen Day in the sun…with your sun screen protection!
Today’s Quote: ” I never expected to see the day when girls get sunburn in the places they now do.” – – Will Rogers
Date When Celebrated: This holiday is always held on May 26
Sally Ride Day honors the first American woman astronaut to go into space. Dr. Ride accomplished this feat as a mission specialist aboard STS-7, the second flight of the Space Shuttle “Challenger”. STS-7 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18, 1983.
Celebrate Sally Ride Day by learning more about the U.S. space program and NASA. Better yet, we encourage everyone to push for a more active and dedicated U.S. space program and policy.
If any of you young ladies (and young gentlemen) have thought about becoming an astronaut, we encourage you to follow your dream of going into space. Exploration and taming of the frontier made America what it is today. As a famous trekkie one said. “Space is the final frontier”.
Today’s Chuckle: “I’m at a place in my life when errands are starting to count as going out.” – – Author Unknown
Date When Celebrated : This holiday is always held on May 25
Welcome to National Brown Bag It Day. The brown bag has been around for a long, long time. It seems like just yesterday, everyone was “brown bagging it”, taking their lunch to work or school in a brown paper bag. My how times have changed. Nowadays, very few people brown bag it.
If you extend this line of thought to include in the definition of “brown baggers”, people who carry their lunch in a lunch bucket or a lunch pail back in the day, that would include most people.
Then, somewhere along the way, Brown Bagging your lunch grew out of style. Busy, working moms did not have the time in the morning to pack a good lunch. School lunch programs were initiated or expanded, to the point where almost all kids bought their lunch at school. After all, bringing your lunch is not considered “cool”.
Today is the perfect day to go “retro” if only for a day, and brown bag your lunch. Nostalgia aside, there are good reasons to brown bag it. First of all, it can save a lot of money, over buying lunch on a daily basis. Second, home made or foods packed from home always taste better. In addition Mom or Dad can pack a lunch that is more healthy and nutritious. That’s a lot of good reasons to brown bag it. Now, if we can only get people to look at brown bagging as being the “cool” thing to do.
National Brown Bag It Day. is the prefect day to go back in time and brown bag it. Because it is a special holiday, it will be the “cool” thing to do, if only for a day.
Today’s Quote: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” – – Milton Freidman
Date When Celebrated: This holiday event is always held on May 24
Ladies, do you know the feeling you get when you put a tiara on your head? It’s a great feeling. That’s right, you feel like royalty! A tiara transforms you into the queen, princess or duchess hidden inside of every women or girl. If you do not come from nobility, you may never have had the chance to wear a tiara before today. Opportunities and events where a tiara is worn are few and far between. International Tiara Day was created, so you can experience this joyous feeling today. This is an annual holiday, so now you can wear a tiara at least once a year!
A Crown versus a Tiara
There are a few difference between a crown and a tiara. Both are encrusted with jewels. A tiara is a type of crown. It is worn mostly by women. Crowns are circular, while a tiara is semicircular. Crowns cover the entire head. A tiara covers only the front part of the head.
How to Celebrate International Tiara Day:
Make this into the fun filled day it is intended to be. There are so many ways to celebrate and enjoy this day. Need ideas? Here are a few:
Wear a tiara. Savor and enjoy the royal feeling that comes with wearing it.
With a tiara firmly affixed atop your head, make some royal proclamations. They can be big or small.
Research your family roots, to see if any royalty is in your family tree.
Pamper yourself and your daughter(s). Give yourselves the royal treatment at a beauty or nail salon.
Go to a relaxing spa and get the works.
Give a tiara to young girls you know, and watch them smile!
Go to a high end restaurant. If you order a steak, we suggest the “queen” cut.
Buy some new clothes or jewelry that is befitting a person of your high, noble stature.
With your tiara on your head, go online and read about the Queen Mum.
Happy International Tiara Day
Today’s Quote: ” Always be yourself. No matter who’s aroudn you being negative or thrusting negative energy at you. Block it off. Because whatever you believe, you become.” – – Michael Jackson
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