Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Bizarre and Unique Holidays

Do you enjoy writing prompts?  I found these holidays on the internet and thought I would share them with you all.  Try writing about one of these bizarre and unique holidays.  You might come up with something fun and publishable.

                                                   For the Month

Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Fall Hat Month
International Square Dancing Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Courtesy Month
National Piano Month
Chicken Month
Baby Safety Month
Little League Month
Honey Month
Self-Improvement Month
Better Breakfast Month

Now I'm going to give you part of the day by day holidays.  There are a lot of them!  I'll give the rest of them next week.

For the month of September:
1  Emma M. Nutt Day (the first woman telephone operator)
2  VJDay (Surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri formally ends WWII)
2  National Beheading Day (that's a strange one!)
3  Labor Day (first Monday of the month)
3  Skyscraper Day
4  Newspaper Carrier Day
5  Be Late For Something Day
5  Cheese Pizza Day
6  Fight Procrastination Day
6  Read A Book Day
7  Neither Rain Nor Snow Day
8  International Literacy Day
8  National Date Nut Bread Day
8  Pardon Day
9  Grandparents Day (first Sunday after Labor Day)
9  National Pet Memorial Day (second Sunday in September)
9  Teddy Bear Day
10  Sewing Machine Day
10 Swap Ideas Day

Whew!  There's a holiday for everything!  I'll finish the list up on next weeks blog.  Enjoy and happy writing!

Karen Sperra

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