January ’09

• 2Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
• 3Festival of Sleep
•  Fruitcake Toss Day
• 4Dimpled Chad Day
•  World Hypnotism Day
• 7I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
• 8

  Show and Tell Day at Work

  Relive the days of your childhood with your co-workers, It's Show and Tell Day at Work! Instead of your Pet Rock or favorite book or family tortoise you can bring in your latest grown up toy, perhaps. Maybe your new gaming system or the latest gizmo you found online? Maybe some photos of the little apple of your eye or the Apple of Steve Jobs' eye? Bore or dazzle your way through the day.
• 9National Static Electricity Day
• 12

  Penguin Awareness Day

  If you want to be aware of penguins today is the day. This might be the day to rent that old Batman movie…you know, the one with Danny DeVito in it. Or taking a trip to the local day. Chances are (if you live in the Northern U.S.) you will look and feel a little like a penguin as you waddle your way to your car, wrapped up against the cold.
• 12Thank God It's Monday Day
• 14National Dress Up Your Pet Day
• 16National Nothing Day
• 21National Hugging Day
• 21

  Squirrel Appreciation Day

  Supposedly one of the ideas behind this day is to leave out some extra tasty squirrel food to help the squirrels survive the winter. Seems sort of anti-Darwinian to me, but to each their own. To learn more, visit: here
• 23

  National Pie Day

  Like a lot of these national "holidays" there is invariably a corporate interest group lurking behind the creation of the celebratory day. The American Pie Council has its sticky little fingers all over this one (which began in 1986)! It is meant to be a special day to set aside to bake and cook your favorite pies. But really they would rather you buy and eat one of their member's culinary creations. Let's be real! here
• 23Measure Your Feet Day
•  Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
• 25Opposite Day
• 26Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
• 28National Kazoo Day
• 30Insane Answering Message Day