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List of Weird Wild and Wacky Days created by Roy Thomas & his wife

Roy Thomas and his wife created approximately 80 "special days", which are listed in Chases's Calendar of Events.

Chase's Calendar of Events is an annual American publication, started in 1957 by brothers William (Bill) D. Chase and Harrison V. Chase. It includes special events, holidays, federal and state observances, historic anniversaries, and more unusual celebratory traditions.

List of weird wild and wacky days

January 2 - Happy Mew Year For Cats Day
January 3 - Memento Mori
January 4 - Dimpled Chad Day
January 8 - Show & Tell Day at Work
January 17 - Judgement Day
January 22 - Answer Your Cat’s Question Day
January 23 - Snow Plow Mailbox Hockey Day
January 25 - A Room of One’s Own Day
January 30 - National Inane Answering Message Day
February 5 - Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day
February 7 - Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day
February 11 - Satisfied Staying Single Day
February 13 - Get a Different Name Day
February 17 - Who Shall I Be Day?
February 20 - Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo-Day
February 22 - For the Love of Mike Day
February 23 - Curling is Cool Day
February 26 - For Pete's Sake Day
March 3 - What if Cats & Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
March 9 - Panic Day
March 15 - National Brutus Day
March 15 - True Confessions Day
March 16 - Lips Appreciation Day
March 18 - Forgive Mom and Dad Day
March 22 - As Young As You Feel Day
March 26 - Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
March 27 - Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
April 7 - No Housework Day
April 8 - Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day
April 12 - Walk on Your Wild Side Day
April 17 - Blah Blah Blah Day
April 18 - Pet Owner's Independence Day
April 26 - Hug an Australian Day
May 6 - No Homework Day
May 8 - No Socks Day
May 11 - Eat What You Want Day
May 18 - Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day
May 21 - I Need a Patch for That Day
May 28 - The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day
June 2 - Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day
June 14 - Family History Day
June 22 - Stupid Guy Thing Day
June 23 - Let It Go Day
June 24 - Celebration of the Senses
July 3 - Stay Out of the Sun Day
July 6 - Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day
July 10 - Don't Step on a Bee Day
July 13 - Embrace Your Geekness Day
July 13 - Gruntled Workers Day
July 15 - Be a Dork Day
July 23 - Hot Enough For Ya Day
July 27 - Take Your Houseplants for a Walk Day
August 7 - Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
August 8 - Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors' Porch Day
August 18 - Bad Poetry Day
August 22 - Southern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day
August 28 - Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
August 28 - Crackers Over The Keyboard Day
August 29 - More Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 31 - Love Litigating Lawyers Day
September 9 - Wonderful Weirdos Day
September 11 - Remember Freedom Day
September 16 - Stay Away From Seattle Day
September 22 - Dear Diary Day
September 28 - Fish Tank Floorshow Night
October 12 - International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
October 14 - Be Bald and Be Free Day
October 19 - Evaluate Your Life Day
October 27 - Cranky Co-Workers Day
October 30 - Haunted Refrigerator Night
November 3 - Cliché Day
November 8 - Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 18 - Married To A Scorpio Support Day
November 19 - Have a Bad Day Day
November 20 - Name Your PC Day
November 25 - Blasé Day
November 30 - Stay Home Because You're Well Day
December 1 - Bifocals At The Monitor Liberation Day
December 5 - Bathtub Party Day
December 13 - Pick A Pathologist Pal Day
December 15 - Cat Herders' Day
December 16 - Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
December 21 - Humbug Day
December 29 - Tick Tock Day
December 30 - Falling Needles Family Fest

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Resources:

http://www.wellcat.com/holiday.html
http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/weird_holidays.html

wikipedia

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Funny Holidays Are Unofficial Holidays

Our calendar is full of Funny Holidays but sometimes it's hard to find them among all the other more well known observances.

Funny holidays are actually found listed in Unofficial Holiday directories. Below we have gathered a list of these funny holidays for your entertainment. Ha! Keep in mind that what's listed below is the most publicized but not necessarily the most popular observances. There are many more in our calendar.

These holidays are celebrated by various groups and individuals. Some are designed to promote a cause, others recognize historical events not recognized officially, and others are "funny" holidays, generally intended as humorous distractions and excuses to share laughs among friends.

April Fools' Day (1 April)
Buy Nothing Day (Day after Thanksgiving in the United States)
First Contact Day (5 April) (Day Vulcans establish first contact with humanity)
Friday the 13th
Friendship Day (First Sunday in August)
International Cannabis Day / Four Twenty (20 April) (Counterculture holiday for promotion of marijuana)
International Talk Like A Pirate Day (19 September)
Lost Penny Day (9 May)
Mischief Night (30 October)
Mole Day (23 October)
Monkey Day (14 December)
National Gorilla Suit Day (31 January)
National Hug Day (21 January)
No Pants Day (First Friday of May)
Opposite Day (25 January) (Day where you do everything opposite)
Pi Approximation Day (22 July) or Pi Day (14 March)
Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day (29 May)
Record Store Day (Third Saturday of April)
Robert Burns Day / Burns Night (25 January)
Star Wars Day (4 May) "May the Fourth be with you"

Super Bowl Sunday (Day of the National Football League championship)

Sweetest Day (Third Saturday in October)
Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day (27 July)
Towel Day (25 May) (Tribute to the late Douglas Adams)
Women Gamers Day (18 June) (Day for girls who enjoy video games)

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Examples of those that are considered "Funny Event Holidays". These are found on many Greeting Card Sites.

Send a Card to a friend Day / Feb. 7
Propose Day / Feb. 8
Smile Day / Feb. 8
Chocolate Day / Feb. 9
Teddy Bear Day / Feb. 10
Make a new friend Day / Feb. 11
Promise Day / Feb. 11
Hug Day / Feb. 12
Donut Day / June 5
Laundry Day / April 16

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Examples of those that are considered "Funny Party Holidays".

Chicken Wing Chucker Day / Fridays / eating wings and playing Chicken Chucker
National Tweed Day / April 3 / tweed dress parties
National Scavenger Hunt Day / May 24 / huge scavenger hunt parties
National Scarecrow Day / 1st Sun. in July / scarecrow building parties
Snowman Burning Day / March 20 / snowman burning parties
Thomas Crapper Day / Jan. 27 / toilet theme parties

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gone-ta-pott.com/national_snowman_burning_day

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gone-ta-pott.com/scavengerhunt

Are Weird Holidays Unofficial Observances

YES they are! Most Weird Holidays are what we call Unofficial Holidays.

These are holidays that are not traditionally marked on calendars. These holidays are celebrated by various groups and individuals. Some promote a cause, others recognize historical events not officially recognized, and others are "funny" holidays celebrated with humorous intent.

For example:
Monkey Day is celebrated on December 14, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is observed on September 19, and Blasphemy Day is held on September 30. Another example April Fool's Day on April 1. Various community organizers and marketers promote odd social media holidays.
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Social Media Holiday / Also known as a Marketing Holiday
A marketing holiday is an unofficial holiday which someone invents and promotes in the media. The point of the holiday is for typical users, community organizers, and marketers to share information within a theme.

Many social media holidays are recently created but some have longer histories. Professional social media managers use these holidays to market the content which they are promoting.
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Related Articles:

What are Weird Wild & Wacky Holidays

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External Links:
http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/
https://curlie.org/Society/Holidays
http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/talk_like_a_pirate_day.html
http://blog.inkhouse.com/best-practices-for-celebrating-social-media-hashtag-holidays
https://blog.hootsuite.com/weird-holidays-to-celebrate-on-social-media/
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/national-days/
https://mashable.com/2017/04/12/stop-holiday-hashtag-trend/#IQGPc6KQPOqa
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
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What Are Weird Wild and Wacky Holidays

A Weird Holiday is a Celebration Day that is about a weird wild or wacky subject matter.

Our calendar is packed full of them and celebrated all over the world. Some are based on facts, some are based on tradition, some are based on history, and some are based on just a good excuse to host an awesome theme party. But "All" are centered around getting together and having a good time with your community, classmates, neighbors, family, friends and rivals. Did you say rivals? Yep! based on the type of holiday it is; it can be rivals. All in fun though! The idea is for it to be theme related to the holiday and memorable. In fact if you ever go to a weird holiday party you can bet you will remember it for the rest of your life!

All wacky holidays "theme" around the word "weird".
But what does the word weird mean? Well The encyclopedia says weird is: synonyms: uncanny, errie, unnatural, supernatural, unearthly, otherworldly, ghostly, mysterious, strange, abnormal...

Well there ya go! The best definition for what a "Weird Holiday" is... is... It's a fun holiday that themes around weird, wild, wacky, unusual, obscure, uncommon, unique, strange, odd, crazy, funny, silly, quirky, offbeat, bizarre and funny subject matters. We find them listed all over the internet by every one of these descriptive words. Well why such a broad definition?

The Urban Dictionary defines weird as this:
Weird is a very subjective word that lacks a finite definition because it is a word used for emoting. Weird can be used maliciously or ignorantly to describe behavior, traditions, or rituals that are simply misunderstood by the person using the word, "weird," when better words would be strange, odd, unusual, foreign, or fascinating. The word "weird" can also be

used to deliberately dehumanize people and reduce their life-story in order to exclude them from social circles or relationships, because the person using the word "weird," thinks that the other person is trying to white-wash who they are and a history of doing weird stuff. Typically, the best use of the word, "weird," is to describe a sketchy person who does things that are abusive or annoying, or a person who is OK with being an asshole.

Now our website gone-ta-pott.com explains a weird holiday like this:
Most weird holidays honor some kind of wacky invention or a fun and bazaar thing to do. All of these make for some great party laughter. In fact, this is the main reason why these holidays are becoming so popular. Everybody loves a fun reason to party and these weird holidays fit the bill! Get your party pants on...

Weird Holidays .....
can be National Holidays celebrated by way of a small get together's or a weird holidays celebration celebrated by a whole towns in other different parts of the world.

A few examples are:
Snowmen burning day / Working naked day / Crapper Day / Feast of fabulous wild men day / Pig Day / Songkran / .
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