Making personalized calendars even more personal with the addition of peculiar dates; here are some for February.
FeeFiFoto has been producing personalized photo calendars as a core part of our business since we were established about five years ago. For a long time our designs and features were relatively unchanged, but last year we added a bunch of new templates, a thousand or so pieces of clip art, and the capacity to arrange photos in collages instead of being limited to a single photo per page. We've always had a feature that lets you enter your own family birthdays, anniversaries or special events.
Last year the kids and I designed calendars for our family, and in addition to the usual birthdays and anniversaries, we chose one day each month for a fictitious holiday just to see if anyone was paying attention. January 16 was Talk Like Pirates Day, February 24 was Walk Backwards Day, March 1 was Talk Really Fast Day, August 17 was Snowball Fight Day, and November 2 was Kiss Your Mom Day. We also acknowledged some legitimate holidays and anniversaries, like the Ides of March (March 15), Beethoven's Birthday (December 16) and the anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride (April 18). It was fun and silly.
I can't imagine that the majority of customers who buy personalized photo calendars from FeeFiFoto have my family's twisted warped exotic
highly developed sense of humor, but on the outside chance that at
least someone out there appreciates a good absurdist* joke, I've
compiled a list of some really weird, but apparently true, national and
international holidays.
February
1
Serpent Day
Clark Gable, b. 1901
2
Purification Day
James Joyce, b. 1882
3
Carrot Cake Day
Cordova Ice Worm Day
I don't even want to know about this one
4
Rosa Parks, b. 1913
Thank A Mailman Day
Create A Vacuum Day
I've heard Dysons are really good
5
National Weatherman's Day
Disaster Day
Could these two be related?
6
Lame Duck Day
Aaron Burr, b. 1756
Babe Ruth, b. 1895
7
Charles Dickens Day
8
Kite Flying Day
Shouldn't this be in April?
9
Toothache Day
Think I'll pass on this one
10
Umbrella Day
11
White Tee-Shirt Day
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Thomas Edison, b. 1847
12
National Plum Pudding Day
13
Get A Different Name Day
Dream Your Sweet Day
Read To Your Child Day
14
Ferris Wheel Day
National Heart to Heart Day
15
National Gum Drop Day
But please, don't drop your gum on the sidewalk
16
Do A Grouch A Favor Day
But only if he asks nicely
17
Champion Crab Races Day
18
Pluto Day
National Battery Day
Umm -- is there a National Assault Day?
19
National Chocolate Mint Day
You got my attention with this one
20
Hoodie Hoo Day
Woo hoo -- it's Hoodie Hoo Day!
21
Card Reading Day
22
Be Humble Day
The rest of the year, be as conceited as you like
23
W.E.B. Dubois, b. 1868
Banana Bread Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Miss Puppy likes this one
24
National Tortilla Chip Day
25
Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt)
26
William Frawley, b. 1887
Buffalo Bill Cody, b. 1846
National Pistachio Day
I like pistachios better than pistols
27
Marian Anderson, b. 1897
International Polar Bear Day
I like polar bears
28
Public Sleeping Day
I like sleeping
29
National Surf and Turf Day
Do you commemorate Beethoven's Birthday? And what is an "Ides" anyway?
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*SpellCheck tried for Kurdistan
Oh crap, and here I was going to make banana bread THIS weekend!
These kill me!
Posted by: Maureen | February 05, 2010 at 09:08 PM
It's okay Maureen. Go with the carrot cake.
Posted by: feefifoto | February 06, 2010 at 10:03 AM