HOLIDAYS TO CELEBRATE
2007
Holidays are a great excuse
to prepare innovative food! At our
house we celebrate lots of holidays just because they are holidays—even if they
don’t pertain to our lifestyle! We
celebrate Jewish holidays even though we aren’t Jewish and Mexican holidays
even though we don’t live in Mexico! If
you’re careful, you can find a reason to celebrate every day of the year! My favorite web site for everything holiday
is www.holidays.net; check it out. Also check out http://www.holidayinsights.com/. What follows are some holidays to celebrate
this year; I especially like the ones having to do with food! Click on the holidays for information and of
course, menus and recipes!
Note: This page is constantly under construction,
so check back often.
January:
01 New Year’s Day
06 Three Kings Day (Dia de los Santos Reyes)
15 Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday (Human Rights Day)
15 National Hat Day
16 National Nothing Day
19 National Popcorn Day
20 Penguin Awareness Day
21 National Hugging Day
21 Squirrel Appreciation Day
20 Islamic New Year (Al-Hijra)
23 National Pie Day
27 Chocolate Cake Day
28 National Kazoo Day
February:
12 Lincoln’s Birthday
12 Plum Pudding Day
14 Valentine’s Day
15 National Gumdrop Day
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day
19 President’s Day
20 Mardi Gras
20 Cherry Pie Day
21 Ash Wednesday
22 Washington’s Birthday
22 Walking the Dog Day
24 National Tortilla Chip Day
26 National Pistachio Day
March:
01 Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day
03 Purim*
06 National Frozen Food Day
07 National Crown Roast of Pork Day
14 National Potato Chip Day
15 Ides of March
19 Poultry Day
21 Baha’I New Year (Naw Ruz)
22 National Goof Off Day
23 National Chip and Dip Day
24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
25 Pecan Day
25 Waffle Day
28 Something on a Stick Day
April:
01 April Fool’s Day
01 Palm Sunday
02 Passover*
02 National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
06 Good Friday
07 Caramel Popcorn Day
08 Easter
14 Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)*
14 National Pecan Day
16 National Eggs Benedict Day
17 National Cheeseball Day
19 National Garlic Day
22 Earth Day
22 National Jelly Bean Day
23 National Zucchini Bread Day
24 Pigs in a Blanket Day
26 National Pretzel Day
May:
05 Cinco de Mayo
13 Mother’s Day
22 Shavuot*
23 Declaration of the Báb (Baha’i holiday)
28 Memorial Day
29 Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i holiday)
June:
14 Flag Day
17 Father’s Day
19 Juneteenth
20 Ice Cream Soda Day
July:
04 Independence Day
07 National Strawberry Sundae Day
09 Martyrdom of the Báb (Baha’i holiday)
15 National Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July)
24 Utah’s Pioneer Day
August:
02 National Ice Cream Soda Day
02 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
14 National Creamsicle Day
21 National Spumoni Day
September:
03 Labor Day
12 Rosh Hashanah *
21 Yom Kippur*
26 Sukkot*
October:
07 National Frappe Day
08 Columbus Day
12 Eid al-Fitr
20 Birth of the Báb
31 Halloween
November:
01 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
01 All Saints Day
02 All Soul’s Day
12 Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i holiday)
22 Thanksgiving Day
25 National Parfait Day
December:
01 World Aids Day
01 Day without Art
04 Chanukah*
08 Bodhi Day
08 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
09 National Pastry Day
12 Bob Barker Day
12 Gingerbread House Day
12 Poinsettia Day
20 Eid al-Adha
25 Christmas Day
26 Boxing Day
26 Kwanzaa (goes through January 1, 2008)
*Because the Jewish day begins and ends at
sundown, holidays begin at sundown.