January 2018 Observances for Your
Senior Activity Calendar
Find interesting and unique observances and holidays for you to use as inspiration for your senior activity program.
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January 2018 Monthly Observances
- Be Kind to Food Servers Month
- Book Blitz Month
- Celebration of Life Month
- Get Organized Month
- International Brain Teaser Month
- International Creativity Month
- International New Year's Resolutions Month for Businesses
- National Clean Up Your Computer Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Hobby Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Mail Order Gardening Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
- National Poverty in America Awareness Month
- National Skating Month
- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
- National Soup Month
- National Stalking Awareness Month
- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
- National Wheat Bread Month
- Oatmeal Month
- Self-Love Month
- Walk Your Pet Month
- Worldwide Rising Star Month
January 2018 Weekly Observances
- Diet Resolution Week (January 1-7)
- "Someday We'll Laugh About This" Week (January 2-8)
- Cuckoo Dancing Week, honoring the comedian team Laurel and Hardy, known as "The Dancing Cuckoos" (January 11-17)
- Week of Christian Unity (January 18-25)
- Clean Out Your Inbox Week (January 22-26)
- Catholic Schools Week (January 28 - February 3)
January 2018 Daily Observances
January 1
- Apple Gifting Day
- National Bloody Mary Day
- National Hangover Day
- New Year's Day
- Wolf Full Moon
- Z Day, paying tribute on this first day of the year to all those whose names begin with the last letter of the alphabet
January 2
- Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
- National Cream Puff Day
January 3
- National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
- National Fruitcake Toss Day
January 4
- Dimpled Chad Day
- National Spaghetti Day
- Trivia Day
- World Braille Day
January 5
- National Bird Day
- National Whipped Cream Day
- Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany
January 6
- Epiphany or Twelfth Day
- National Bean Day
- National Shortbread Day
- Three Kings Day
January 7
- National Tempura Day
January 8
- Argyle Day
- English Toffee Day
- National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day
- National Joygerm Day, encouraging people to infect one another with joy
- Show-and-Tell Day at Work
January 9
- National Apricot Day
- National Static Electricity Day
- Poetry at Work Day
January 10
- National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
- National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
January 11
- Hot Toddy Day
- Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
- National Milk Day
January 12
- National Pharmacist Day
January 13
- Korean American Day
- National Gluten-Free Day
- National Peach Melba Day
January 14
- National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- National Hat Day
- National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
January 16
- Appreciate a Dragon Day
- National Fig Newton Day
- National Nothing Day, a day to not celebrate anything
- Religious Freedom Day
January 17
- Judgment Day
- Kid Inventors' Day
January 18
- Get to Know Your Customers Day
- National Thesaurus Day
- Winnie the Pooh Day
January 19
- Arbor Day in Florida
- International Fetish Day
- National Popcorn Day
January 20
- National Cheese Lover's Day
- National Coffee Break Day
- National Disc Jockey Day
January 21
- National Granola Bar Day
- National Hugging Day
- Squirrel Appreciation Day
- World Snow Day
January 22
- Answer Your Cat's Question Day
- National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23
- National Handwriting Day
- National Pie Day
- Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
January 24
- Belly Laugh Day
- National Compliment Day
- National Peanut Butter Day
January 25
- National Irish Coffee Day
- National Opposite Day
January 26
- National Peanut Brittle Day
- Spouse's Day
January 27
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Local Quilt Shop Day
- National Chocolate Cake Day
- National Seed Swap Day
January 28
- Data Privacy Day
- National Blueberry Pancake Day
- National Kazoo Day
- World Leprosy Day
- 2018 Pro Bowl
January 29
- Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
- Curmudgeons Day, honoring the bad-tempered
- National Corn Chip Day
January 30
- Inane Answering Message Day
- National Croissant Day
January 31
- Blue Moon, second full moon during a calendar month
- Inspire Your Heart With the Arts Day
- Lunar Eclipse
- National Backward Day
- Tu B'Shvat, Jewish Arbor Day known as the "New Year of the Trees" (begins at sundown on January 30)