January 2012 Reasons to Stamp
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
Apple and Apricots Month
Artichoke and Asparagus Month
Bath Safety Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Carnival Season
Celebration of Life Month
Eye Care Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
International Change your Stars Month
International Creativity Month
International New Year’s Resolution Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Be on Purpose Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Blood Donor Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Cervical Cancer Screening Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Polka Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Staying Healthy Month
National Thank You Month
National Thyroid Awareness Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Rising Star Month
Self-Health Group Awareness Month
Self Love Month
Shape Up US Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
Celebration of Life Week
Diet Resolution Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
New Year’s Resolution Week
Silent Record Week
Someday We’ll Laugh About This Week
Women’s Self-Empowerment Week
Second Week
Cuckoo Dancing Week
Elvis Presley Week
Home Office Safety and Security Week
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
Kid Film Week
Law Enforcement Training Week
National Soccer Coaches Week
National Thank Your Customers Week
National Vocation Awareness Week
School Crossing Guard Week
Universal Letter Writing Week
Third Week
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
Christian Unity Week
Healthy Weight Week
Hunt for Happiness Week
International Printing Week
National Book Week
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
National No Tillage Week
Slam Dance Week
Special Education Week
Fourth Week
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
Health Awareness Week
Junior Achievement Week
Kid Film Festival
National Activity Professionals Week
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National Medical Practice Week
National Nuclear Science Week
National Nurse Anesthetists Week
National Take Back Your Time Week
No Name Calling Week
Women in Blue Jeans Week
World Leprosy Week
Fifth Week
Catholic Schools Week
Intimate Apparel Week
Meat Week
January 1st
Betsy Ross's Birthday (1752)
Bonza Bottler Day (1/1)
Copyright Law Day
Ellis Island Aniversary (opened in 1892)
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary (1863)
Euro Day
First Foot Day
Global Family Day
J.D. Salinger's Birthday (1919)
J. Edgar Hoover’s Birthday (1895)
Kid Inventors Day
Le Jour de l'An – French New Year
Mummer’s Parade
New Year’s Day
Paul Revere's Birthday (1735)
Polar Bear Plunge
Saint Basil’s Day
Z Day
January 2nd
Boo Boo Bear's Birthday (Yogi's little buddy)
Drinking Straw Patented in 1888
55 MPH Speed Limit Day
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
National Buffet Day
National Motivation and Inspiration Day
National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
Rose Bowl GO BADGERS!!!!
Run Up The Flagpole, See if Anyone Salutes Day
Science Fiction Day
Thank God It's Monday Day
Tournament of Roses Parade
January 3rd
Drinking Straw Day
Festival Of Sleep Day
Humiliation Day
J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (1892)
National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day
Victor Borge's Birthday (1909)
World Braille Day
January 4th
Dimpled Chad Day
Elizabeth Ann Seton's Birthday (1774)
Humiliation Day
Isaac Newton's Birthday
Jakob Grimm's Birthday (1785)
Louis Braille's Birthday (1809)
Michael Stipe's Birthday (1960)
Phyllis Naylor's Birthday (1933)
Pop Music Chart Day
Spaghetti Day
Sterling Holloway's Birthday (1905)
Tom Thumb Day
Trivia Day
World Hypnosis Day
January 5th
Bean Day
Jill Stuart’s Birthday (1965)
National Bird Day
Robert Duvall’s Birthday (1931)
January 6th
Armenian Christmas
Carl Sandburg's Birthday (1878)
Cuddle Up Day
Epiphany or 12th Night
Joan of Arc's Birthday (1412)
National Tempura Day
Rowan Atkinson's Birthday (1955)
Sherlock Holmes' Birthday (1854)
Three Kings Day
January 7th
Argyle Day
Earth Rotation Day
Harlem Globetrotter's Day
I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore Day
International Programmers Day
Kenny Loggins' Birthday (1948)
Old Rock Day
Orthodox Christmas
January 8th
Bubble Bath Day
Carolina Herrera’s Birthday (1939)
David Bowie's Birthday (1947)
Elvis Presley's Birthday (1935)
Fruitcake Toss Day
Learn to Ski Day
Male Watcher’s Day
Midwife's Day
National English Toffee Day
National Joy Germ Day
Rock N Roll Day
Show and Tell at Work Day
January 9th
Balloon Ascension Day
Dave Matthews’ Birthday (1967)
Kate Middleton’s Birthday (1982)
National Apricot Day
National Clean Off Your Desk Day
National Static Electricity Day
Play God Day
Positively Penguins Day
Stepfather’s Day
Stephen Foster Day
January 10th
First Meeting of United Nations (London-1946)
Jim Croce's Birthday (1943)
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Peculiar People Day
United Nations Day
Where’s the Beef Day
January 11th
Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday (1755)
Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day
Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
January 12th
Charles Perrault’s Birthday (1628)
Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
Jack London's Birthday (1876)
John Singer Sargent’s Birthday (1856)
John Winthrop’s Birthday (1588)
National Pharmacist Day
Rush Limbaugh's Birthday (1951)
Secret Pal Day
Work Harder Day
January 13th
Blame Someone Else Day
Friday the 13th
International Skeptics Day
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss' Birthday (1961)
Make Your Dreams Come True Day
Michael Bond's Birthday (1926)
Poetry Break Day
Public Radio Broadcasting Day
Rubber Duckie Day
January 14th
Albert Schweitzer's Birthday (1875)
Caesarean Section Day
Coming-of-Age Day (Japan)
Miss America Pageant
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
Nina Ricci’s Birthday (1883)
Organize Your Home Day
Ratification Day
January 15th
Bald Eagle Appreciation Day
First Super Bowl 1967-won by Green Bay Packers
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Humanitarian Day
Margaret O' Brien's Birthday (1937)
National Hat Day
Religious Freedom Day
Women in Blue Jeans Day
January 16th
Appreciate a Dragon Day
Hot and Spicy Food Day
Martin Luther King Day
National Nothing Day
Sade's Birthday (1959)
World Religion Day
January 17th
Anne Bronte’s Birthday (1820)
Anton Chekov’s Birthday (1860)
Benjamin Franklin's Birthday (1706)
Betty White’s Birthday (1922)
Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day
Cable Car Day
Customer Service Day
Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day
Hot Heads Chili Days
Judgment Day
Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
Shari Lewis' Birthday (1934)
Vidal Sassoon's Birthday (1928)
January 18th
Cary Grant’s Birthday (1904)
Daniel Webster’s Birthday (1782)
Do Dah Parade Day
Jane Horrocks’ Birthday (1964)
National Sanctity of Human Life Day
Peter Roget's Birthday (1779)
Thesaurus Day
Winnie the Pooh Day – A.A. Milne's Birthday (1882)
January 19th
Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday (1809)
Get to Know Your Customers Day
National Popcorn Day
Paul Cezanne’s Birthday (1839)
Paula Deen’s Birthday (1947)
Robert Palmer’s Birthday (1949)
Thomas Kinkade’s Birthday (1958)
Tin Can Day
Women in Blue Jeans Day
Women’s Healthy Weight Day
January 20th
Camcorder Day
Cheese Day
Inauguration Day
International Fetish Day
National Buttercrunch Day
National Disc Jockey Day
January 21st
Christian Dior (1905)
Ethan Allen’s Birthday (1738)
National Hugging Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Steven Hignite's Birthday (My Son)
January 22nd
Answer Your Cat’s Question Day
Bill Bixby's Birthday (1934)
Celebration of Life Day
Diane Lane’s Birthday (1965)
Graham Kerr’s Birthday (1934)
National Blonde Brownie Day
Sir Francis Bacon's Birthday (1561)
January 23rd
Chinese New Year
Edouard Manet’s Birthday (1832)
John Hancock's Birthday (1737)
Measure Your Feet Day
National Handwriting Day
National Pie Day
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
January 24th
Beer Can Appreciation Day
Belly Laugh Day
Edith Wharton’s Birthday (1862)
Ice Cream Bar/Eskimo Pie Day
Mary Lou Retton’s Birthday (1968)
National Compliment Day
Square Dance Day
Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
TV Game Show Day
Warren Zevon's Birthday (1942)
January 25th
A Room of One’s Own Day
Better Business Communication Day
Dean Jones' Birthday (1931)
Etta James’ Birthday (1938)
Macintosh Computer Day
National Speak Up and Succeed Day
Opposite Day
Robert Burns’ Birthday (1759)
Virginia Woolf’s Birthday (1882)
World Leprosy Day
January 26th
Anita Baker's Birthday (1958)
Australia Day
Bob Uecker's Birthday (1935) Voice of the Brewers
Chinese New Year
Cockroach Race Day
Lotus 1-2-3 Day
Michael Chiarello’s Birthday (1962)
National Peanut Brittle Day
Paul Newman's Birthday (1925)
Spouse’s Day
Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement
January 27th
Auschwitz Liberation Day
Chocolate Cake Day
Donna Reed's Birthday (1921)
Fun at Work Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
Jerome Kern’s Birthday (1885)
Lewis Carroll's Birthday (1832)
Mikhail Barysknikov's Birthday (1948)
National Preschool Fitness Day
Punch the Clock Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Viet Nam Peace Day
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Birthday (1756)
January 28th
Arthur Rubenstein's Birthday (1860)
Bill Peet's Birthday (1915)
Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion Anniversary (1986)
Clash Day
Colette’s Birthday (1873)
Data Privacy Day
Jackson Pollack's Birthday (1912)
National Kazoo Day
National Seed Swap Day
Rattlesnake Roundup Day
Rosemary Wells' Birthday (1943)
Thank a Plug-In Developer Day
January 29th
Carnation Day
Curmudgeon’s Day
Freethinker’s Day
Fun at Work Day
Katharine Ross’ Birthday (1942)
National Cornchip Day
National Puzzle Day
Seeing Eye Dog Day
Thomas Paine’s Birthday (1937)
January 30th
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Child Labor Day
Dick Cheney's Birthday (1941)
Escape Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday (1882)
National Inane Answering Machine Message Day
National Write to Congress Day
January 31st
Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Backwards Day
Inspire Your Heart With The Arts Day
Jean Simmons’ Birthday (1929)
Minnie Driver’s Birthday (1971)
National Seed Swap Day
Suzanne Pleshette’s Birthday (1937)
Zane Grey's Birthday (1872)
As always, special thanks to Jane Hignite for this AWESOME list!
Oooh, one more to add! My birthday on January 16th! LOL. So glad to see it falls on National Nothing Day. I was sure to take the day off from work so I could celebrate in style, by doing nothing.
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