It is hard to believe it is almost February.
We like to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations. Watch for a list of birthdays in a couple of days.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
Month-long Celebrations:
Black History Month
Canned Food Month
Creative Romance Month
Great American Pie Month
National Enrolled Agents Month
Free and Open Source Software Month
National Bake for Family Fun Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Library Lover’s Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Weekly Celebrations:
3rd Week International Flirting Week
US Snow Sculpting Week – Changes Annually (January 29-February 1, 2020)
African Heritage and Health Week – February 1-7
National Patient Recognition Week – February 1-7
Burn Awareness Week – First Full Week
Boy Scout Anniversary Week – February 4-10 Annually
Pride in FoodService Week – First Full Work Week of February
National School Counseling Week – First Full Week
Feeding Tube Awareness Week – First Full Week
International Networking Week – Week of February 4
National Kraut and Frankfurter Week – Second Week of February
Freelance Writers Appreciation Week – Second Week of February
National Marriage Week – Always February 7-14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week – Always February 7-14
Have a Heart for Chained Dogs Week – Always February 7-14
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week – Second Week in February
Take Your Family to School Week – Week of February 17
Great American Pizza Bake – Second Week of February
Children of Alcoholics Week – Week of Valentine’s Day
National Jell-O Week – Second Full Week in February
Random Acts of Kindness Week – Week of February 17
Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden – Week of Valentine’s Day
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week – February 13-19, 2019
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Staff Education Week – February 14-21
Great Backyard Bird Count – Begins Friday the Week or Weekend of Valentine’s Day
Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week – Third Week in February
National Engineers Week – Week of George Washington’s Birthday (Feb. 22) from Saturday to Saturday
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week – Begins the Last Monday in February
National FFA Week – Week of George Washington’s Birthday (Feb. 22) from Saturday to Saturday
Peace Corps Week – Week of March 1
February 2020 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
1 Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day – first Saturday of month
1 National Freedom Day (Freedom From Slavery)
2 Superbowl Sunday – Superbowl 53, date varies
3 National Missing Persons Day
3 National Women Physicians Day
3 The Day the Music Died – Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in 1959.
4 National Thank a Mail Carrier Day
4 Safer Internet Day U.S. – First Tuesday in February
5 National Girls and Women in Sports Day – First Wednesday in February
5 National Shower with a Friend Day
5 National Weatherperson’s Day
7 Bubble Gum Day – First Friday in February
7 National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
7 National Send a Card to a Friend Day
7 National Wear Red Day – First Friday in February
8 Boy Scout Day – celebrates the birthday of scouting
8 Kite Flying Day – in the middle of winter!?!
10 Clean out Your Computer Day – second Monday of Month
10 Umbrella Day
10 National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
11 National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
11 National Peppermint Patty Day
11 National Shut-In Visitation Day
13 National Giving Hearts Day * – Second Thursday in February
14 National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
14 No One Eats Alone Day – Changes Annually (February 14, 2020)
15 Candlemas – on the Julian Calendar
17 National Random Acts of Kindness Day
17 Presidents Day – Third Monday in February
18National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day
19 National Chocolate Mint Day
21 National Caregivers Day – Third Friday in February
22 George Washington’s Birthday
22 International World Thinking Day
22 National Cook a Sweet Potato Day
23 Tennis Day
25 National Chocolate Covered Nut Day
25 Fat Tuesday
25 Paczki Day – Day Before Ash Wednesday
25 Fastnacht Day – Day Before Ash Wednesday
25 Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday – date varies
26 Ash Wednesday – date varies
26 Carnival Day
26 National Pistachio Day – it’s a nutty day!
27 National Chili Day – Fourth Thursday in February
27 National Toast Day – Last Thursday in February
28 National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or August 22
28 National Chocolate Souffle Day
28 Skip the Straw Day – Fourth Friday in February
29 National Time Refund Day *
29 Rare Disease Day USA – Last Day in February
29 Leap Day -2020 is a Leap Year!!! It’s once every four years
What will you celebrate?