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February is…

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 Bird Feeding Month

Spunky Old Broads Month

National Fasting February

National Self Check Month

National Enrolled Agents Month

Free and Open Source Software Month

American Heart Month

Creative Romance Month

Great American Pies Month

National Bake for Family Fun Month

National Cherry Month

National Children’s Dental Health Month

National Grapefruit Month

National Hot Breakfast Month

National Library Lover’s Month

National Snack Food Month

National Weddings Month

National Embroidery 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:

Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day – first Saturday of month

No Politics Day

1 Spunky Old Broads Day

1 National Baked Alaska Day

1 National Freedom Day (Freedom From Slavery)

1 National Get Up Day

1 National Serpent Day

1 National Texas Day

2 Candlemas

2 Superbowl Sunday – Superbowl 53, date varies

2 National Heavenly Hash Day

2 National Tater Tot Day

2 National Groundhog Day

3 National Carrot Cake Day

3 National Missing Persons Day

3 National Women Physicians Day

3 Feed the Birds Day

3 The Day the Music Died – Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in 1959.

4 Create a Vacuum Day

4 Stuffed Mushroom Day

4 National Homemade Soup Day

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

5 World Nutella Day

6 Lame Duck Day

6 National Chopsticks Day

6 National Frozen Yogurt Day

7 Bubble Gum Day – First Friday in February

7 National Fettuccine Alfredo Day

7 National Periodic Table 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!?!

8 National Iowa Day

9 National Bagel and Lox Day

9 National Pizza Day

9 National Toothache Day

10 Clean out Your Computer Day – second Monday of Month

10 Umbrella Day

10 National Cream Cheese Brownie Day

10 National Home Warranty Day

11 National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

11 National Inventors’ Day

11 National Make a Friend Day

11 National Peppermint Patty Day

11 National Shut-In Visitation Day

11 National White Shirt Day

12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday

12 National Lost Penny Day

12Plum Pudding Day

13 National Giving Hearts Day * – Second Thursday in February

13 National Cheddar Day

13 National Tortellini Day

14 Ferris Wheel Day

14 National Organ Donor Day

14 Valentine’s Day

14 National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day

14 No One Eats Alone Day – Changes Annually (February 14, 2020)

15 National Gumdrop Day

15 Singles Awareness Day

15National Wisconsin Day

15 Candlemas – on the Julian Calendar

15 National Gum Drop Day

15 Susan B Anthony Day

16 Do a Grouch a Favor Day

16 National Almond Day

17 National Random Acts of Kindness Day

17 National Cabbage Day

17 Presidents Day – Third Monday in February

18 National Battery Day

18National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day

19 National Chocolate Mint Day

20 Cherry Pie Day

20 Hoodie Hoo Day

20 Love Your Pet Day

21 National Caregivers Day – Third Friday in February

21 National Grain-Free Day*

21 National Sticky Bun Day

22 George Washington’s Birthday

22 Be Humble Day

22 International World Thinking Day

22 Walking the Dog Day

22 National California Day

22 National Cook a Sweet Potato Day

23 National Banana Bread Day

23 National Dog Biscuit Day

23 Tennis Day

24 National Tortilla Chip Day

25 National Chocolate Covered Nut Day

25 National Clam Chowder 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

25 Pistol Patent Day

26 Ash Wednesday – date varies

26 Carnival Day

26 National Pistachio Day – it’s a nutty day!

26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day

27 National Chili Day – Fourth Thursday in February

27 National Retro Day

27 National Strawberry Day

27 National Toast Day – Last Thursday in February

27 National Polar Bear Day

27 No Brainer Day 

28 Floral Design Day

28 Public Sleeping Day

28 National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or August 22

28 National Chocolate Souffle Day

28 National Floral Design Day

28 Skip the Straw Day – Fourth Friday in February

28 Tartar Sauce Day

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?