Holidailys
Every Day of the Year Really IS a Holiday
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May Holidailys
After a long winter, warmer weather is finally here and when it comes to holidays, May has plenty of traditional and not-so-traditional occasions to celebrate. While holidays typically honor special people, historical events, momentous occasions or worthwhile causes, this month celebrates naked gardening, special animals, brothers and sisters, an epic movie, teachers, nurses, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, delicious food and fine wine and of course, dear old mom.
Roaming Holidays
National Day of Prayer (1st Thurs)
No Pants Day (1st Friday)
World Naked Gardening Day (1st Saturday)
Free Comic Book Day (1st Saturday)
Kentucky Derby (1st Saturday)
Big Brew for National Homebrew Day (1st Saturday)
World Laughter Day (1st Sunday in May)
International Clitoris Awareness Week (Week-long event - various dates)
National Teacher Day (Tues during 1st full week)
National Train Day (Various)
National Receptionist Day (2nd Weds)
National Hug Holiday Week (week before Mother’s Day)
Brunch for Lunch Day (Day before Mother's Day)
Mothers Day (2nd Sunday)
National Women's Checkup Day (Day after Mother's Day)
Hug Your Cat Day (Various days in May/June)
National Aperitif Day (3rd Thurs in May)
NASCAR Day (3rd Friday)
National Bike to Work Day (3rd Friday)
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day (Various dates)
Don't Fry Day (Friday before Memorial Day)
Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
May Holidates
May 1: May Day
May 1: Mother Goose Day
May 2: Brothers and Sisters Day
May 2: Baby Day
May 3: National Specially-abled Pets Day
May 3: Paranormal Day
May 4: National Orange Juice Day
May 4: Star Wars Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 6: National Beverage Day
May 7: National Cosmopolitan Day
May 8: National Have a Coke Day
May 8: No Socks Day
May 9: National Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 9: National Moscato Day
May 10: Clean Up Your Room Day
May 10: National Shrimp Day
May 11: National Twilight Zone Day
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 12: National Limerick Day
May 13: Frog Jumping Day
May 13: National Leprechaun Day
May 13: National Apple Pie Day
May 14: National Chicken Dance Day
May 15: National Chocolate Chip Day
May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 16: Mimosa Day
May 17: Pack Rat Day
May 17: National Mushroom Hunting Day
May 18: No Dirty Dishes Day
May 18: Visit Your Relatives Day
May 18: International Museum Day (On or around the 18th)
May 19: National Devil's Food Cake Day
May 20: Be a Millionaire Day
May 21: National Memo Day
May 21: National Waiters and Waitress Day
May 22: Harvey Milk Day
May 23: National Lucky Penny Day
May 23: World Turtle Day
May 24: National Escargot Day
May 25: National Wine Day
May 25: National Missing Children’s Day
May 25: Geek Pride Day
May 26: World Redhead Day
May 27: Sunscreen Day
May 28: National Hamburger Day
May 29: Paper Clip Day
May 30: National Mint Julep Day
May 30: My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
May 31: Speak in Complete Sentences Day