As a youngling I discovered that there are holidays for everything, from food to awareness to that which is just plain silly. Of course, that was on a paper calendar, which quickly fell out of function, and I took to the internet to find something similar. What I found was Checkiday! Defaulting to the day-you’re-checking, Checkiday also lets you search by dates or keywords, and has a truly impressive range of holidays, from National Black Forest Cake Day, to Champion Crab Races Day (and I’m very curious about this one now), to International Day for Monuments and Sites. There’s always an “On This Day In History” link, too!
I have to remind myself occasionally that I can’t celebrate everything to my interest – not to overthink it – and in that light: it’s fun, it’s educational, and it brings to light things you may not realize how much you appreciate, until someone calls attention to it. Like pencils!
