January Holidays

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January Holidays

January is the first month of the year…

January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year’s Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

Ancient Roman observances during this month include Cervula and Juvenalia, celebrated January 1, as well as one of three Agonalia, celebrated January 9, and Carmentalia, celebrated January 11. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

January 1

  • Apple Gifting Day
  • Bonza Bottler Day
  • Commitment Day
  • Copyright Law Day
  • Ellis Island Day
  • Euro Day
  • First Foot Day
  • Global Family Day
  • Haitian Independence Day
  • Mummer’s Parade
  • National Bloody Mary Day
  • National Hangover Day
  • National Shepherd Day
  • New Years Day
  • New Year’s Dishonor List Day
  • Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day
  • Public Domain Day
  • Ring a Bell Day
  • Rose Bowl Game (Never on a Sunday Tradition)
  • Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Catholic)
  • St. Basil’s Day in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
  • Sudan Independence Day
  • Tournament of Roses Parade (Rose Parade) (Never on a Sunday Tradition)
  • Triumph of the Revolution (Also Known as Liberation Day)
  • Universal Hour of Peace
  • World Day of Peace
  • Z Day

January 2

  • 55 MPH Speed Limit Day
  • Ancestry Day (Haiti)
  • Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
  • National Buffet Day
  • National Cream Puff Day
  • National Erica Day
  • National Motivation and Inspiration Day
  • National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
  • National Pet Travel Safety Day
  • National Run Up the Flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes it Day
  • National Science Fiction Day
  • New Year’s Day Substitute (New Zealand)
  • Reconquest Day (Spain)
  • St. Basil’s Day in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
  • Swiss Cheese Day
  • World Introvert Day

January 3

January 4

  • Dimpled Chad Day
  • Free Flower Basket Day
  • National CanDo Day
  • National Clara Day
  • National Missouri Day
  • National Rachel Day
  • National Spaghetti Day
  • No Pants Subway Ride Day (First Sunday in January)
  • Pop Music Chart Day
  • Tom Thumb Day
  • Trivia Day
  • World Braille Day
  • World Hypnotism Day

January 5

  • Carver Day (To Honor George Washington Carver)
  • Divorce Monday (First Monday of the year is when most divorces are filed)
  • Handsel Day (First Monday in January)
  • Monopoly Game Day
  • National Bird Day
  • National Day of Dialogue
  • National Ellen Day
  • National Keto Day
  • National Screenwriters Day
  • Thank God It’s Monday Day and June 1, 2026 (First Monday in January and June)
  • National Weigh-In Day (First Monday after New Years)
  • National Whipped Cream Day
  • Twelfth Night

January 6

  • Apple Tree Day
  • Armenian Christmas
  • Cuddle Up Day
  • Day of Los Reyes (Catholic Holiday in Uruguay)
  • Dry Bean Day
  • Epiphany, or Three Kings Day (12th Day After Christmas)
  • National Bean Day
  • National Davis Day
  • National Samantha Day
  • National Shortbread Day
  • National Smith Day
  • National Take a Poet to Lunch Day
  • National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
  • National Technology Day
  • World Day for War Orphans

January 7

  • Distaff Day
  • Harlem Globetrotter’s Day
  • I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore Day
  • International Programmer’s Day
  • National Bobblehead Day
  • National Pass Gas Day
  • National Tempura Day
  • Old Rock Day
  • Orthodox Christmas Day

January 8

  • Argyle Day
  • Bubble Bath Day
  • Earth’s Rotation Day
  • Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day (Second Thursday in January)
  • International Typing Day
  • Midwife’s Day or Women’s Day (In Greece)
  • National English Toffee Day
  • National Joygerm Day
  • National Man Watcher’s Day (Also known as Male Watcher’s Day)
  • National Snuggle a Chicken Day
  • National Winter Skin Relief Day
  • Show and Tell Day at Work
  • War on Poverty Day
  • World Literary Day
  • World Typing Day

January 9

  • Balloon Ascension Day
  • I Am a Mentor Day
  • International Choreographers Day
  • National Apricot Day
  • National Austin Day
  • National Carter Day
  • National Cassoulet Day
  • National Faith Day (People With the Name Faith)
  • National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
  • National Static Electricity Day
  • National Wonk Day
  • National Word Nerd Day
  • Panama’s Martyrs’ Day
  • Play God Day
  • Quitters Day (Second Friday in January)

January 10

  • Bittersweet Chocolate Day
  • Eagle Day (Second Saturday in January)
  • Houseplant Appreciation Day
  • League of Nations Day
  • National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
  • National Oysters Rockefeller Day
  • National Peculiar People Day
  • National Shareholder Day
  • National Vision Board Day (Second Saturday in January)
  • Save the Eagles Day

January 11

  • Baptism of the Lord (Sunday after Epiphany)
  • Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day
  • Girl Hug Boy Day
  • Golden Globe Awards (Beverly Hills)
  • Heritage Treasures Day (U.K.)
  • Hot Toddy Day
  • International Parity at Work Day
  • International Thank-You Day
  • Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
  • Milk Day
  • National Arkansas Day
  • National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
  • National Joel Day
  • National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day
  • National Sunday Supper Day (Second Sunday in January)
  • National Tara Day
  • No Longer New Year’s Day
  • Paget’s Awareness Day (Bone Disease)
  • Secret Pal Day
  • World Sketchnote Day

January 12

  • Coming of Age Day (Celebrated in Japan on the Second Monday of January)
  • Curried Chicken Day
  • Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
  • Kiss a Ginger Day
  • National 4th Graders Day (Second Monday in January)
  • National Clean Off Your Desk Day (Second Monday in January)
  • National Gluten-Free Day (Second Monday in January)
  • National Hot Tea Day
  • National Kettlebell Day
  • National Marzipan Day
  • National Pharmacist Day
  • Plough Monday (First Monday after January 6)
  • Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution Day
  • Work Harder Day

January 13

  • CALENNIG (U.K.)
  • Friday the 13th
  • Korean American Day
  • Make Your Dreams Come True Day
  • National Catherine Day
  • National Kathleen Day
  • National Peach Melba Day
  • National Poetry at Work Day (Second Tuesday in January)
  • National Shop for Travel Day (Second Tuesday in January)
  • National Sticker Day
  • Poetry Break Day
  • Printing Ink Day (Closest Tuesday to January 16)
  • Public Radio Broadcasting Day
  • Rubber Ducky Day
  • Stephen Foster Memorial Day

January 14

  • Cesarean Section Day
  • Feast of the Ass (Donkey) (Celebrates all the donkeys of the Bible)
  • International Kite Day
  • Makar Sankranti – (Either January 14 or 15th each year – Major Hindu Festival in India)
  • National Dress Up Your Pet Day
  • National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
  • National Undhiya Day
  • Novy God (Russian New Year)
  • Organize Your Home Day
  • Orthodox New Year
  • Ratification Day
  • St. Basil’s Day in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
  • Take a Missionary to Lunch Day
  • Take the Stairs Day (Every Second Wednesday in January)
  • World Logic Day

January 15

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Day
  • Get to Know Your Customer Day (Third Thursday of the Start of Each Quarter, Jan/April/July/Oct)
  • Hat Day
  • Humanitarian Day
  • Indian Army Day (India)
  • National Bagel Day
  • National Booch Day
  • National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day
  • National Kayla Day
  • National Pothole Day
  • Strawberry Ice Cream Day
  • Wikipedia Day

January 16

  • Appreciate a Dragon Day
  • Book Publishers Day
  • Civil Service Day
  • International Fetish Day (Third Friday in January)
  • International Hot & Spicy Food Day
  • Lee Jackson Day (State Holiday in Virginia)
  • National Boston Day
  • National Fig Newton Day
  • National Good Teen Day
  • National Nothing Day
  • National Quinoa Day
  • National Without a Scalpel Day
  • Prohibition Remembrance Day
  • Psychiatric Technician’s Day
  • Religious Freedom Day
  • Without a Scalpel Day

January 17

  • Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
  • Ben Franklin’s Birthday
  • Cable Car Day
  • Customer Service Day
  • Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
  • Hot-Buttered Rum Day
  • International Mentoring Day
  • International We are not Broken Day
  • Judgement Day
  • Kid Inventors’ Day
  • National Bootleggers Day
  • National Carolina Day
  • National Charlotte Day
  • National Hot Heads Chili Day
  • National Lose the Jet Lag Day
  • National Use Your Gift Card Day (Third Saturday in January)
  • Popeye Day
  • Soup Swap Day (Third Saturday in January)

January 18

  • Maintenance Day
  • National Forrest Name (Boy’s Name)
  • National Gourmet Coffee Day
  • National Michigan Day
  • National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day) (Closest Sunday to January 22)
  • Peking Duck Day
  • Thesaurus Day
  • Winnie the Pooh Day
  • World Religion Day (Third Sunday in January)
  • World Snow Day (Third Sunday in January)

January 19

  • Archery Day
  • Artist as Outlaw Day
  • Blue Monday (Third Monday in January)
  • Brew a Potion Day
  • Brew Monday (Third Monday in January)
  • Civil Rights Day (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
  • Confederate Memorial Day (Texas)
  • Elementary School Teacher Day (Third Monday in January)
  • Good Memory Day
  • Idaho Human Rights Day (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
  • Martin Luther King Day of Service (Third Monday in January)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)
  • National Annie Day (Girl’s Name)
  • National Crowd Feed Day (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
  • National Day of Service (Third Monday in January)
  • National Gun Appreciation Day
  • National Lucy Day (Girl’s Name)
  • National Popcorn Day
  • New Friends Day, July 19, and October 19
  • Robert E. Lee’s Birthday (State of Florida)
  • Robert E. Lee Day (States of AL, AR, MS)
  • Tenderness Toward Existence Day
  • Tin Can Day
  • World Day of Migrants and Refugees
  • World Quark Day

January 20

  • Camcorder Day
  • Inauguration Day
  • International Day of Acceptance
  • National Bill Cosby Sweater Day
  • National Buttercrunch Day
  • National Charlie Day
  • National Cheese Lover’s Day
  • National Claudia Day
  • National Coffee Break Day
  • National Disc Jockey Day
  • National Judy Day
  • National Sebastian Day
  • Penguin Awareness Day
  • Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day (Third Tuesday in January)
  • Take a Walk Outdoors Day

January 21

  • International Playdate Day
  • International Sweatpants Day
  • Mariachi Day
  • Museum Selfie Day (Third Wednesday in January)
  • National Bakers-Crafters Makers Day
  • National Cheesy Socks Day
  • National Conscious Uncoupling Day
  • National Granola Bar Day
  • National Hug Your Puppy Day
  • National Hugging Day
  • National Max Day
  • New England Clam Chowder Day
  • One-Liners Day
  • Own Your Own Home Day
  • Squirrel Appreciation Day
  • Weedless Wednesday (Wednesday of Third Full Week in January) – Canada

January 22

  • Celebration of Life Day
  • Clashing Clothes Day (Fourth Thursday in January)
  • Come in From the Cold Day
  • Dance of the Seven Veils Day
  • National Answer Your Cat’s Question Day
  • National Blonde Brownie Day
  • National Hot Sauce Day
  • National Polka Dot Day
  • National Ty Day
  • National Vincent Day
  • Roe vs. Wade Day
  • Women’s Healthy Weight Day (Thursday of the Third Full Week of January)

January 23

  • International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day
  • Measure Your Feet Day
  • National Aiden Day
  • National Handwriting Day
  • National King Day
  • National Pedro Day
  • National Pie Day
  • National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day
  • Rhubarb Pie Day
  • Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
  • Vasant Panchami (India) (Fifth Day of Magh in Hindu Calendar)

January 24

  • Beer Can Appreciation Day
  • Belly Laugh Day
  • Capital Hill Day
  • Change a Pet’s Life Day
  • International Day of Education
  • International Mobile Phone Recycling Day
  • Local Quilt Shop Day (Fourth Saturday in January)
  • Macintosh Computer Day
  • National Compliment Day
  • National “Just Do It” Day
  • National Lobster Thermidor Day
  • National Matthew Day
  • National Peanut Butter Day
  • Paul Pitcher Day (U.K.)
  • Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
  • Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day (Fourth Saturday in January)

January 25

  • A Room of One’s Own Day
  • Burns Night
  • Child Labor Day (Fourth Sunday in January)
  • Fluoride Day
  • National Bible Sunday (Fourth Sunday in January)
  • National Fish Taco Day
  • National Florida Day
  • National Irish Coffee Day
  • National IV Nurse Day
  • Observe the Weather Day
  • Opposite Day
  • Robert Burns Day
  • St. Dwynwen’s Day (U.K.)
  • Thank Your Mentor Day
  • World Leprosy Day (Last Sunday in January)

January 26

  • Australia Day
  • Better Business Communication Day (Fourth Monday in January)
  • Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (Last Monday in January)
  • Community Manager Appreciation Day (Fourth Monday in January)
  • Dental Drill Appreciation Day
  • International Customs Day
  • International Environmental Education Day
  • Lotus 1-2-3 Day
  • National Diane Day
  • National Green Juice Day
  • National Peanut Brittle Day
  • National Pistachio Day
  • Spouse’s Day
  • Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement

January 27

  • Auschwitz Liberation Day
  • Chocolate Cake Day
  • Holocaust Memorial Day (United Kingdom)
  • International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
  • National Bible Day
  • National Geographic Day
  • National Plan for Vacation Day (Last Tuesday in January)
  • Punch the Clock Day
  • Speak Up and Succeed Day (Fourth Tuesday in January
  • Thomas Crapper Day
  • Vietnam Peace Day
  • World Breast Pumping Day

January 28

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action
  • Christa McAuliffe Day
  • Daisy Day
  • Global Community Engagement Day
  • International Lego Day
  • International Reducing Co2 Emissions Day
  • Library Shelfie Day (Fourth Wednesday in January)
  • National Amy Day
  • National Blueberry Pancake Day
  • National Data Privacy Day
  • National Kazoo Day
  • National Pediatrician Day
  • National Tina Day
  • Pop Art Day
  • Rattlesnake Round Up
  • Rubber Ducky Day
  • Thank a Plugin Developer Day (WordPress)

January 29

  • Curmudgeons Day
  • Freethinkers Day (Also known as Thomas Paine Day)
  • Kansas Day
  • NASA’s Day of Remembrance (Last Thursday of January)
  • National Carnation Day
  • National Colin Day
  • National Corn Chip Day
  • National Puzzle Day
  • Seeing Eye Guide Dog Birthday 1929
  • Thomas Paine Day

January 30

  • Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day (Last Friday in January)
  • National Activity Professionals Day (Fourth Friday in January)
  • National Big Wig Day (Last Friday in January)
  • National Croissant Day
  • National Draw a Dinosaur Day
  • National Escape Day
  • National Fun at Work Day (Last Friday in January)
  • National Inane Answering Message Day
  • National Maxwell Day
  • National Preschool Health and Fitness Day (Last Friday in January)
  • School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP)
  • Yodel for Your Neighbors Day

January 31

  • Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
  • Backward Day
  • Brandy Alexander Day
  • Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
  • Eat Brussels Sprouts Day
  • Gorilla Suit Day
  • Hell is Freezing Over Day
  • Hug an Economist Day
  • Inspire Your Heart with the Arts Day
  • International Zebra Day
  • National Hot Chocolate Day
  • National Seed Swap Day (Last Saturday in January)
  • National Seth Day
  • Nauru Independence Day
  • Scotch Tape Day
  • Street Children’s Day

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