T.S. Eliot once wrote, ‘April is the cruelest month’. Maybe he wrote that because he got tired of being tricked on April Fool’s Day. If you think about it, an entire international holiday devoted to pranks is an odd one to celebrate, but no odder than Dyngus Day, a Polish holiday always celebrated the Monday after Easter, where the goal is for men to get women wet, chasing after them with buckets, water balloons and squirt guns. But April has more cool and unique holidays, one for every day of the month to celebrate. We’ve only got two weeks left in April, so be sure to try out some of these fun sounding days this or next year:
• April 1: International Fun at Work Day
• April 2: National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• April 3: Don’t Go to Work Unless it’s Fun Day
• April 4: Tell a Lie Day
• April 5:Go For Broke Day
• April 6: Plan Your Epitaph Day
• April 7: Caramel Popcorn Day
• April 8: Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
• April 9: Name Yourself Day
• April 10: Golfers Day
• April 11: Barbershop Quartet Day
• April 12: Russian Cosmonaut Day
• April 13: Scrabble Day
• April 14: International Moment of Laughter Day
• April 15: Rubber Eraser Day
• April 16: National Eggs Benedict Day
• April 17: Blah, Blah, Blah Day
• April 18: International Jugglers Day
• April 19: National Garlic Day
• April 20: Look-A-Like Day
• April 21: Kindergarten Day
• April 22: National Jelly Bean Day
• April 23: Take a Chance Day
• April 24: Pig in a Blanket Day
• April 25: World Penguin Day
• April 26: National Pretzel Day
• April 27: Prime Rib Day
• April 28: Kiss Your Mate Day
• April 29: Greenery Day
• April 30: National
Honesty Day
You can find the origins of these holidays and more fun ones to celebrate at holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/april.htm, and whatever you choose to celebrate, have a Happy April!
Brianna Vallet
Reporter