Category: Holidays

Happy Pi Day!

 

It’s Also International Bagpipe Day!

   

Happy Mary O’Day!

  Even though the day is really for Mario, I like to think of it as MaryO day.  Since I’m Scottish, how about MaryO’Day?   So, I bring you the new holiday…                  

National Grammar Day!

  National Grammar Day is observed across the United States each year on March 4th. According to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109.  There is some controversy to that number, but it’s safe to say it is over a million. Language is something to celebrate.  Some people might suggest …

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March Forth on Marching Music Day

  Today would probably have been a better day for the Music Man post since it’s about marching forth on March Fourth.     In honor of dedicated musicians and performers of many diverse styles and backgrounds, Marching Music Day celebrates all varieties of the art forms bringing us “music on the move.” For centuries, the …

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National Chocolate Cake Day

  Who even thinks up these holidays?       Time to go bake something…

Happy Anniversary!

  Another anniversary rolls around, the 44th, to be exact.   I always like to check out this picture of our wedding expenses.  We have it framed and sitting on our mantle.   Tom paid $50.26 (blood tests and wedding ring!) and my costs (I made my own dress) were $29.25. We were lucky.  My …

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Burns Night

  Burns Night commemorates the life of the bard (poet) Robert Burns, who was born on January 25, 1759.     The day also celebrates Burns’ contribution to Scottish culture. Burns’ best known work is “Auld Lang Syne”. We were at the Edinburgh Tattoo for this performance but I didn’t take this video.     …

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Greyfriar’s Bobby

  When we were in Scotland last year, we walked to Edinburgh Castle and back from hotel a couple times. I had never heard of Greyfriar’s Bobby until our bus tour the second day although we had walked by the statue 3 times already! On our 4th pass-by, we saw several people taking pictures of …

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National Rubber Ducky Day

  According to a 1973 Sesame Street calendar, Rubber Duckie’s Birthday is January 13 so around the country it’s National Rubber Ducky Day! A friend of Ernie and Big Bird, Duckie made his debut in a February 1970 episode. The rubber ducky (also spelled duckie) has come a long way from his first concept as …

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