January

Fun Facts

Traditional birthstone: garnet
Mystical birthstone: emerald
Ayurvedic birthstone: garnet
Flower: white carnation
Chinese Floral Emblem: plum blossom
Sun Signs: Capricorn / Aquarius

Dates that vary from year to year

2nd Monday: Seijin-no-hi. Japan
2nd Monday: National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day
2nd Thursday: Pharmacists Day
2nd New Moon after Winter Solstice: Chinese New Year, Feb. 10, 2013 (Black Snake)
2nd New Moon after Winter Solstice: Tet Nguyen Dan, Feb. 10, 2013
3rd Sunday: World Religion Day
3rd Monday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 21, 2013
3rd Monday: Elementary School Teachers Day
Last Sunday: Super Bowl Sunday
15th of Shevat, 5th Jewish month: Tu Bishvat
23rd Day of 12th moon: Chinese Kitchen God Festiva

Weekly Observances

~Week 1~

Braille Literacy Week
Diet Resolution Week
National Law Enforcement Training Week
Universal Letter Writing Week
Universal Week of Prayer

~Week 2~

Healthy Weight Week
International Printing Week
International Toy Fair
National Book Week
National Bowling Week
National Pizza Week

~Week 3~

International Printing Week
National Thrift Week
Worldwide Kiwanis Week

~Week 4~

International Green Week
National Cross Country Skiing Week
National Glaucoma Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National Meat Week

Monthly Observances

Business and Reference Books Month
Chilly (as in cold) Month
Crime Stoppers Month
Human Resources Month
January Diet Month
March of Dimes Birth Defects
Prevention Month
National Book Blitz Month
National Candy Month
National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
National Eye Care Month
National Hobby Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Meat Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Soup Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
National Wheat Bread Month
Prune Breakfast Month
Thyroid Disease Awareness Month
Whale Watching Month

Daily Observances

1	National Bloody Mary Day New Yeas Day St. Basil’s Day
2	Kakizone, Japan National Cream Puff Day National Science Fiction Day St. Macarius’ Day
3	Hero’s Day, Haiti National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
4	Braille Day Flower Basket Day Frost Fair on the Thames, London National Spaghetti Day
5	Apple Howling Day Epiphany Fair, Italy National Whipped Cream Day Twelfth Night
6	Befana Dia de los Reyes Magos Epiphany National Shortbread Day
7	Ganna, Ethiopia Nanakusa, Japan National Tempura Day
8	National English Toffee Day World Literacy Day
9	National Apricot Day
10	Geraint, Wales League of Nations Day National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
11	Kagami-biraki, Japan Makra Sankrant, India National Hot Toddy Day
12	Makra Sankrant, India National Marzipan Day Working Woman’s Appreciation Day
13	Makra Sankrant, India National Peach Melba Day Silvesterklause, Switzerland St. Knut’s Day
14	Cakes and Ale Day, UK Narcissus Festival Pongal, India National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
15	Humanitarian Day Moliere Day, France National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
16	Religious Freedom Day National Fig Newton Day St. Priscilla’s Day
17	World Religion Day National Hot Buttered Rum Day
18	Winnie the Pooh Day Thesaurus Day Four an’ Twenty Day, Scotland Carrot Festival
19	Champagne Day National Popcorn Day St. Wulfstan’s Day
20	Babin Den (Grandmother’s Day), Bulgaria Basketball Day National Buttercrunch Day St. Sebastian’s Day Penguin Awareness Day
21	National Hugging Day St. Agnes’ Day
22	Dance of the 7 Veils Day National Blonde Brownie Day St. Vincent’s Day Ukranian Day
23	Lichtenstein Foundation Day National Pie Day National Rhubarb Pie Day
24	Alactis Fair begins, Aymara Indians, Bolivia National Peanut Butter Day St. Babylas’ Day
25	Aukland Day, New Zealand Dinner Party Day National Irish Coffee Day Observe the Weather Day Robert Burns’ Night, Scotland, Newfoundland
26	Australia Day National Peanut Brittle Day
27	National Chocolate Cake Day St. Angela Merici’s Day
28	Daisy Day National Kazoo Day St. Charlemagne’s Day Bald Eagle Day National Blueberry Pancake Day
29	National Carnation Day National Puzzle Day National Corn Chip Day
30	Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland National Croissant Day St. Bathild’s Day
31	St. John Bosco’s Day Valkyries’ Day, Norse Kitchen God Visits Heaven, China National Brandy Alexander Day

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise.

Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.

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