February is a great month. It’s exactly 28 days long (except for when it’s not), you’ve got past the really dark days of winter and half-term holidays are just around the corner. Also, it features a number of celebratory National or International observances which are well worth observing. Here’s our guide to the days you should really put into your calendar.
For a start, February is National Hot Breakfast Month in America. That can mean a full cooked brekkie with sausages, bacon, eggs, hash brown, fried slice and maybe a bit of black pudding, or to follow the American theme, a precipitous stack of thick pancakes covered in maple syrup.
February 4th is apparently National Working Naked Day. We’re not sure which nation, but it’s presumably a warmer one than France. We briefly considered it, but when our freezers are set to -20°C, and the weather outside can be a similar temperature in the mornings, it seems to unfairly disadvantage the guys in the warehouse. Our drivers seemed keen though…
Saturday 5th is both World Nutella day AND Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Also it’s a Saturday. This could well be the best day of the year. Plan your diets around it.
What can follow that? National Yorkshire Pudding Day is what. Traditionally enjoyed on the first Sunday of February, this is the perfect day to have a full roast, plenty of perfectly risen Yorkshire Puds and lashings of gravy. Again, plan your diet around it.
The 9th of February is National Pizza Day. Personally I could celebrate this day every day, but an excuse is an excuse.
The 14th to 20th February is Random Acts of Kindness Week, where you are encouraged to spread the love and ‘pay it forward’ by being nice to your fellow human beings for no particular reason. Buy a stranger a coffee, tip your postperson, clean a neighbour’s car… you get the idea.
Why not combine a random act of kindness with February 18th – National Drink Wine Day? Treat a friend, colleague or family member to their favourite bottle of plonk, thus observing two February ‘holidays’ at once.
There are many more great days in February… Curling is Cool Day, National Toast Day, World Pangolin Day… so why not make February your month of observing random days of celebration (not yet an official or even non-official holiday).
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