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NATIONAL JOY-GERM DAY
(Because we really need some joy today)
On January 8th, National Joy-Germ Day annually reminds people across the country that by being positive and treating people with kindness, they can influence those around them and pass that positive attitude on to others. When we share good moods, we impact the lives of people around us and those people become infected with that same positive joy and spread it to others.
Laugh, smile, be kind, inspire and spread the one type of germ that is good for everyone to catch!
HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalJoygermDay
Throughout the day, see how often you can spread the JoyGerm! Use #NationalJoygermDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL JOYGERM DAY HISTORY
Founded in 1981 by a rather joyful and exuberant woman, Joan White, National Joygerm Day spread infectiously across the nation through TV interviews, radio shows, newsletters, magazines, postcards, hug coupons and well, the pure joy of its founder.
Joan White tells National Day Calendar, Joygerms LTD’s members are in all 50 states, and there are more than 180,000 card-carrying members around the world. Yes, Joygerms get free membership cards. But seriously, she spreads her Joygerms to others through this day and many other ways as well. Even in a simple e-mail, she evokes a smile and glee that is contagious and for which there is hopefully no known cure. nationaldaycalendar.com/...
Celebrate the anniversary of the day in 1851 when it was shown that the Earth rotates on its axis.
To prove his theory, Foucault suspended a lead-filled brass sphere, now called the Foucault Pendulum from the top of the Pantheon in Paris.
He showed that the plane of the swing of the pendulum rotated relative to the Earth’s rotation. You can now see the Foucault Pendulum demonstrating the rotation of the Earth in science museums around the world.
How to Celebrate?
- Visit your local space and science museum to learn more about the Earth’s rotation and what effect it has on humans.
- If you have kids, what about making a model of the Earth and the Sun with them, so that they can learn more about the Earth’s rotation?
Did You Know…
...that the speed of the Earth's rotation can change from day to day and from year to year? www.timeanddate.com/...
Argyle Day
Argyle—people either love it or hate it.
Argyle Day was created as a way for people to brighten up winter by wearing argyle, the more the better. Some people just wear argyle socks on the day, but some are known to wear argyle hats, sweaters, dresses, and pants as well.
Argyle is a diamond pattern with overlapping diagonal lines. The design came from the tartan of Clan Campbell, a clan from Argyll, a county that was in western Scotland. They used it in their kilts and plaids. By the seventeenth century, the Scottish were wearing "tartan hose," which look similar to the argyle socks of today...
Argyle's popularity was spurred in part by Prince Edward, who would later become the Duke of Windsor; in the 1920s, he began wearing argyle when he went golfing. Today, the design continues to be associated with golf. Recently it has been used in the uniforms of other sports, such as cycling, curling, and soccer. It is even included on the side of the University of North Carolina's basketball jerseys…
How to Observe— Celebrants are encouraged to wear as much argyle as possible, but any amount will do. www.checkiday.com/...
National English Toffee Day
English toffee is a buttery toffee that is often made with almonds. It is not actually from England, and is different from the toffee that is produced there. But it can be found there, bearing the name "buttercrunch." The core of Heath candy bars is English toffee. Toffee in general is made by caramelizing sugar or molasses with butter, and sometimes flour. It is heated to the hard crack stage, and is sometimes mixed with raisins or nuts. Then it is usually poured into a shallow tray, where it cools into a slab, and can then be broken into pieces and eaten. Depending on exactly how it is made, it varies in hardness. English toffee is celebrated today, and the day is recognized by the National Confectioners Association…
How to Observe— Make sure to eat some English toffee today. Buy some at the store or make your own. www.checkiday.com/...
Bubble Bath Day
History of Bubble Bath Day
Bubble Baths have been popular for as long as baths with surfactant-based soap have been a thing. There are multiple practical uses for them, ranging from the unexpected to the curiously unthought of. Bubble baths have been renowned for their ability to soothe and relax, but this doesn’t actually address the more interesting reasons behind their popularity.
You see, bubbles have the ability to help remove and prevent the nasty ring that forms around your bath-tub, leaving you, and your tub, that much cleaner. Additionally, it can effectively preserve the modesty of one in a bath as the bubbles obscure vision. Additionally, the bubbles act as an insulator, preserving the heat of the bath and allowing you to luxuriate in it even longer.
Bubble baths in general, speaking of the substance one puts in ones bath to cause the bubbles, are often pleasantly scented, and many of them are combined with ingredients that serve to help moisturize the skin and relax the bather…
How to celebrate—
If we have to tell you how to celebrate Bubble Bath Day, you may be in worse need of one then we could ever have imagined. Bubble Bath day if best celebrated by pampering yourself in a long, luxurious, scent rich bubble bath... Better yet! Bathe with a friend! www.daysoftheyear.com/...
We should all feel as glamorous as a vintage movie starlet whilst taking a bubble bath on National Bubble Bath Day.