January 2026 Monthly Holidays
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month
Link
Bath Safety Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month
Link
Black Diamond Month
Link
Book Blitz
Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
LinkCarnival Season: Jan. 6-
March 4
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
LinkChildren Impacted By Parent's
Cancer Month
Clap 4 Health Month
Financial Wellness Month
Get A Balanced
Life Month
Get Organized Month
Ginuary
Link
LinkInternational Brain Teaser Month
International
Change Your Stars Month
LinkInternational Child-Centered Divorce Month
International Creativity
Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International
Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth
Mentality Month
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
LinkManuary
Menudo Month
LinkNational Be On-Purpose Month
National Braille Literacy Month
LinkNational Cheesy Sock Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Codependency Awareness Month
Link
National Conscience Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot
Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month
LinkNational
Opticians Month
Link
LinkNational Personal
Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Personal Trainer Awareness Month
LinkNational Polka Music Month
Link
Link
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
LinkNational Stalking Awareness Month
LinkNational Sunday Supper Month
LinkNational Volunteer Blood Donor Month
LinkOatmeal Month
LinkSelf-help Group Awareness Month
Self-Love Month
Shape Up US
Month
Snowcare for Troops Awareness Month
LinkTeen Driving Awareness Month
Train Your Dog Month
Link
Link
Link
Thyroid Awareness Month
Link
Unchain A
Dog Month
Link
Walk Your Pet Month
Link
Link
Link
World Introvert Month
Link
Worldwide Rising Star Month
January 2026 Weekly Holidays
*Diet Resolution Week: 1-7
*Silent Record Week: 1-7
*Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
National Personal
Trainer Awareness Week: 3-10 (Starts first Saturday)
National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 4-10
(First Full Wk.)
LinkDating & Life Coaches
Recognition Week: 4-10
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 4-10
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week:
4-10
(Usually week of his birthday on Jan. 8.)
No Tillage Week: 5-9
Carnival: 6-2/17
International Consummer Electronics Show: 6-9
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 10-18
Link
(Starts 2nd Saturday through following Sunday.)
*Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 11-17 (2nd Full Wk.)
National
Mocktail Week: 11-17 (Second
Week)
*Idiom Week: 12-18
No Name Calling Week: 12-16
Link
National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 14-17
Link
*National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
Healthy Weight Week: 18-24
(Third Week)
Hunt For Happiness Week: 18-24
(Third Full Week)
National CRNA
(Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week:
18-24 (Last
Full Week)
National Handwriting Analysis Week: 18-24
(Always has John Hancock's birthday 1/23)
Sugar Awareness Week: 18-23 (3rd Work Week)
*Week of Christian
Unity: 18-25
Sundance Film Festival: 22-2/1
International Snow Sculpting Week: 24-28
Catholic Schools Week: 25-31 (Begins on Last Sunday)
Celebration of Life Days: 25-31
(Sunday of Last Full Wk.)
Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 25-31 (Last Business Week)
Data Privacy Week: 25-31
Link
(Always has 28th in it. Data Privacy Day)
Meat Week: 25-31 (Begins on Last Sunday)
National Activity Professionals
Week: 25-31 (Fourth Full Week)
Link
National School Choice Week: 25-31
Link (Last
Full Week)
National Cowboy Poetry Week: 26-31
National Medical Group
Practice Week: 26-31 (Starts 4th Monday)
US Nationals Snow Sculpting
Days: 28-2/1
LinkAngouleme
International Comics Festival: 29-2/1
Link
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: 31-2/3
January 2026 Daily Holidays
*Copyright Law Day: 1
*Ellis Island Day: 1
*Euro Day: 1
*First Foot
Day: 1 Link
*Global
Family Day: 1 Link
*Mummer's
Parade: 1
*New Years Day: 1
*New Year's Dishonor List Day: 1
*Polar Bear
Plunge or Swim Day: 1
Link
(Cony Island NY & Vancouver, BC)
*Public
Domain Day: 1 Link
Rose Bowl Game:
1
Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 1
*World Day of Peace: 1
Link
*Z Day: 1
*55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
*Happy Mew Year for
Cats Day: 2 Link
*National Buffet Day: 2
Link
*National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2
*National Personal Trainer Awareness Day: 2
*National Science Fiction Day: 2
Link
*Pet Travel and Safety Day: 2
*St. Basil's Day: 2
*Stop Spam Day: 2
Link
*World Introvert Day: 2
Link
*Drinking Straw Day: 3
Earth at Perhelion: 3 @ 12:15 pm EST pm
Link
*Festival of Sleep Day: 3
Link
*J.R.R. Tolkien Day: 3
*Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day: 3
Link
*National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3
Link
National Play Outside Day: 3 Link
(First Saturday)
*Dimpled Chad Day: 4
Link
*Pop Music Chart Day: 4
*Tom Thumb Day: 4
*Trivia Day: 4
*World Braille Day: 4
Link
*World Hypnotism
Day: 4 Link
Congress Assembles: 5 ( Unless it's on a weekend,
then following Monday)
Divorce Monday: 5
Link (First Monday of year which is when most feel
that divorces are filed.)
Handsel Day: 5
(First Monday)
*Kappa Alpha Psi Day: 5
*National Bird Day: 5
Link
*National Keto Day: 5
Link
*National Screenwriters
Day: 5
*Monopoly
Game Day: 5
Link
(See also Feb. 6)
National "Thank God It's Monday" Day:
5 (First Monday of the year.)
National Weigh-In Day:
5 (Always First Monday
after New Years)
*Twelfth Night: 5
*Whipped
Cream Day: 5
Link
Link
Link
*Armenian Christmas: 6
*Bean Day: 6
Carnival: 6-2/17
*Epiphany: 6
*I Am A Mentor Day: 6
Link
*National Bean Day: 6
Link
*National Shortbread Day: 6
Link
*National Technology Day: 6
Link
*Three
Kings Day: 6
*Harlem Globetrotter's Day: 7
*I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day:
7
*International Programmers Day: 7
*Invisible Pain Day: 7
*Old Rock Day: 7
Link
*Orthodox Christmas: 7
*National Bobblehead Day: 7
Link
*National Tempura
Day: 7
Link
*Argyle Day: 8
*Bubble Bath Day: 8
Link
*Earth's Rotation
Day: 8
*National English Toffee Day: 8
Link
*Midwife's
Day or Women's Day: 8
*National Career Coach Day: 8
Link
*National Joy Germ Day: 8
*National Winter Skin Relief Day: 8
Link
*Show and Tell Day at Work: 8
Link
*Snuggle A Chicken Day: 8
*War on Poverty Day: 8
*World Typing
Day: 8 Link
*Balloon Ascension Day: 9
Link
*Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: 9
Link
Link
*National Cassoulet Day: 9
National Hockey Mom Day: 9 (Second Friday)
*National Static Electricity
Day: 9 Link
*Panama's Martyr Day: 9
Link
*Phi
Beta Sigma Day: 9
*Play God Day: 9
Link (Do something nice for someone)
Eagle Day: 10 (2nd
Saturday)
*Houseplant Appreciation Day: 10
Link ( International Plant Appreciation Day is April 13)
*League of Nations Day: 10
*National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: 10
*National Oysters Rockefeller Day: 10
Link
*National Save The Eagles Day: 10
National Vision Board Day: 10 (Second Saturday)
*Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day: 11
*Girl Hug Boy
Day: 11
Golden Globes: 11
*Heritage Treasures Day: 11
*Learn Your Name
in Morse Code Day: 11 Link
*National
Human Trafficking Awareness Day: 11
Link
*National Milk Day: 11
Link
(Note: World Milk Day is June 1)
National Sunday Supper Day: 11
Link (Second Sunday)
*World Sketchnote Day: 11
Link
*Kiss A Ginger Day: 12
Link (Red Heads)
National Clean Off Your Desk Day:
12
(Second Monday)
*National Hot Tea Day:
12
*National Pharmacist Day:12
Link
Link (Note: World Pharmacists Day is September 25)
Plough Monday: 12 Link (First Monday After Jan. 6)
*Delta Sigma Theta Day: 13
*Korean American Day: 13
Link
*Make Your
Dream Come True Day: 13 Link
National Poetry at Work Day: 13 (Second Tuesday)
National Shop For Travel Day: 13 (Second Tuesday)
Link
*National Sticker Day: 13
Link
*Public Radio Broadcasting Day: 13
*Rubber Ducky Day: 13
(According to a 1973 Calendar, this is Rubber Ducky's
Birthday. But, others say it's February 25, the date Rubber Ducky first appeared
on Sesame Street. I also have it
below on Jan. 28 for Ernie's birthday.
It's boggling.)
*Stephen Foster Day: 13
*Caesarean Section Day: 14
*Dress Up Your Pet Day: 14
Link
*International Kite Day: 14
*Organize Your Home Day: 14
Link
*Ratification Day: 14
*World Logic Day: 14
*Alpha Kappa Alpha Day: 15
Get
to Know Your Customers Day: 15 ( January 15, April 16, July 16 and October 15 = 3rd Thurs. of Each Quarter)
*Humanitarian Day: 15
(Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. Started in 2009)
by a committee for King Days of Respect. Different than World Humanitarian Day
in August.)
*National Booch
(Kombucha) Day:15
Link
(World Kombucha Day is February 21)
*National Bagel Day: 15
Link (Bagelfest Day is July 26)
*National
Hat Day: 15
*Thank Your Mentor Day: 15
Link
*Appreciate A Dragon Day: 16
*Civil Service Day: 16
*Fig Newton Day: 16
Link
Link
Hat Day: 16 (3rd Friday)
International Fetish Day: 16 (Third Friday)
Isra Al Mi'Raj: 16
*National Nothing Day: 16
*National Quinoa Day: 16
*Religious Freedom Day: 16 Link
*Without A Scalpel Day: 16
Link
Link
*Zeta Phi Beta Day: 16
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 17-18
*Cable Car Day: 17
*Hot Heads
Chili Days: 17-18
*International Mentoring Day: 17
Link (Muhammad Ali's birthday)
*Judgment Day: 17
Link
*Kid Inventors' Day: 17
*National Bootleggers
Day: 17
*Popeye Day: 17
*National Rye Whiskey Day: 17
Link
National Use Your Gift Card Day: 17 (Third
Saturday) Link
National Sanctity of Human Life
Day (or Pro-Life Day): 18
(Third Sunday) Link
*Pooh (Winnie
The) Day: 18
*Thesaurus Day: 18
Link
World
Religion Day: 18 Link
(Third Sunday)
World Snow Day: 18 Link (Third
Sunday)
Blue Monday: 19
(Third Monday)
Link
Martin Luther King Day: 19 (Third Monday)
*National Popcorn Day: 19
Link
(Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday)
National Crowd Feed Day: 19 (Always on Martin Luther
King Day)
National Day of Service: 19
Link
(Third Monday)
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 19 (Third
Monday)
Robert E. Lee Day: 19
Link
(Third Monday)
*Tin
Can Day: 19
*World Day of Migrants
and Refugees: 19
*World Quark Day: 19 Link
*Camcorder Day:
20
*Inauguration Day: 20
*International Day of Acceptances: 20
Link
*National Cheese Lovers Day: 20
*National Disc Jockey
Day: 20 Link
*Penguin Awareness Day: 20
Link
*Tech Day: 20
*International Squirrel Appreciation
Day: 21
Link
Link
*International Sweatpants Day: 21
*Mariachi
Day: 21 Link
*National Cheesy Socks
Day: 21
*National Hugging Day: 21
Link
(also May 27)
*National Hug Your Puppy
Day: 21
*National Hyalluronic Acid Day: 21
Link
*Answer Your Cat's Questions Day: 22
Link
*Celebration of Life Day: 22
*National Polka Dot Day: 22
(Disney Minnie Mouse)
*Roe vs. Wade
Day: 22
Women's Healthy Weight Day: 22 ( Thursday
of 3rd Full Week aka Healthy Weight Week)
*Maternal Health Awareness Day: 23
Link
*National Handwriting Day: 23
Link
*National Pie Day: 23 Link
Link (Not to be confused with Pi Day on March
14)
*Paul Pitcher Day: 23
Link
*Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23
Link
*Beer Can Day: 24
Link
Link
*Belly Laugh Day: 24
*International Day of Education: 24
*International Mobile Phone Recycling Day: 24
Link
Local Quilt Shop Day: 24 (Fourth Saturday)
*National Compliment Day: 24
Link
Link
*National Peanut Butter Day: 24
Link
*Talk Like A Grizzled
Prospector Day: 24
Link
*World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture: 24
*A Room of One's Own Day: 25 Link
*IV Nurses Day: 25
Link
*Macintosh Computer Day: 25
(Note: On Jan. 22, 1984 in a Super
Bowl ad the Macintosh got introduced. Steve Jobs then presented it to the world
on Jan. 24, 1984 and it went on sale to the public the next day on Jan. 25, 1984.
There is a big 30th Anniversary event on Jan. 25, 2014. Since Apple considers
Jan. 25 the anniversary day for celebration, this is why I am listing
it on the 25th also and not the other dates. )
National Bible Sunday: 25 (Fourth Sunday)
*National Irish Coffee Day:
25 (Also observed on March 17)
*Opposite
Day: 25 Link
*Robert
Burns Day: 25
Link
Link
World Leprosy Day: 25
(Last Sunday)
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 26 (Always Last Monday)
*Clashing Clothes Day: 26
*Dental Drill Appreciation Day: 26
*International Customs Day: 26
Link
*Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26
*National Green
Juice Day: 26
Link
*National Peanut Brittle Day: 26 Link
*Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26
A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 27 (Last Tuesday)
*Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27
*Holocaust Memorial Day: 27
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims
of the Holocaust:
27 Link
*International Port
Wine Day: 27
Link
*National Geographic Day: 27
National Plan For A Vacation Day: 27
Link (Last
Tuesday)
*Thomas Crapper Day: 27
*Viet Nam Peace Day: 27
*World Breast Pumping Day: 27
Link
*Data Privacy Day: 28
Link
*Global Community Engagement Day: 28
Link
Library Shelfie Day: 28
Link
(Fourth Wednesday)
*National Kazoo Day: 28
Link
*National Pediatrician
Day: 28
*National Gift of The Lady Bug Day: 28
Link
*Rubber Ducky Day: 28
Link
Link
(Also here due to Sesame Street saying it's
on the 28th. Because the general belief is that this is on Ernie's birthday.
So, there are 3 dates for this. Rather boggling.)
*Thank A Plugin
Developer Day: 28
Link
*Curmudgeons Day: 29
*Freethinkers Day:
29
*National Puzzle Day: 29
*Seeing Eye Dog Day:
29
*Thomas Paine Day: 29
*Croissant Day: 30 Link
Fun at Work Day: 30
(Last Friday)
National Big Wig Day: 30
Link
(Last Friday)
National Pre-school Fitness Day: 30 (Last Friday)
Link
*National Inane Answering Message Day: 30
Link
*World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: 30
*Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
Fruitcake Toss Day:
31
(Last Saturday) Link
*Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31
National Seed Swap Day: 31 (Last Saturday)
*Street
Children Day: 31 Link
Link
(Note: Different than one on April 12)
