Unless you’ve been living in a cave, on a mountain, in a land, far, far away, you must have wondered just how many ‘National Awareness Days’ there really are! There are the ones where you shave your head. Others where you shave your moustache. Still others where you shave your… well, you get the idea.
Then there are the ‘wear’ yellow, or pink, or green or rainbow colors days.
The abstain days! The food days, the appreciation days, wellness days and any other days someone is willing to invent.
Did you miss ‘Peanut Butter Lover’s Day’? Sons Day (yes, there’s a Daughters Day as well)? How about Cereal Day and Dentist’s Day? These are just some of the celebration / remembrance / take a moment (or a day to think about – plug in the appropriate cause here) in the first week of March in the American National Day Calendar!
Now add in the ‘National Days’ from the other 194 countries currently in existence (perhaps 193 if Putin has his way) and you can understandably get a little inured / tired/ sick to death of being made ‘aware’ of one more cause!
Of course, some days are seriously important… but National Potato Chip Day just doesn’t cut the mustard (yes, there’s a day for that somewhere, too!)
So, if you really have nothing better to do right now, here’s a list of days you might choose to miss most of this month:
March 1
National Dadgum That’s Good Day
National Fruit Compote Day
National Horse Protection Day
National Minnesota Day
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
National Pig Day
Self-Injury Awareness Day
National Pancake Day – IHOP – Changes Annually (March 1, 2022)
Fat Tuesday – Day Before Ash Wednesday
Paczki Day – Day Before Ash Wednesday
Fastnacht Day – Day Before Ash Wednesday
March 2
National Banana Cream Pie Day
National Old Stuff Day
World Teen Mental Wellness Day
National Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day) – If on Weekend, Moves to Closest School Day
Ash Wednesday– Changes Annually (March 2, 2022)
March 3
National Anthem Day
National Cold Cuts Day
National I Want You to Be Happy Day
National Mulled Wine Day
Soup It Forward Day
National Hospitalist Day – First Thursday in March
March 4
Marching Music Day
National Grammar Day
National Hug a G.I. Day
National Pound Cake Day
National Sons Day
Tartar Sauce Day – Friday after Lent begins
National Day of Unplugging – First Friday in March
National Dress in Blue Day – First Friday in March
National Speech and Debate Education Day – First Friday in March
National Employee Appreciation Day – First Friday in March
March 5
National Absinthe Day
National Cheese Doodle Day
National Multiple Personality Day
March 6
National Dentist’s Day
National Dress Day
National Frozen Food Day
National Oreo Cookie Day
National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
Finisher’s Medal Day – First Sunday in March
March 7
National Be Heard Day
National Cereal Day
National Crown of Roast Pork Day
National Flapjack Day
March 8
International Women’s Day
National Oregon Day
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Proofreading Day
March 9
National Barbie Day
National Crabmeat Day
National Get Over it Day
National Meatball Day
National Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day – Second Wednesday in March
March 10
National Blueberry Popover Day
National Mario Day
National Pack Your Lunch Day
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
World Kidney Day – Second Thursday in March
March 11
National 311 Day
National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day
National Johnny Appleseed Day
National Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day
National Promposal Day
National Worship of Tools Day
March 12
National Baked Scallops Day
National Girl Scout Day
National Plant a Flower Day
National Working Moms Day
March 13
National Coconut Torte Day
National Earmuff Day
National Good Samaritan Day
National Jewel Day
National K9 Veterans Day
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
Daylight Saving Time – Second Sunday in March
March 14
National Children’s Craft Day
National Learn About Butterflies Day
National Pi Day
National Potato Chip Day
National Write Down Your Story Day
National Napping Day – Day after Return of Daylight Savings Day
March 15
National Everything You Think is Wrong Day
National Kansas Day
National Pears Helene Day
National Shoe the World Day
World Social Work Day – Third Tuesday in March
National Equal Pay Day – Changes Annually (March 15, 2022)
March 16
Everything You Do Is Right Day
National Artichoke Hearts Day
National Curl Crush Day
National Freedom of Information Day
National Panda Day
National SBDC Day – Third Wednesday in March
March 17
National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day
St. Patrick’s Day
National Farm Rescuer Day – Third Thursday in March
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day – Third Thursday in March
March 18
National Awkward Moments Day
National Biodiesel Day
National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day
National Sloppy Joe Day
National Supreme Sacrifice Day
March 19
National Backyard Day
National Certified Nurses Day
National Chocolate Caramel Day
National Let’s Laugh Day
National Poultry Day
National Corn Dog Day – First Saturday of March Madness
National Quilting Day – Third Saturday in March
March 20
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Proposal Day
National Ravioli Day
World Flour Day
Spring Begins – Changes Annually March 20, 2022
March 21
National California Strawberry Day
National Common Courtesy Day
National Countdown Day
National Fragrance Day
National French Bread Day
National Single Parent Day
World Down Syndrome Day
March 22
National Bavarian Crepes Day
National Goof Off Day
National West Virginia Day
National American Diabetes Association Alert Day – Fourth Tuesday in March
National Ag Day – Changes Annually (March 22, 2022)
National 3-D Day – Third Day of the Third Full Week
March 23
National Chia Day
National Chip and Dip Day
National Near Miss Day
National Melba Toast Day
National Puppy Day
National Tamale Day
March 24
National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
National Cheesesteak Day
National Cocktail Day
March 25
National Lobster Newburg Day
National Medal of Honor Day
National Tolkien Reading Day
March 26
Epilepsy Awareness Day – Purple Day
National Nougat Day
National Spinach Day
March 27
International Medical Science Liaison Day
National Joe Day
National Scribble Day
National Spanish Paella Day
March 28
National Black Forest Cake Day
National Something on a Stick Day
National Triglycerides Day
National Weed Appreciation Day
March 29
National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
National Nevada Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day
March 30
National Doctors Day
National I Am in Control Day
National Pencil Day
National Take a Walk in the Park Day
National Turkey Neck Soup Day
National Virtual Vacation Day
National Little Red Wagon Day – Last Wednesday in March
Manatee Appreciation Day – Last Wednesday in March
March 31
National Bunsen Burner Day
National Clams on the Half Shell Day
National Crayon Day
National Prom Day
National Tater Day
OK… I get it that everyone deserves 15 minutes of glory, but a whole day? Every year?
Time to leave! I’ve shaved the left side of my face, thanked my Peanut Butter Cluster, put on my red shirt, pinned the yellow flower to it, made sure I’m wearing odd socks, put a green stripe on my head (I don’t have hair to dye)… sigh!
