January Holidays

The January Holidays start off with New Years Day - the start of a brand new year!  A time for a fresh start and setting some realistic New Years Resolutions. If you indulged a little more than you should have on New Years Eve, the day might be a quiet one in bed recovering from the night before!

January is National Soup Month!  Nothing like a great bowl of homemade healthy soup in the winter months! Pictured above is a Ham and White Bean Soup - Recipe by Kerry of Healthy Diet Habits.  To see this recipe and her other Soup Recipes, check out her Healthy Soup Recipes on her Healthy Diet Habits Website!

The Moveable Dates below have been updated for 2025!

Below you will find our listing of the Holidays and Observances that fall in January.  

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming eventually and linked below.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, we'll include the year as well as the date rule below. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
3. If we have made an error, have any incorrect dates, or have left off any Holidays, Observances, or Awareness Days etc, please let us know! Contact Us!

Annual Holidays and Observances
United Nations International Years

Each year, the United Nations chooses a few different topics, or themes that they want all the Countries around the World to focus on. 

In 2026, these are:

• International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

In 2025, these are:

• International Year of Glaciers Preservation

In 2024, these are:

• International Year of Camelids

In 2023, these are:

• Interational Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace
• International Year of Millets 

In 2022, these are:

• International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
• International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
• International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
• Interational Year of Glass

In 2021, these are:

• International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
• International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
• International Year of Peace and Trust

In 2020, these are:

• International Year of Plant Health
• International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

In 2019, these are:

• International Year of Indigenous Languages
• International Year of Moderation
• International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements 

In 2017, these are:

• International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

In 2016, these are:

• International Year of Pulses

In 2015, these are:

• International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
• International Year of Soils

In 2014, these are:

• International Year of Crystallography
• International Year of Family Farming
• International Year of Small Island Developing States
• International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

In 2013, these are:

• International Year of Quinoa
• International Year of Water Cooperation

In 2012, these are:

• International Year of Cooperatives
• International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
  

Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Adopt a Rescued Bird Month
• Apple and Apricots Month
• Artichoke and Asparagus Month
• Bath Safety Month
  
• Be Kind to Food Servers Month
  
• Black Diamond Month
• Book Blitz Month
• Brain Teaser Month
• Bread Machine Baking Month
• California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month
• California Restaurant Month
  
• Celebration of Life Month
  
• Cervical Cancer Screening Month
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
  
• Children Impacted by Parent's Cancer Month
• Clap 4 Health Month
• Dry January (Avoiding Alcohol) 
• Eye Care Month
• Family Fit Lifestyle Month
  
• Financial Wellness Month
• Get a Balanced Life Month
• Get Ireland Active Month
• Get Organized Month
• Ginuary
• Human Resource Month
• International Brain Teaser Month
• International Change Your Stars Month
  
• International Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
• International Creativity Month
• International New Year's Resolution Month for Business
• International Quality of Life Month
• International Wayfinding Month
• International Wealth Mentality Month
  
• Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
• Little Things Mental Health Campaign
• Manuary
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month
• Menudo Month
• National Be On-Purpose Month
  
• National Birth Defects Awareness Month
• National Blood Donor Month
• National Book Blitz Month
  
• National Braille Literacy Month
  
• National Candy Month
• National CBD Month
• National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month
  
• National Clean Up Your Computer Month
  
• National Codependency Awareness Month
• National Conscience Month
• National Egg Month
• National Fiber Focus Month
  
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Hobby Month
  
• National Hot Tea Month
• National Mail Order Gardening Month
  
• National Meat Month
• National Mentoring Month
  
• National Oatmeal Month
• National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
  
• National Personal Trainer Awareness Month
• National Physiotherapy Month
• National Polka Music Month
  
• National Poverty in America Awareness Month
  
• National Pre-Pregnancy Awareness Month
• National Radon Action Month
• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
  
• National Slow Cooking Month
• National Skating Month
• National Soup Month
• National Stalking Awareness Month
• National Staying Healthy Month
• National Sunday Supper Month
• National Thank You Month
• National Train Your Dog Month
  
• National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
• National Wheat Bread Month
  
• Oatmeal Month
• Prune Breakfast Month
• Receding Gums Awareness Month
• Retail Bakers Month
• Rising Star Month
• Sanctity of Human Life Month
• Self-Help Group Awareness Month
• Self-Love Month
• Shape Up US Month
  
• Start Child Health Campaign (Ireland)
• Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking Month (TANYRSS) - December 17 - February 5 (51 days starting on December 17)
• Teen Driving Awareness Month
• Thyroid Disease Awareness Month
• Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Tubers and Dried Fruit Month
• Unchain a Dog Month
• Veganuary
• Walk Your Pet Month
  
• Worldwide Rising Star Month

Weekly Holidays and Observances

• Cancertalk Week - January 20-24, 2025 (U.K.)

• Catholic Schools Week - January 26, 2025 - February 1, 2025 (Begins on the last Sunday in January)
  

• Celebration of Life Week - January 1-7

• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (San Francisco, CA) - January 29 - February 16, 2025, Parade is on February 15, 2025

• Christmas Bird Count Week - December 14, 2024 - January 5, 2025; December 14, 2025 - January 5, 2026 (Every December 14 - January 5)
  

• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week - January 7-14
  

• Cordova Ice Worm Days - January 25 - February 1, 2025

• Cuckoo Dancing Week - January 11-17

• Data Privacy Week - January 24-28

• Diet Resolution Week - January 1-7

• Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over (Winter Enforcement) - December 18, 2023 - January 1, 2024 (2025 TBA)

• Elvis Presley Birthday Celebration Week - January 8-11, 2025

• Energy Saving Week - January 12-23 (U.K.)

• European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week - January 20-26, 2025

• Farmhouse Breakfast Week (U.K.) - January 27-31, 2025 (Last Week in January)

• Hannukah - December 25, 2024 - January 2, 2025

• Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival - January 5, 2025 - end of February or early March, 2025 (weather Permitting)

• Healthy Weight Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Third Week in January)

• Home Office Safety and Security Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Second Full Week in January)

• Hot Heads Chili Days - January 17-18

• Hunt for Happiness Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Third Full Week)

• International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo - January 17-26, 2025 (Monaco)

• International Hoof Care Week - January 21-24, 2025

• International Hot Air Balloon Week - January 26 - February 1, 2025 (Fourth Full Week of January)

• International Printing Week - Third Week of January

• International Snow Sculpture Championship - January 20-29, 2025

• International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week - January 11-19, 2025 

• International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - January 18-25

• Isra and Mi'raj (Muslim Holiday) - Evening of January 26, 2025 to Evening of January 27, 2025

• Kiss a Shark Week - January 26 - February 1, 2025 (Fourth Full Week of January)

• Kwanzaa - December 26, 2024 - January 1, 2025; December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026 (Week of December 26 - January 1)

• National Activity Professionals Week - January 21-27, 2024 (Fourth Full Week of January) (2025 TBA)

• National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Last Full Week in January)
  

• National Clean Out Your Inbox Week - January 27-31, 2025 (Last Business Week in January)

• National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week - January 27 - February 1, 2025

• National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Third Full Week of January)
  

• National Handwriting Analysis Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Week of John Hancock's birthday on January 23)

• National Irish Coffee Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Fourth Week of January)
  

• National Law Enforcement Training Week - January 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of January)

• National Lose Weight - Feel Great Week - January 5-11, 2025 (Starts First Sunday in January)

• National Meat Week - January 26 - February 2, 2025 (8 Days starting on the fourth Sunday)

• National Medical Group Practice Week - January 27-31, 2025 (M-F week that starts on Fourth Monday in January)

• National Mocktail Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Second Full Week in January)

• National Obesity Awareness Week - January 10-16, 2025 (U.K.)

• National Passenger Safety Week - January 19-25, 2025

• National Pizza Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Second Full Week of January)

• National School Choice Week - January 19-25, 2025 (Last Full Week in January)

• National Soccer Coaches of America Week - January 8-12, 2025 

• National Storytelling Week (U.K.) - January 30 - February 7, 2025

• National Thank Your Customers Week - January 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of January)

• National Time Consciousness Week - January 1-7 (Philippines)

• National Western Stock Show and Rodeo - (Denver, CO) - January 11-26, 2025

• New Years' Resolution Week - January 1-8

• No Name Calling Week - January 20-24, 2025 (Third Week of January)

• No Tillage Week - January 7-10, 2025
  

• North American International Auto Show (Detroit) - January 10-20, 2025

• Pennsylvania Farm Show - January 4-11, 2025 (Harrisburg, PA)

• Rolex 24 at Daytona - January 23-26, 2025 (Daytona, FL)

• Saint Paul Winter Carnival - January 23 - February 2, 2025 (St. Paul, MN)

• Silent Record Week - January 1-7

• Snowcare for Troops Awareness Week - January 21-27, 2024 (2025 TBA)

• Someday We'll Laugh About This Week - January 2-8

• Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show - January 17 - February 8, 2025 (Fort Worth, TX)

• Spring Festival Golden Week (China) - January 28 - February 3

• Sugar Awareness Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Third Work Week in January)

• Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah) - January 23 - February 2, 2025

• Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking Month (TANYRSS) -  December 17, 2024 - February 5, 2025

• Tax Identity Theft Week - January 27-31, 2025 (5 Days Starting the Last Monday in January)
  

• The American Express Tournament (Formerly: CareerBuilder Challenge and Prior to that Bob Hope Classic) - January 13-19, 2025 in La Quinta, CA

• The World Series of Beer Pong - January 1-5, 2025

• Tie One On For Safety Campaign - November 28, 2024 - January 1, 2025 (Thanksgiving to New Years Day); November 27, 2025 - January 1, 2026

• Universal Letter Writing Week - January 12-18, 2025 (Second Full Week of January)

• Week of Christian Unity - January 18-25
  

• World Kiwanis Week - January 19-25, 2025
  

Daily Holidays and Observances

• Apple Gifting Day - January 1
  
• Bonza Bottler Day - January 1
• Commitment Day - January 1
• Copyright Law Day - January 1
• Ellis Island Day - January 1
  
• Euro Day - January 1
• First Foot Day - January 1
  
• Global Family Day - January 1
• Haitian Independence Day - January 1
• Mummer's Parade - January 1
  
• National Bloody Mary Day - January 1
  
• National Hangover Day - January 1
• National Shepherd Day - January 1
• New Years Day - January 1 
• New Year's Dishonor List Day - January 1
• Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day - January 1
• Public Domain Day - January 1
• Ring a Bell Day - January 1
• Rose Bowl Game - January 1, 2025 (Never on a Sunday Tradition)
• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - January 1 (Catholic)
• St. Basil's Day - January 1 in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
• Sudan Independence Day - January 1
• Tournament of Roses Parade (Rose Parade) - January 1, 2025 (Never on a Sunday Tradition)
  
• Triumph of the Revolution (Also Known as Liberation Day) - January 1
  
• Universal Hour of Peace - January 1
• World Day of Peace - January 1
• Z Day - January 1

• 55 MPH Speed Limit Day - January 2
• Ancestry Day (Haiti) - January 2
• Happy Mew Year for Cats Day - January 2
  
• National Buffet Day - January 2
  
• National Cream Puff Day - January 2
• National Erica Day - January 2
• National Motivation and Inspiration Day - January 2
• National Personal Trainer Awareness Day - January 2
• National Pet Travel Safety Day - January 2
• National Run Up the Flagpole and See if Anybody Salutes it Day - January 2
• National Science Fiction Day - January 2
• New Year's Day Substitute (New Zealand) - January 2, 2025
• Reconquest Day (Spain) - January 2
• St. Basil's Day - January 1 in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
• Swiss Cheese Day - January 2
• Vasant Panchami (India) - January 2, 2025 (Fifth Day of Magh in Hindu Calendar)
• World Introvert Day - January 2

• Festival of Sleep Day - January 3
  
• Fruitcake Toss Day - January 3
• Humiliation Day - January 3
• International Mind-Body Wellness Day - January 3
• J.R.R. Tolkien Day - January 3
• Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day - January 3
  
• National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day - January 3
• National Drinking Straw Day - January 3
• National Write to Congress Day - January 3
• Women Rock! Day - January 3

• Dimpled Chad Day - January 4
• Earth at Perihelion - January 4, 2025 @ 5:28am PST (closest to the Sun)
• Free Flower Basket Day - January 4
• National CanDo Day - January 4
  
• National Clara Day - January 4
• National Missouri Day - January 4
• National Play Outside Day - January 4, 2025 (First Saturday of EVERY Month)
• National Rachel Day - January 4
• National Spaghetti Day - January 4
• Pop Music Chart Day - January 4
• Tom Thumb Day - January 4
• Trivia Day - January 4
  
• World Braille Day - January 4
  
• World Hypnotism Day - January 4

• Carver Day - January 5 (To Honor George Washington Carver)
• Golden Globe Awards (Beverly Hills) - January 5, 2025
• Monopoly Game Day - January 5
• National Bird Day - January 5
  
• National Day of Dialogue - January 5
• National Ellen Day - January 5
• National Keto Day - January 5
• National Screenwriters Day - January 5
• National Whipped Cream Day - January 5
• No Pants Subway Ride Day - January 5, 2025 (First Sunday in January) 
• Twelfth Night - January 5

• Apple Tree Day - January 6
• Armenian Christmas - January 6
• Cuddle Up Day - January 6
• Day of Los Reyes - January 6 (Catholic Holiday in Uruguay)
• Divorce Monday - January 6, 2025 (First Monday of the year is when most divorces are filed)
• Dry Bean Day - January 6
• Epiphany, or Three Kings Day - January 6 (12th Day After Christmas)
• Handsel Day - January 6, 2025 (First Monday in January)
• National Bean Day - January 6
• National Davis Day - January 6
• National Samantha Day - January 6
• National Shortbread Day - January 6
  
• National Smith Day - January 6
• National Take a Poet to Lunch Day - January 6
• National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day - January 6
• National Technology Day - January 6
• National Weigh-In Day - January 6, 2025 (First Monday after New Years)
  
• Thank God It's Monday Day - January 6, 2025 and June 2, 2025 (First Monday in January and June)
• World Day for War Orphans - January 6

• Distaff Day - January 7
• Harlem Globetrotter's Day - January 7
• I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day - January 7
  
• International Programmer's Day - January 7
  
• National Bobblehead Day - January 7
• National Pass Gas Day - January 7
• National Tempura Day - January 7
• Old Rock Day - January 7
  
• Orthodox Christmas Day - January 7

• Argyle Day - January 8
• Bubble Bath Day - January 8
• Earth's Rotation Day - January 8
  
• International Typing Day - January 8
• Midwife's Day or Women's Day - January 8 (In Greece)
• National English Toffee Day - January 8
  
• National Joygerm Day - January 8
  
• National Man Watcher's Day - January 8 (Also known as Male Watcher's Day)
• National Snuggle a Chicken Day - January 8, 2025 (Every Second Wednesday in January)
• National Winter Skin Relief Day - January 8
  
• Show and Tell Day at Work - January 8
  
• Take the Stairs Day - January 8, 2025 (Every Second Wednesday in January)
• War on Poverty Day - January 8
  
• World Literary Day - January 8
• World Typing Day - January 8

• Balloon Ascension Day - January 9
• Healthy Weight, Healthy Look Day - January 9, 2025 (Second Thursday in January)
  
• I Am a Mentor Day - January 9
• International Choreographers Day - January 9
• National Apricot Day - January 9
• National Austin Day - January 9
• National Carter Day - January 9
• National Cassoulet Day - January 9
• National Faith Day - January 9 (People With the Name Faith) 
• National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day - January 9
• National Static Electricity Day - January 9
  
• National Wonk Day - January 9
• National Word Nerd Day - January 9
  
• Panama's Martyrs' Day - January 9
• Play God Day - January 9

• Asarah B'Tevet - January 10, 2025
• Bittersweet Chocolate Day - January 10
• Houseplant Appreciation Day - January 10
• League of Nations Day - January 10
• National Cut Your Energy Costs Day - January 10
• National Oysters Rockefeller Day - January 10
• National Peculiar People Day - January 10
• National Shareholder Day - January 10
• Quitters Day - January 10, 2025 (Second Friday in January)
• Save the Eagles Day - January 10

• Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day - January 11
• Eagle Day - January 11, 2025 (Second Saturday in January)
• Girl Hug Boy Day - January 11
• Heritage Treasures Day (U.K.) - January 11
  
• Hot Toddy Day - January 11
  
• International Parity at Work Day - January 11
• International Thank-You Day - January 11
• Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day - January 11
  
• Milk Day - January 11
• National Arkansas Day - January 11
• National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - January 11
• National Joel Day - January 11
• National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day - January 11
• National Tara Day - January 11
• National Vision Board Day - January 11, 2025 (Second Saturday in January)
• No Longer New Year's Day - January 11
• Paget's Awareness Day - January 11 (Bone Disease)
• Secret Pal Day - January 11
  
• World Sketchnote Day - January 11

• Baptism of the Lord - January 12, 2025 (Sunday after Epiphany)
• Curried Chicken Day - January 12
• Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day - January 12
• Kiss a Ginger Day - January 12
• National Hot Tea Day - January 12
  
• National Kettlebell Day - January 12
• National Marzipan Day - January 12 
• National Pharmacist Day - January 12
• National Sunday Supper Day - January 12, 2025 (Second Sunday in January)
• Stick to Your New Year's Resolution Day - January 12
• Work Harder Day - January 12

• CALENNIG - January 13 (U.K.)
• Coming of Age Day - January 13, 2025 (Celebrated in Japan on the Second Monday of January)
• Korean American Day - January 13
  
• Make Your Dreams Come True Day - January 13
• National 4th Graders Day - January 13, 2025 (Second Monday in January)
• National Catherine Day - January 13
• National Clean Off Your Desk Day - January 13, 2025 (Second Monday in January)
• National Gluten-Free Day - January 13, 2025 (Second Monday in January)
  
• National Kathleen Day - January 13
• National Peach Melba Day - January 13
• National Sticker Day - January 13
• Plough Monday - January 13, 2025 (First Monday after January 6)
• Poetry Break Day - January 13
  
• Public Radio Broadcasting Day - January 13
• Rubber Ducky Day - January 13
• Stephen Foster Memorial Day - January 13

• Cesarean Section Day - January 14
• Feast of the Ass (Donkey) - January 14 (Celebrates all the donkeys of the Bible)
• International Kite Day - January 14
• Mahayana New Year - January 14, 2025 (Buddhist)
• Makar Sankranti - January 14, 2025 - (Either January 14 or 15th each year - Major Hindu Festival in India)
• National Dress Up Your Pet Day - January 14
  
• National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day - January 14
• National Poetry at Work Day - January 14, 2025 (Second Tuesday in January)
• National Shop for Travel Day - January 14, 2025 (Second Tuesday in January)
• National Undhiya Day - January 14
• Novy God - January 14 (Russian New Year)
• Organize Your Home Day - January 14
  
• Orthodox New Year - January 14
• Printing Ink Day - January 14, 2025 (Closest Tuesday to January 16)
• Ratification Day - January 14
• St. Basil's Day - January 1 in Eastern Churches; January 2 in Western Churches; January 14 in Churches that follow the Julian Calendar
• Take a Missionary to Lunch Day - January 14
• World Logic Day - January 14

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Day - January 15
• Hat Day - January 15
  
• Humanitarian Day - January 15
• Indian Army Day - January 15 (India)
• Museum Selfie Day - January 15, 2025 (Third Wednesday in January)
• National Bagel Day - January 15
• National Booch Day - January 15
• National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day - January 15
  
• National Kayla Day - January 15
• National Pothole Day - January 15
• Strawberry Ice Cream Day - January 15
  
• Wikipedia Day - January 15

• Appreciate a Dragon Day - January 16
• Book Publishers Day - January 16
• Civil Service Day - January 16
• Get to Know Your Customer Day - January 16, 2025 (Third Thursday of the Start of Each Quarter, Jan/April/July/Oct)
• International Hot & Spicy Food Day - January 16
• National Boston Day - January 16
• National Fig Newton Day - January 16
• National Good Teen Day - January 16
• National Nothing Day - January 16
  
• National Quinoa Day - January 16
• National Without a Scalpel Day - January 16
• Prohibition Remembrance Day - January 16
• Psychiatric Technician's Day - January 16
• Religious Freedom Day - January 16
• Without a Scalpel Day - January 16

• Ben Franklin's Birthday - January 17
• Cable Car Day - January 17
• Customer Service Day - January 17
• Ditch New Years Resolutions Day - January 17
• Hot-Buttered Rum Day - January 17
• International Fetish Day - January 17, 2025 (Third Friday in January)
• International Mentoring Day - January 17
• International We are not Broken Day - January 17
• Judgement Day - January 17
• Kid Inventors' Day - January 17
• Lee Jackson Day (State Holiday in Virginia) - January 17, 2025
• National Bootleggers Day - January 17
• National Carolina Day - January 17
• National Charlotte Day - January 17
• National Hot Heads Chili Day - January 17
• National Lose the Jet Lag Day - January 17
• Popeye Day - January 17

• Bald Eagle Appreciation Days - January 18, 2025
• Maintenance Day - January 18
  
• National Forrest Name - January 18 (Boy's Name)
• National Gourmet Coffee Day - January 18
• National Michigan Day - January 18
• National Use Your Gift Card Day - January 18, 2025 (Third Saturday in January)
• Peking Duck Day - January 18
• Soup Swap Day - January 18, 2025 (Third Saturday in January)
• Thesaurus Day - January 18
• Winnie the Pooh Day - January 18

• Archery Day - January 19
• Artist as Outlaw Day - January 19
• Brew a Potion Day - January 19
• Confederate Memorial Day - January 19 (Texas)
• Good Memory Day - January 19
• National Annie Day - January 19 (Girl's Name)
• National Gun Appreciation Day - January 19
• National Lucy Day - January 19 (Girl's Name)
• National Popcorn Day - January 19
• National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day) - January 19, 2025 (Closest Sunday to January 22)
• New Friends Day - January 19, July 19, and October 19
• Robert E. Lee's Birthday - January 19 (State of Florida)
• Tenderness Toward Existence Day - January 19
• Tin Can Day - January 19
• World Day of Migrants and Refugees - January 19
• World Quark Day - January 19
• World Religion Day - January 19, 2025 (Third Sunday in January)
• World Snow Day - January 19, 2025 (Third Sunday in January)

• Blue Monday - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• Brew Monday - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• Camcorder Day - January 20
  
• Civil Rights Day - January 20, 2025 (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
• Elementary School Teacher Day - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• Idaho Human Rights Day - January 20, 2025 (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
• Inauguration Day - January 20
• International Day of Acceptance - January 20
• Martin Luther King Day of Service - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• National Bill Cosby Sweater Day - January 20
• National Buttercrunch Day - January 20
• National Charlie Day - January 20 
• National Cheese Lover's Day - January 20
• National Claudia Day - January 20
• National Coffee Break Day - January 20
• National Crowd Feed Day - January 20, 2025 (Same Day as Martin Luther King Day, Third Monday in January)
• National Day of Service - January 20, 2025 (Third Monday in January)
• National Disc Jockey Day - January 20
  
• National Judy Day - January 20
• National Sebastian Day - January 20
• Penguin Awareness Day - January 20
  
• Robert E. Lee Day - January 20, 2025 (States of AL, AR, MS)
• Take a Walk Outdoors Day - January 20
  
• Underwater Parks Day (California) - January 20, 2024 (2025 TBA)

• International Playdate Day - January 21
  
• International Sweatpants Day - January 21
• Mariachi Day - January 21
• National Bakers-Crafters Makers Day - January 21
• National Cheesy Socks Day - January 21
• National Conscious Uncoupling Day - January 21
• National Granola Bar Day - January 21
• National Hug Your Puppy Day - January 21
• National Hugging Day - January 21
• National Max Day - January 21 
• New England Clam Chowder Day - January 21
  
• One-Liners Day - January 21
• Own Your Own Home Day - January 21
• Rid the World of Fad Diets & Gimmicks Day - January 21, 2025 (Third Tuesday in January)
• Squirrel Appreciation Day - January 21

• Celebration of Life Day - January 22
  
• Come in From the Cold Day - January 22
  
• Dance of the Seven Veils Day - January 22
  
• Library Shelfie Day - January 22, 2025 (Fourth Wednesday in January)
• National Answer Your Cat's Question Day - January 22
• National Blonde Brownie Day - January 22
• National Hot Sauce Day - January 22
• National Polka Dot Day - January 22
• National Ty Day - January 22
• National Vincent Day - January 22
• Roe vs. Wade Day - January 22
• Weedless Wednesday - January 22, 2025 (Wednesday of Third Full Week in January) - Canada

• Clashing Clothes Day - January 23, 2025 (Fourth Thursday in January)
• International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day - January 23
• Measure Your Feet Day - January 23
  
• National Aiden Day - January 23
• National Handwriting Day - January 23
  
• National King Day - January 23
• National Pedro Day - January 23
• National Pie Day - January 23
• National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day - January 23
• Rhubarb Pie Day - January 23
  
• Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day - January 23
• Women's Healthy Weight Day - January 23, 2025 (Thursday of the Third Full Week of January)

• Beer Can Appreciation Day - January 24
  
• Belly Laugh Day - January 24
• Big Garden Birdwatch (U.K.) - January 24, 2025 (Falls on Last Weekend of January)
• Capital Hill Day - January 24
• Change a Pet's Life Day - January 24
• Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day - January 24, 2025 (Last Friday in January)
• International Day of Education - January 24
• International Mobile Phone Recycling Day - January 24
• Macintosh Computer Day - January 24
• National Activity Professionals Day - January 24, 2025 (Fourth Friday in January)
• National Compliment Day - January 24
• National "Just Do It" Day - January 24
• National Lobster Thermidor Day - January 24
• National Matthew Day - January 24
• National Peanut Butter Day - January 24
• Paul Pitcher Day - January 24 (U.K.)
• Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day - January 24

• A Room of One's Own Day - January 25
• Burns Night - January 25
  
• Fluoride Day - January 25
  
• Local Quilt Shop Day - January 25, 2025 (Fourth Saturday in January)
• National Fish Taco Day - January 25
• National Florida Day - January 25
• National Irish Coffee Day - January 25
  
• National IV Nurse Day - January 25
• National Seed Swap Day - January 25, 2025 (Last Saturday in January)
• Observe the Weather Day - January 25
• Opposite Day - January 25
  
• Robert Burns Day - January 25
• St. Dwynwen's Day (U.K.) - January 25
• Thank Your Mentor Day - January 25
• Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day - January 25 2025 (Fourth Saturday in January)

• Australia Day - January 26
• Child Labor Day - January 26, 2025 (Fourth Sunday in January)
• Dental Drill Appreciation Day - January 26
• International Customs Day - January 26
  
• International Environmental Education Day - January 26
• Lotus 1-2-3 Day - January 26
• National Bible Sunday - January 26, 2025 (Fourth Sunday in January)
• National Diane Day - January 26
• National Green Juice Day - January 26
  
• National Peanut Brittle Day - January 26
• National Pistachio Day - January 26
• Spouse's Day - January 26
  
• Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement - January 26
• World Leprosy Day - January 26, 2025 (Last Sunday in January)

• Auschwitz Liberation Day - January 27
• Better Business Communication Day - January 27, 2025 (Fourth Monday in January)
• Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day - January 27, 2025 (Last Monday in January)
• Chocolate Cake Day - January 27
• Community Manager Appreciation Day - January 27, 2025 (Fourth Monday in January)
• Holocaust Memorial Day - January 27 (United Kingdom)
• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust - January 27
• National Bible Day - January 27
• National Geographic Day - January 27
• Punch the Clock Day - January 27
  
• Thomas Crapper Day - January 27
• Vietnam Peace Day - January 27
• World Breast Pumping Day - January 27
  

• American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action - January 28
• Christa McAuliffe Day - January 28
  
• Daisy Day - January 28
• Global Community Engagement Day - January 28
• International Lego Day - January 28
• International Reducing Co2 Emissions Day - January 28
• National Amy Day - January 28
• National Blueberry Pancake Day - January 28
  
• National Data Privacy Day - January 28
• National Kazoo Day - January 28
• National Pediatrician Day - January 28
• National Plan for Vacation Day - January 28, 2025 (Last Tuesday in January)
• National Tina Day - January 28
• Pop Art Day - January 28
• Rattlesnake Round Up - January 28
• Rubber Ducky Day - January 28
• Speak Up and Succeed Day - January 28, 2025 (Fourth Tuesday in January
• Thank a Plugin Developer Day (WordPress) - January 28

• Chinese New Year - January 29, 2025
• Curmudgeons Day - January 29
  
• Freethinkers Day - January 29 (Also known as Thomas Paine Day)
• Kansas Day - January 29
• Korean New Year - January 29, 2025
• Lunar New Year - January 29, 2025
  
• National Carnation Day - January 29
• National Colin Day - January 29
• National Corn Chip Day - January 29
• National Puzzle Day - January 29
• Seeing Eye Guide Dog Birthday 1929 - January 29
  
• Thomas Paine Day - January 29

• NASA's Day of Remembrance - January 30, 2025 (Last Thursday of January)
• National Croissant Day - January 30
  
• National Draw a Dinosaur Day - January 30
• National Escape Day - January 30
• National Inane Answering Message Day - January 30
• National Maxwell Day - January 30
• School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP) - January 30
  
• Yodel for Your Neighbors Day - January 30

• Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day - January 31
  
• Backward Day - January 31
  
• Brandy Alexander Day - January 31
• Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day - January 31
• Eat Brussels Sprouts Day - January 31
  
• Gorilla Suit Day - January 31
• Hell is Freezing Over Day - January 31
  
• Hug an Economist Day - January 31
• Inspire Your Heart with the Arts Day - January 31
• International Zebra Day - January 31
• National Big Wig Day - January 31, 2025 (Last Friday in January)
• National Fun at Work Day - January 31, 2025 (Last Friday in January)
• National Hot Chocolate Day - January 31
• National Preschool Health and Fitness Day - January 31, 2025 (Last Friday in January)
• National Seth Day - January 31
• Nauru Independence Day - January 31
• Scotch Tape Day - January 31
• Street Children's Day - January 31

January Holidays - Daily Detail

Below, you will find a Daily page for each day of January that will have lots of information pertaining to that specific day of the year!

If you know of any January Holidays, or Observances that we have left off this list, please contact us, and let us know!  We want to include them all!

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