Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: January 23rd, 2022. As I mentioned earlier its National Pie Day and I don’t plan on celebrating this Holiday even though I love Pie. Instead, I think Charlie and I will celebrate National Handwriting Day and write letters to people in a local Nursing Home hopefully gaining us new friends. Would you like to join us in our Letter Writing?
National Pie Day– always January 23rd.
The American Pie Council created this Holiday to celebrate Pie.
National Pie Day is a Holiday that is set aside to bake and cook all of your favorite Pies. On this Holiday, you are also encouraged to bake a few new Pie recipes. Most importantly, it’s a day to eat Pies!
A great way to celebrate National Pie Day is to bake Pies and give them away to friends and relatives. You never know, you may be starting a tradition of Pie giving between your family.
The American Pie Council sponsors the National Pie Championships. Some of the best Pie makers in the World enter their Pies. Perhaps you will enter and win the “American Pie Council’s Best Pie in America” award.
Related Holidays: Cherry Pie Day
History and Origin of National Pie Day:
National Pie Day was created by the American Pie Council. The American Pie Celebration began in 1986 to commemorate Crisco’s 75th Anniversary of “serving foods to families everywhere.”
We have inquired to the American Pie Council to see if this is truly a “National” day, which requires an act of congress. Stay tuned for their response.
Charlie Papazian of the examiner.com also claims to have started this day in 1975 and he says he selected this date because it is his birth date.
National Handwriting Day– always January 23rd.
National Handwriting Day is an opportunity to reintroduce yourself to a pen or pencil and a piece of paper. In this day of computers, more notes, and letters are sent back and forth via a keyboard through cyberspace.
According to the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) website “The purpose of National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of handwriting. According to WIMA, National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore the purity and power of handwriting.”
Some of the available documentation we read, suggests concern by stationary, paper companies, and pen and pencil manufacturers that the electronic world will shrink demand for their products. Indeed, statistics show that pen (or pencil) and paper are alive and well, with a growing demand.
Participate in National Handwriting Day by writing a note or letter to someone. Love letters are cool. Notes to people who are ill or incapacitated will be well received.
History and Origin of National Handwriting Day:
National Handwriting Day was established by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977. Their motive is to promote the use of pens, pencils, and writing paper.
January 23rd was chosen because this is the birthday of John Hancock who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
In response to our inquiry, WIMA informed us that they did not obtain a presidential proclamation or an act of Congress when designating the day. An official “National” day requires an act of congress.
Measure Your Feet Day– we only ask….”Why!?! – Always January 23rd.
Measure Your Feet Day is a day to measure your feet. At this point, we stop and ask ourselves…why? Then, we decided it was best not to speculate.
Celebrate today by measuring your feet. Both of them then measure the length. Then, the width. For a little fun, see if you can measure someone else’s feet.
We are so glad that congress did not spend the time to declare this a “National” Holiday.
History and Origin of Measure Your Feet Day:
Sorry, but our research failed to discover who created this Holiday, when the Holiday was created, or why in the world Holiday was created. We sure would like to meet the creator, and his/her feet.
We did find some reference to this Holiday having once been on January 30th.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
