Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Retro Day, so pick your favorite decade before cell phones, and have fun! Wear groovy bell-bottoms from the 70’s, or a dapper suit from the 50’s. Play video games from the 80’s, or watch movies from the 60’s. But every decade had yummy strawberries, which is good, because it’s also Strawberry Day!

Sometimes nicely toasted bread, needs nothing on top. But it’s also the perfect platform, for butter, jelly, avocado, or beans! Since it’s Toast Day, and Chili Day, try a spicy version of beans on toast. It’s also Digital Learning Day, so whether you’re doing virtual learning, or homework on your device, please eat carefully.

An extremely rare Pokemon card, could be worth $100,000. It’s the Pokemon Super Secret Battle Number 1 Trainer card, given to winners in Japanese tournaments, in 19 99. Celebrate Pokemon Day, by organizing your Pokemon cards, to see if you have it. You can also play Pokemon Go, and get the Pikachu Talk app on Alexa.

Today is Pink Day. 2 boys started it, after noticing a classmate getting bullied, for wearing a pink shirt. Wear pink today to take a stand against bullying. Bullying isn’t only beating someone up, or taking their lunch money. It’s also making fun of people, purposely leaving someone out, or saying things about someone online.

Today is Carpe Diem Day, which means Seize the Day. There’s no time like the present, to do something exciting, because you never know what the future will bring. It’s also Pistachio Day, so while you’re seizing the day, seize a bag of pistachios, and seize a hammer to smash open the uncracked nuts.

Once upon a time, a man named Levi Strauss, sold some denim to a tailor named Jacob Davis. Using Levi’s business know-how, and Jacob’s magical copper rivets, Levi Strauss and Company gave the world magnificent jeans! They all lived happily ever after. It’s Levi Strauss Day, and Tell A Fairy Tale Day. Happy storytelling!

Cheese fondue is fun to eat. You dip chunks of food into gooey melted cheese. The Juraflore company in France, just set the record for the world’s largest cheese fondue, weighing in at 4,800 pounds. They used 40 wheels of comté cheese, and melted them in a massive copper cauldron.

On February 28th, there will be a planet parade. The great planetary alignment of all 8 planets will be visible soon after sunset. You’re standing on the first planet, of course. In the sky, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars, will be all lined up in an arc. Bring your binoculars!

Today is Quiet Day, also Known as Don’t Utter A Word Day. Let’s play a game, and see who can stay quiet the longest! Whoops, I already lost. You can use Quiet Day as an excuse, to not offer to share your candy. Its Chocolate-Covered Nut Day, so you’ll need it all to celebrate!

Every year, thousands of puppies and kittens are given to animal shelters. Sometimes they don’t even have room for them all. Today is World Spay Day, which reminds people to spay and neuter their dogs and cats, so the shelters won’t be so full! They already have enough rescue animals for you to adopt!