All Dogs go to Heaven

Today is January 17th, and according to sources it is "Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day". I can't lie to you, I had to research this one a LOT to know what it was about. Turns out, it's pretty much what it says. In Los Angeles, California it is a tradition for animal lovers to take their pets to be blessed by several religious officials, and also to 'informally present' their pets to others. There is actually a book explaining it by a certain Diana L. Guerrero, so my advice to those who require an explanation of the day that will do a significant amount more justice to it would be to go read that, as I am still unsure I quite get the entire historical meaning of it all. It does date back fairly far though(1781 according to Diana), but I suppose I may have never heard of it since it seems to be fairly specific to California from what I've read. I've never been further west than Colorado. Learn something new everyday I suppose!

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle

Nothing To See Here

January 16th is Nothing Day. A day that I would fail at celebrating if I said much more than that, as the point is to do nothing. It may also be Hot and Spicy International Food Day, but Nothing Day would trump that, I believe. Just so I don't seem lazy, I'll put various spices on various things. Other than that, tune in tomorrow.

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~Kyle

Hats off! Er... On.

January 15th is a holiday so simple and easy to celebrate that I almost forgot to even mention it. Hat Day is exactly what you think it would be. Put on your favourite hat and bask in it's head-warming glory while others swoon and faint in the sheer presence of you and your cool hat. Baseball caps, ski caps, maybe a tarboosh? (For my one view that came from Turkey) No hat is the wrong hat for Hat Day. Visors if you feel like running the risk of being called out by all true hat wearers. Otherwise, the world is your hat oyster.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle


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