Everyone knows about major national holidays: Christmas, MLK Day, 4th of July. But there are some obscure holidays that most don’t even mention. We’re not talking about Presidents Day or April Fools, we’re talking about the hidden gems that deserve your recognition and celebration. Without further ado, here they are:
March 1-7: National Lawnmower Maintenance Week
We don’t know how to mow a lawn, and we hope to never learn. Even if you don’t have to fix your lawn mower, go make your parents happy and go mow the lawn! (If you don’t know how, go straight to YouTube, they’ve got some fire how-to vids there).
March 7: National Flapjack Day
We prefer the term pancake, but they all taste delicious. This day is 100% worth waking up 30 minutes earlier to make “flapjacks.” Bonus points if you put chocolate chips in them!
March 20: National Spray Tanning Day
While this day can be a (bit) less exciting during our cold, dry, sun-lacking winter months, spring is (hopefully) here! And, after spring comes, drumroll please, summer!! And with summer comes the return of spray tanning and destroying our skin with chemicals and UV rays. I don’t know about you, but these teenagers can’t wait.
March 21: National Countdown Day
3, 2, 1… It’s not 2026, but it is National Countdown Day! Some possible ideas are counting down the minutes until the end of the school day, the days until summer, or the seconds until your next mental breakdown. Call (248) 434 – 5508 if you need someone to count down with.
March 27: National Scribble Day
In honor of this great day you should definitely find something to scribble on, although preferably not the bathroom stalls.(The messages there are some of the highlights of depressing escapes from math). We love scribbling all over our homework until you can’t read it anymore. Wherever you go, have a lovely time beautifying school property!
March 26: National Little Red Wagon Day
We never actually had a little red wagon, but the vibes are amazing. We recommend buying one just for this. PS to Jackson-Reed security, you should store all of the things you confiscate in here.
March 28: National Triglycerides Day
There should be at least one serious day in March. This is it. It’s your reminder to check your triglycerides. Eat some fish (apparently it’s good for your triglycerides). Now you may be asking, what are triglycerides? To be honest, we don’t have a clue. Happy Googling!
April 3: National Burrito Day
We know you big backs have an obsession with Chipotle (we do too honestly), so this is a perfect day to celebrate! If you’re feeling generous we recommend tipping the employees there, they are people too. Either way, the Tenley Chipotle will be packed, so if you want a table we recommend skipping 4th to get there early. Also, there are usually some sort of special deals for all of us broke students.
April 4: National Hug A Newsperson Day
No hugs. Peyton doesn’t like hugs. (Jordana loves hugs so feel free to give her one.)
April 9: National Unicorn Day
Jordana is a stubborn believer in unicorns. Look out for her wearing a sparkly purple unicorn hat in the halls. We recommend eating unicorn themed treats, wearing your old pink sparkly shirts, and bingeing My Little Pony on Netflix.
National Days are amazing, but unfortunately all we want is summer. So keep counting down the days until school ends and peace out. •
