• Paczki Day

    Paczki Day

    Origins and Historical Background of Paczki Day Paczki Day is observed annually on the Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday and centers on a filled doughnut originating in Poland. Paczki developed as […]

  • Giving Hearts Day

    Giving Hearts Day is an annual 24 hour charitable giving event held on the second Thursday in February. It originated in 2008 as a regional online fundraising concept developed by Dakota Medical Foundation, a nonprofit based in Fargo, North Dakota. The organizing foundation describes its early purpose as providing charities with an online giving platform […]

  • National Tortellini Day

    Origins and Historical Background of National Tortellini Day National Tortellini Day is observed annually in early February and centers on a pasta shape deeply embedded in Italian regional identity, culinary […]

  • National Cheddar Day

    Origins and Historical Background of National Cheddar Day National Cheddar Day is observed annually in early February and celebrates one of the most widely produced and consumed cheeses in the […]

  • Valentine’s Day

    A Day Devoted to Love in All Its Forms Valentine’s Day, celebrated each year on February 14, is often associated with roses, chocolates, candlelit dinners, and handwritten cards. But beneath the commercial sparkle is a holiday rooted in centuries of storytelling, devotion, and the simple human desire to express affection. Today, people mark the occasion […]

  • Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day

    Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day is observed annually on February 14. The observance is associated with public education and institutional recognition of congenital heart defects, commonly abbreviated as CHDs, which are structural differences of the heart present at birth. The date is fixed to the calendar rather than calculated by weekday pattern. In 2026, Congenital […]

  • National Gumdrop Day

    Origins and Historical Background of National Gumdrop Day National Gumdrop Day is observed annually in early February and centers on a candy shaped by early sugar processing and gelatin use. […]

  • Make Mine Chocolate

    Make Mine Chocolate is a seasonal public education campaign that encourages giving chocolate rabbits instead of live rabbits as gifts associated with Easter. The campaign is associated with animal welfare messaging focused on rabbit abandonment and unsuitable impulse purchases. It is commonly scheduled to begin on February 15 and run through a defined end point […]

  • National Almond Day

    Origins and Historical Background of National Almond Day National Almond Day is observed annually in mid February and centers on one of the oldest cultivated foods in human history. Almonds […]