Why celebrate a day that's anti-celebration?
Need an excuse to spend a whole day doing nothing related to an event or holiday? Then January 16th is the day for you to do just that! Do absolutely nothing.
About This Day
Columnist Harold Pullman Coffin is attributed with proposing the observation of an uneventful non-holiday back in 1972. It's been said that Coffin was tired of all the random days of celebrations that were founded for the sake of creation.
The idea behind National Nothing Day is to not celebrate or participate in any other event or holiday. Consider it an anti-holiday. An act of rebellion. It's a day devoted to celebrating nothing.
This random day of non-celebration has been officially observed annually since 1973.
National Nothing Day is often debated, disregarded, and refuted. This is especially the case on the years where it takes place on the third Monday of January which also happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Because MLK Jr. was well-known for his non-violent activism during the Civil Rights Movement, many argue that National Nothing Day is not one worth acknowledging.
This year, 2022, National Nothing Day takes place on a Sunday, a day when many people prefer to do nothing anyway. Depending on your thoughts about the numerous random days of celebrations, you may consider taking a day off from celebrating anything.
How to Do Nothing
If you choose to acknowledge National Nothing Day, then you choose not to celebrate, participate, observe, or honor the other events and holidays celebrated on this same day.
This means you wouldn't acknowledge National Religious Freedom Day, World Religion Day, Appreciate a Dragon Day, or whatever else is celebrated on January 16th. You're telling yourself there's no event or holiday worth celebrating on this day.
What's Next?
I choose to NOT acknowledge National Nothing Day this year. Why? January 16th is also International Hot and Spicy Food Day which I plan to celebrate with Cajun food.
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Simply Jelly Jam
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