July 12th 2022 - Holidays and Observances

 

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• Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga)
• Christian feast day:
  • Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)
  • Hermagoras and Fortunatus
  • Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)
  • John Gualbert
  • Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin
  • Nabor and Felix
  • Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Veronica
  • Viventiolus
  • July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.
• The second day of Naadam (Mongolia)
• The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

 

Observances

Cow Appreciation Day

Amazon Prime Day

Battle of the Boyne

Full Moon Day of Waso

MALALA DAY

Mexico: Lawyer's Day

National Eat Your Jello Day

National Hair Creator’s Day

Night of Nights

Paper Bag Day

Richard Simmons

Brock Lesnar

 

Fun Observances

 Simplicity Day

Simplicity Day is celebrated every year on July 12. The unofficial holiday commemorates the life, times and work of American philosopher and proponent of simple living, Henry David Thoreau.

Born on July 12, 1817, Thoreau was against slavery, a supporter of small government, an environmentalist, and an author. He was also involved in the early transcendentalist movement in the United States. Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. The main idea of the movement was that humans by nature are inherently good and that knowledge can only be gained through looking inwards as well as outwards.

Embrace Simple Living

Simplicity Day was created by the Emily Fund an organization created in memory of Emily Rachel Silverstein. The unofficial holiday encourages people to embrace simple living and a simple outlook towards life. It also promotes participants to do one thing to make the world a better place.

The holiday is also sometimes known as National Simplicity Day in the United States.

How to Celebrate?

• Take a vow of simplicity. Cut out unimportant things in your life.
• Is there an expensive object you have always wanted to buy? Instead of buying it, donate the money to a deserving organization.
• Volunteer your time and money to a local organization working on a cause of your choosing.
• Learn more about Henry David Thoreau’s life and philosophy. Read books and essays written by him. Some of his more well-known works include Walden, A Plea for Captain John Brown and Paradise (to be) Regained.

Did You Know...

...that Thoreau was one of the first people to encourage hiking and other outdoor activities for fun?

 

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A pig walks into a bar, orders 15 beers, and drinks them.

The bartender asks, "Would you like to know where the bathroom is?"

"No," says the pig. "I'm the little piggy that goes wee-wee-wee all the way home."

 

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I’m not the easiest guy in the world to get along with. So when our anniversary rolled around, I wanted my wife to know how much I appreciated her tolerating me for the past 20 years. I ordered flowers and told the florist to enclose a card that read,

“Thanks for putting up with me so long.”

When my wife got the delivery, she called me at work. “Where are you going?” she asked.

“What do you mean?” I said.

She read the card aloud as the florist had written it:

“Thanks for putting up with me. So long.”

 

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Sometimes you have a mess on your hands that defies description. Not anymore. Clorox teamed up with comedian Carol Leifer to create The Clorox Ick-tionary, a Wiki-style dictionary for everyday messes.

Here are new words that define slovenliness.

Apocolipstick: The streak on your face when you’re bumped into while attempting to apply lipstick.

Szechuan doodles: The pattern that your lo mein noodles make when they fall on the floor.

Fridge-a-mortis: The liquid in the bottom of the vegetable drawer that hardens over time.

Board-’oeuvres: Crumbs on your keyboard.

 

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A wife asks her husband, “Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk and, if they have avocados, get six.”

A short time later, the husband returns with six cartons of milk.

“Why did you buy six cartons of milk?” his wife asks.

He replies, “They had avocados.”

 

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