By VPJ Staff

What have you missed this year?  I love perusing the National Day Calendar.  There are so many things, quirky and not, to look at.  The things we celebrate and revere.

This Monday, January 20, America celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Rightly so! He’s an inspiration to so many Americans for his stance on freedoms and civil rights.  Don’t miss the parade in Leesville, Monday at 10 a.m., weather permitting!

Here’s what you missed so far in January 2025:

National Spaghetti Day was January 4.  Do you really need an excuse to dig into a big bowl of pisketti and meatballs?

January 5 was National Whipped Cream Day, as if you need a reason to stick a spoon into a new carton of Cool-Whip?

January 6 was National Bird Day.  We have many opportunities for ornithologists in West Central Louisiana.  Lovely songbirds abound and bald eagles soar over our lakes.

January 7 was National Bobblehead Day.  They are so prevalent at sporting events; I got a bobblehead football player the last time I went to an Astros baseball game!  Go figure.

January 8 we celebrated National English Toffee Day (think Heath bar) and National Bubble Bath Day. Well, we can celebrate those two in one fell swoop in a giant soaking tub!

January 10 was National Oysters Rockefeller Day.  You gotta love spinach to enjoy this day!  The next day was National Milk Day.  I celebrated by having two big glasses! Real, not oat or almond or soy!  Moo-cow juice for me!!

Now it is January 17, about halfway through the month, and we have Popeye the Sailor Man Day.  Pop that top on a can of spinach and flex those forearms!  Give Olive Oyl a big hug for us…just don’t snap her like a twig.

Today is also National Hot Buttered Rum Day.  With arctic air coming our way, you might need a nip of Sailor Jerry rum to keep that chill away.  Hot toddy anyone?

Stay safe and warm next week!