The "That's a Holiday?!" Podcast

This day is all about the celebrating the history of one of my most favorite foods: licorice! To this day, I still do not understand why Lord Licorice is the evil guy in Candyland.

Barbershop quartet music is described as usually an all-male or all-female form of a capella singing with three harmonizing voices to one melody voice for a total of four, four being a quartet. Today celebrates this singing style which used to be quite popular in these United States.

It's Friday, April 10th, 2015 and today is Safety Pin Day. This day celebrates the usefulness of small inventions like the safety pin, and encourages you to get in on the inventing game. Personally, I think we need a safer safety pin.

Today celebrates the date in 1963 when Winston Churchill, a prime minister of Great Britain and regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, was made an honorary citizen of the United States.  He remains one of our most favorite Brits, right after Sting, Princess Diana, and the Charlie-bit-my-finger kid.

It's Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 and today is Zoo Lover's Day?! Contrary to what you might think, Zoo Lover's Day is not about celebrating people who love the zoo, but the zoo itself.

It's Tuesday, April 7, 2015 and today is International Beaver Day. International Beaver Day is a day to recognize and raise awareness for the plight of the disappearing beaver population in Northern America and around the world.

For the Scots who were disappointed that Tweed Day last Friday wasn't about the tweed fabric, they have Tartan Day! Tartan is the familiar textile used to make kilts and it celebrates Scottish history and heritage, especially the contributions to the United States made by Scottish-Americans.

It's Sunday, April 5th, 2015 and today is National Read a Roadmap Day?! It's a day to celebrate however we survived in the 90's without GPS. Apparently your supposed to unfold that crinkly piece of paper in your glove box, use it, and then figure out how in the world to fold this thing back together!

It's Saturday, April the 4th, 2015 and today is International Pillow Fight Day. From Shanghai to Warsaw, from Amsterdam to Cincinatti. It's the fluffiest World War we've ever had. Go online and find out where a city near you is scheduling its mass pillow fight, annually on the first weekend of every April for International Pillow Fight Day.

It's Friday, April 3, 2015 and today is National Tweed Day.

There is confusion as to whether National Tweed Day celebrates the Tweed fabric or the corrupt New York politician, William M. “Boss” Tweed and his April 3rd birthday in 1823. So what should we be celebrating- the swindling statesman or Scottish textiles? Let’s find out on Tweed Day.