Wishing you a Happy New Year! January is named after the Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways. Symbolically two-faced, looking to the past and the future. This is the time of year for resolutions to fulfill through the coming year and reflect on those that happened or not in the past.
Some of the event-days during the month are:
- January 1: Mexican Independence Day, The Boston Tea Party Day, Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary, and National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
- January 3: International Mind-Body Wellness Day
- January 4: National Spaghetti Day
- January 6: Epiphany
- January 7: Orthodox Christmas
- January 9: Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
- January 11: National Clean Off Your Desk Day
- January 12: National Pharmacist Day
- January 17: Benjamin Franklin Day
- January 19: Martin Luther King Day and Civil Rights Day
- January 20: National Cheese Lovers Day
- January 21: National Hugging Day
- January 24: National Peanut Butter Day
- January 26: National Spouses Day
- January 29: National Puzzle Day
- January 31: National Hot Chocolate Day
Sporting events during this month will include NCAA football championships and NBA action.
For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere January is the coldest month in many regions.
The birthstone is the garnet. Carnations and Snowdrop the birth flowers. Weather folklore foretell “fog in January brings a wet spring; a favorable January brings a good year; if grass grows in January, it will grow badly the whole year; a summerish January, a winterish spring.”
