• Eastham, Cape Cod, MA, US

celebrations: week 1 (30 dec 2013 – 5 jan 2014)

We celebrated a few week 52 holidays, including, well, Christmas.

Coming up this week:

30: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
Irish Soda Day

31: New Year’s Eve
Update address book
Thank you cards
Donate money to a Kiva charity
Work on the next year’s resolution/101 things list
Open party “crackers”
Make and eat brownies and cider

1: New Year’s Day

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.”
– John Burroughs

New Year’s printables
Eat Black eyed peas and collard greens soup
Take a hike
Find a geocache

2: Ratification Day, Georgia and National Cream Puff Day
Georgia’s ratification
Georgia printables
Spicy Thai peanut noodles

3: Drinking Straw Day and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday and National Chocolate-Covered Cherry Day
Paper straw garlands
Straw wreath
French cheese straws

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien

Write your name in Elvish in ten minutes
Coloring page
Hobbit food:

4: Trivia Day and National Spaghetti Day
Play Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy
Trivia calendar

5: National Bird Day and National Whipped Cream Day

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
– Chinese Proverb

Origami birds?
Bird’s nest cookies
Felt birds
Bird walk


Our celebrations from week 52:

23: Festivus

festivus - 23 dec 2013
festivus – 23 dec 2013

25: Christmas

christmas - 25 dec 2013
christmas – 25 dec 2013

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