Happy June 22nd!

Two days ago was Father's Day. Yesterday was the first day of summer. Everyone made such a fuss about those two days, and it made me realize something:

What about those other days that come after a big holiday? Does anyone ever pay any attention to them? I could be missing out on a really awesome little-known holiday just because some big bully holiday like Summer Solstice is stealing all the spotlight (and literally, too- it's got the most hours of sunlight out of all the days of the year!).




I feel as though it is my journalistic duty to examine the unexamined, therefore I did some research on June 22. And this is what I found.

• It is 173rd day of the year (174th if it's a leap year)


• It is National Chocolate Eclair Day (or Cry-Til-Your-Eyeballs-Fall-Out If You're On a Diet Day, for those of you unfamiliar)

Just thought I'd take you back to your childhood with this one -->

• Feudalism was abolished in British North America on this day in 1825


• Meryl Streep was born today in 1949 (61 years ago and still looking pretty good, might I add)


• It is Teachers Day in El Salvador... Felicidades, profesores.

So before you think that there's not something to be celebrated today just because two major holidays just took place, play serf, buy Meryl Streep a birthday eclair, and have a very happy June 22.