On This Day: December 1st … Strange Holidays
Eat A Red Apple Day
Worlds Aids Awareness Day
World Trick Shot Day
Bifocals At The Monitor Liberation Day
Day With(out) Art Day
With Covid running rampant, I don’t see that being a good idea to eat an apple, especially a red one. The old rhyme comes to mind, “Eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away.” That’s the last thing I want to do is keep a doctor away if I get sick.
Day With(out) Art Day
The first thing that went running through my head when I saw Day With(out) Art Day, was the commercial line, “A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine." If we had no art, there would have never been a Van Gough or a Rembrandt. We would have poets or novelists. Actually, what we would have is a very boring life when you think about it. No beauty to admire and nothing to read to stimulate the senses.
Interestingly enough, I found that Visual Aids created this day in 1989 to coincide with Aids Awareness. So let us move inward.
Worlds Aids Awareness Day
This day is noted around the world, by fundraisers and educational programs, and events.
HIV/AIDS is one of the worlds biggest medical crises. It is estimated that approximately 40 million people in the world currently have aids. One million of them, are in the United States. Each year, over 40,000 new cases are reported in the U.S.
On this day, there are a number of things you can do. They include:
Learn more about HIV/AIDs.
Promote education about this disease, and protection against it.
Help people with AIDS.
Donate to the fight to end this disease.
With the continued elevation of Covid, oft times, other major diseases aren’t thought of all that much. Aids, Breast Cancer and Leukemia are three areas I donate to every year. I suspect one day, Covid Relief will be founded for the same purpose.
Please do what you can to support the fight against HIV/AIDS.
World Aids Awareness Day was created in 1988 by the United Nations World Health Organization.
World Trick Shot Day
Nope, this has nothing to do with using a gun or rifle although I have seen weapons used for such a purpose. This is altogether different.
The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, the originators of the trick shot, bring this celebration to give enthusiasts a chance to showcase their most impressive shots.
Like the Harlem Globetrotters, this day celebrates the trick shot. Every opportunity should be taken to capture your best trick shot. Demonstrate every twist, jump, and flip.
Trick shots are not only entertaining, but they’re also inspiring. Gravity-defying feats of physics take trick shots to the next level. Be sure to share yours!
If you don’t perform trick shots, be sure to support someone who does. Cheer them on and offer to record their amazing attempts and successes. Where will your next trick shot be?
The Globetrotters created World Trick Shot Day to give fans all around the world the court and celebrate with them all the amazing shots they too are capable of developing and performing!
The Harlem Globetrotters made their first shot in 1926 and have been leading innovators in the world of sports and entertainment since. They gained popularity with their on-court antics and amazing abilities on the basketball court. Today, the Harlem Globetrotters hold numerous world records for their feats and continue to push the limits of the game. They recently added a 4-point line, an innovation that is the first of its kind.
The Registrar at National Day Calendar declared World Trick Shot Day in November of 2016.
Check out these two tricks shots. And one of the two I just couldn’t resist.
More strange holidays are coming!