Love January holidays?
Or maybe you’ve wondered what holidays are celebrated in January.
Don’t stop at New Year’s Day. Here are 330 ways to celebrate!
Get inspired with what to post on social media to entertain your friends and followers. Or find opportunities to educate students.
Each with a vetted holiday hashtag!
Over 300 for your enjoyment:
- Fun and random holidays, observances, and special days.
- Month-long, week-long, and daily January holidays.
- A few Christian, Catholic, and Jewish holidays.
- And everything in between.
Let the fun begin!
How to Use January Hashtag Holidays
Wondering how hashtag holidays fit in your social media strategy?
These weird holidays can inspire engaging content to boost your reach on social media!
To set your overall plan for the month, check out these January marketing ideas. Then learn how to pick the holidays your followers will love on my mega roundup of social media holidays.
Create graphics by making picture quotes online, or using apps to add text to photos.
Then get your post seen by a wider audience by copy-pasting the holiday hashtag I’ve provided for each.
Baffled by #hashtags? Learn more about how to use hashtags on the major social networks.
Month of January Holidays and Observances
Get set for a month of holidays! So many more in January than December – 43 in all. And these are just the beginning.
Plan a month-long campaign with one of these themes, or include some January quotes.
January birthstone is garnet, with the color of the month being dark red.
January flower of the month is snowdrop or carnation, and January’s vegetable is artichoke.
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month #AdoptARescuedBird
Be Kind to Food Servers Month #BeKindToFoodServers
Book Blitz Month #BookBlitzMonth
Brain Teaser Month #BrainTeaserMonth
Celebration of Life Month #CelebrationOfLife
Cervical Health Awareness Month #CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth
Financial Wellness Month #FinancialWellnessMonth
Get A Balanced Life Month #GetABalancedLifeMonth
Get Organized Month #GetOrganizedMonth
International Creativity Month #InternationalCreativityMonth
International New Year’s Resolutions Month for Business #NewYearsResolutions
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month #LearnToSkiAndSnowboardMonth
Manuary #Manuary
National Bath Safety Month #NationalBathSafetyMonth
National Birth Defects Prevention Month #NationalBirthDefectsPreventionMonth
National Blood Donor Month #NationalBloodDonorMonth
National Braille Literacy Month #BrailleLiteracyMonth
National CBD Month #CBDmonth
National Clean Up Your Computer Month #CleanUpYourComputerMonth
National Conscience Month #NationalConscienceMonth
National Glaucoma Awareness Month #NationalGlaucomaAwarenessMonth
National Hobby Month #NationalHobbyMonth
National Hot Tea Month #NationalHotTeaMonth
National Mail Order Gardening Month #MailOrderGardeningMonth
National Mentoring Month #NationalMentoringMonth
National Menudo Month #NationalMenudoMonth
National Oatmeal Month #NationalOatmealMonth
National Radon Action Month #NationalRadonActionMonth
National Skating Month #NationalSkatingMonth
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month #NationalSlaveryAndHumanTraffickingPreventionMonth
National Slow Cooking Month #NationalSlowCookingMonth
National Soup Month #NationalSoupMonth
National Stalking Awareness Month #NationalStalkingAwarenessMonth
National Sunday Supper Month #SundaySupperMonth
National Train Your Dog Month #TrainYourDogMonth
National Walk Your Pet Month #NationalWalkYourPetMonth
Poverty in America Awareness Month #PovertyInAmericaAwarenessMonth
Self-Love Month #SelfLoveMonth
Check out this inspiring collection of self love quotes!
Shape Up US Month #ShapeUpUSMonth
Teen Driving Awareness Month #TeenDrivingAwarenessMonth
Thyroid Awareness Month #ThyroidAwarenessMonth
Unchain A Dog Month #UnchainADogMonth
Worldwide Rising Star Month #RisingStarMonth
January Multi-day Holidays and Observances
These January multi-day holidays are the hardest to confirm dates.
I’ve placed them roughly in order they appear through January. You’ll need to check the exact dates before planning a promotion around them.
| MULTI-DAY HOLIDAY | HASHTAG |
|---|---|
| Celebration of Life Week | #CelebrationOfLife |
| Diet Resolution Week | #DietResolutionWeek |
| National Folic Acid Awareness Week | #NationalFolicAcidAwarenessWeek |
| National Law Enforcement Training Week | #LawEnforcementTraining |
| National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week | #NationalLoseWeightFeelGreatWeek |
| National Silent Record Week | #SilentRecordWeek |
| National Thank Your Customers Week | #ThankYourCustomersWeek |
| New Year’s Resolutions Week | #NewYearsResolutionsWeek |
| International Consumer Electronics Show | #ConsumerElectronicsShow |
| Elvis’ Birthday Celebration Week | #ElvisBirthday |
| MULTI-DAY HOLIDAY | HASHTAG |
|---|---|
| Home Office Safety and Security Week | #HOSSweek |
| National Mocktail Week | #NationalMocktailWeek |
| National Pizza Week | #NationalPizzaWeek |
| Universal Letter Writing Week | #UniversalLetterWritingWeek |
| No Tillage Week | #NoTillage |
| Cuckoo Dancing Week | #CuckooDancingWeek |
| Int’l Snowmobile Safety / Awareness Week | #SnowmobileSafetyWeek |
| National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week | #NationalFreshSqueezedJuiceWeek |
| Healthy Weight Week | #HealthyWeightWeek |
| Hunt For Happiness Week | #HuntForHappinessWeek |
| Sugar Awareness Week | #SugarAwarenessWeek |
| No Name Calling Week | #NoNameCallingWeek |
| Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | #WeekOfPrayerForChristianUnity |
| National Soccer Coaches of America Week | #nscaaConvention |
| MULTI-DAY HOLIDAY | HASHTAG |
|---|---|
| Sundance Film Festival | #SundanceFilmFestival |
| Ally Week | #AllyWeek |
| Clean Out Your Inbox Week | #CleanOutYourInboxWeek |
| National Activity Professionals Week | #NationalActivityProfessionalsWeek |
| National CRNA Week | #NationalCRNAWeek |
| National School Choice Week | #NationalSchoolChoiceWeek |
| Snowcare for Troops Week | ##SnowcareForTroops |
| National Medical Group Practice Week | #NationalMedicalGroupPracticeWeek |
| International Hoof-Care Week | #InternationalHoofCareWeek |
| National Mentoring Summit | #NationalMentoringSummit |
| Angouleme International Comics Festival | #InternationalComicsFestival |
| Meat Week | #MeatWeek |
| Catholic Schools Week | #CatholicSchoolsWeek |
January 1 Holidays and Observances
December kicks off with a bang, having 15 holidays on the first day of the year.
Holidays marked * change dates from year to year. This will also affect some of the graphics, which may have been made in a different year.
Asterisked holiday dates* must be checked for the year you wish to use them.
| Apple Gifting Day | #AppleGiftingDay |
| Commitment Day | #CommitmentDay |
| Copyright Law Day | #CopyrightLawDay |
| Ellis Island Day | #EllisIslandDay |
| Euro Day | #EuroDay |
| Global Family Day | #GlobalFamilyDay |
| National Bloody Mary Day | #NationalBloodyMaryDay |
| National Hangover Day | #NationalHangoverDay |
| New Years Day | #NewYearsDay |
| Polar Bear Plunge Day | #PolarBearPlunge |
| Public Domain Day | #PublicDomainDay |
| St. Basil’s Day | #SaintBasilsDay |
| World Day of Peace | #WorldDayOfPeace |
| Z Day | #ZDay |
January 2 Holidays and Observances
*Observed the first Monday in January and the first Monday in June. Check for correct date for the current year.
| 55 MPH Speed Limit Day | #55MphSpeedLimitDay |
| Happy Mew Year For Cats Day | #HappyMewYearForCatsDay |
| National Buffet Day | #NationalBuffetDay |
| National Cream Puff Day | #NationalCreamPuffDay |
| National Personal Trainer Awareness Day | #PersonalTrainerAwarenessDay |
| National Science Fiction Day | #ScienceFictionDay |
| National Thank God It’s Monday Day* | #ThankGodItsMondayDay |
| National Weigh-In Day* | #WeighInDay |
| Motivation and Inspiration Day | #MotivationAndInspirationDay |
| Swiss Cheese Day | #SwissCheeseDay |
| World Introvert Day | #WorldIntrovertDay |
January 3 Holidays and Observances
| Festival of Sleep Day | #FestivalOfSleepDay |
| Humiliation Day | #HumiliationDay |
| JRR Tolkien Day | #JRRTolkienDay |
| National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day | #ChocolateCoveredCherryDay |
| National Drinking Straw Day | #DrinkingStrawDay |
| National Fruitcake Toss Day | #FruitcakeTossDay |
| Women Rock Day | #WomenRockDay |
January 4 Holidays and Observances
| National Spaghetti Day | #NationalSpaghettiDay |
| National Trivia Day | #NationalTriviaDay |
| Pop Music Chart Day | #PopMusicChartDay |
| World Braille Day | #WorldBrailleDay |
| World Hypnotism Day | #WorldHypnotismDay |
January 5 Holidays and Observances
| George Washington Carver Day | #GeorgeWashingtonCarverDay |
| National Bird Day | #NationalBirdDay |
| National Keto Day | #NationalKetoDay |
| National Screenwriters Day | #NationalScreenwritersDay |
| National Whipped Cream Day | #WhippedCreamDay |
January 6 Holidays and Observances
| Apple Tree Day | #AppleTreeDay |
| Epiphany | #Epiphany |
| National Bean Day | #NationalBeanDay |
| National Cuddle Up Day | #NationalCuddleUpDay |
| National Shortbread Day | #NationalShortbreadDay |
| National Smith Day | #SmithDay |
| National Take a Poet to Lunch Day | #TakeAPoetToLunchDay |
| National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day | #NationalTakeDownTheChristmasTreeDay |
| National Technology Day | #TechnologyDay |
| World Day for War Orphans | #WorldDayForWarOrphans |
January 7 Holidays and Observances
| Distaff Day | #DistaffDay |
| Harlem Globetrotters Day | #HarlemGlobetrottersDay |
| I’m Not Going to Take it Anymore Day | #ImNotGoingToTakeItAnymoreDay |
| International Programmers Day | #InternationalProgrammersDay |
| National Bobblehead Day | #NationalBobbleheadDay |
| National Pass Gas Day | #NationalPassGasDay |
| National Tempura Day | #NationalTempuraDay |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | #OldChristmasDay |
| Old Rock Day | #OldRockDay |
January 8 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Baptism of the Lord* | #BaptismOfTheLord |
| Earth’s Rotation Day | #EarthsRotationDay |
| National Argyle Day | #NationalArgyleDay |
| National Bubble Bath Day | #BubbleBathDay |
| National English Toffee Day | #EnglishToffeDay |
| National JoyGerm Day | #NationalJoygermDay |
| National Man Watcher’s Day | #NationalManWatchersDay |
| National Sunday Supper Day* | #SundaySupperDay |
| National Winter Skin Relief Day | #WinterSkinReliefDay |
| World Typing Day | #WorldTypingDay |
January 9 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Balloon Ascension Day | #BalloonAscensionDay |
| International Choreographers Day | #InternationalChoreographersDay |
| National Apricot Day | #ApricotDay |
| National Clean Off Your Desk Day* | #CleanOffYourDeskDay |
| National Gluten-Free Day* | #NGFD |
| National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day | #LEAD |
| National Static Electricity Day | #StaticElectricityDay |
| Play God Day | #PlayGodDay |
| Word Nerd Day | #WordNerdDay |
January 10 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| National Bittersweet Chocolate Day | #BittersweetChocolateDay |
| National Cut Your Energy Costs Day | #CutYourEnergyCostsDay |
| National Houseplant Appreciation Day | #HouseplantAppreciationDay |
| National Oysters Rockefeller Day | #NationalOystersRockefellerDay |
| National Poetry at Work Day* | #PoetryAtWorkDay |
| National Save The Eagles Day | #SaveTheEaglesDay |
| Peculiar People Day | #PeculiarPeopleDay |
| Shop for Travel Day* | #ShopForTravelDay |
January 11 Holidays and Observances
| Heritage Treasures Day (UK) | #HeritageTreasuresDay |
| Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day | #LearnYourNameInMorseCodeDay |
| National Hot Toddy Day | #HotToddyDay |
| National Human Trafficking Awareness Day | #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay |
| National Milk Day | #NationalMilkDay |
| Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day | #StepInAPuddleAndSplashYourFriendDay |
| World Sketchnote Day | #WorldSketchnoteDay |
January 12 Holidays and Observances
| Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day | #FeastOfFabulousWildMenDay |
| International Kiss a Ginger Day | #KissAGingerDay |
| National Curried Chicken Day | #CurriedChickenDay |
| National Hot Tea Day | #NationalHotTeaDay |
| National Marzipan Day | #NationalMarzipanDay |
| National Pharmacist Day | #NationalPharmacistDay |
| Work Harder Day | #WorkHarderDay |
January 13 Holidays and Observances
| Korean American Day | #KoreanAmericanDay |
| Make Your Dreams Come True Day | #MakeYourDreamsComeTrueDay |
| National Peach Melba Day | #KoreanAmericanDay |
| National Rubber Ducky Day | #NationalRubberDuckyDay |
| National Sticker Day | #NationalStickerDay |
| Public Radio Broadcasting Day | #PublicRadioBroadcastingDay |
| Stephen Foster Memorial Day | #StephenFosterMemorialDay |
January 14 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| International Kite Day | #KiteDay |
| National Dress Up Your Pet Day | #DressUpYourPetDay |
| National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day | #HotPastramiSandwichDay |
| National Vision Board Day* | #NationalVisionBoardDay |
| Organize Your Home Day | #OrganizeYourHomeDay |
| Ratification Day | #RatificationDay |
| Take a Missionary to Lunch Day | #TakeAMissionaryToLunchDay |
January 15 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Humanitarian Day (MLK’s birthday) | #HumanitarianDay |
| National Bagel Day | #NationalBagelDay |
| National Booch Day | #NationalBoochDay |
| National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day | #NationalFreshSqueezedJuiceDay |
| National Hat Day | #NationalHatDay |
| National Pothole Day (UK) | #NationalPotholeDay |
| National Strawberry Ice Cream Day | #StrawberryIceCreamDay |
| Wikipedia Day | #WikipediaDay |
| World Religion Day* | #WorldReligionDay |
| World Snow Day* | #WorldSnowDay |
January 16 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Appreciate a Dragon Day | #AppreciateADragonDay |
| Blue Monday* | #BlueMonday |
| Book Publishers Day | #BookPublishersDay |
| International Hot and Spicy Food Day | #HotAndSpicyFoodDay |
| Martin Luther Luther King, Jr. Day* | #MLKDay |
| National Day of Service* | #NationalDayOfService |
| National Fig Newton Day | #NationalFigNewtonDay |
| National Good Teen Day | #GoodTeenDay |
| National Nothing Day | #NothingDay |
| National Religious Freedom Day | #ReligiousFreedomDay |
| National Without a Scalpel Day | #WithoutAScalpelDay |
| Psychiatric Technicians Day | #PsychiatricTechniciansDay |
January 17 Holidays and Observances
| Benjamin Franklin Day | #BenFranklinDay |
| Cable Car Day | #CableCarDay |
| Customer Service Day | #CustomerServiceDay |
| Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day | #DitchNewYearsResolutionsDay |
| Judgment Day | #JudgmentDay |
| Kid Inventors’ Day | #KidInventorsDay |
| National Bootlegger’s Day | #BootleggersDay |
| National Hot Buttered Rum Day | #HotButteredRumDay |
January 18 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Maintenance Day | #MaintenanceDay |
| Museum Selfie Day* | #MuseumSelfieDay |
| National Gourmet Coffee Day | #NationalGourmetCoffeeDay |
| National Peking Duck Day | #NationalPekingDuckDay |
| National Thesaurus Day | #NationalThesaurusDay |
| National Winnie The Pooh Day | #WinnieThePoohDay |
January 19 Holidays and Observances
| Brew a Potion Day | #BrewAPotionDay |
| Get to Know Your Customers Day* | #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay |
| Good Memory Day | #GoodMemoryDay |
| Gun Appreciation Day | #GunAppreciationDay |
| National Popcorn Day | #NationalPopcornDay |
| New Friends Day | #NewFriendsDay |
| Tenderness Toward Existence Day | #TendernessTowardExistenceDay |
| Tin Can Day | #TinCanDay |
| Women’s Healthy Weight Day* | #WomensHealthyWeightDay |
| World Quark Day | #WorldQuarkDay |
January 20 Holidays and Observances
| Camcorder Day | #CamcorderDay |
| International Day of Acceptance | #InternationalDayOfAcceptance |
| National Buttercrunch Day | #NationalButtercrunchDay |
| National Cheese Lover’s Day | #CheeseLoversDay |
| National Disc Jockey Day | #NationalDiscJockeyDay |
| Penguin Awareness Day | #PenguinAwarenessDay |
| Take a Walk Outdoors Day | #TakeAWalkOutdoorsDay |
January 21 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Child Labor Day* | #ChildLaborDay |
| International Playdate Day | #PlaydateDay |
| International Sweatpants Day | #InternationalSweatpantsDay |
| National Granola Bar Day | #NationalGranolaBarDay |
| National Hugging Day | #NationalHuggingDay |
| National New England Clam Chowder Day | #NationalNewEnglandClamChowderDay |
| National Use Your Gift Card Day* | #NationalUseYourGiftCardDay |
| One Liners Day | #OneLinersDay |
| Own Your Own Home Day | #OwnYourOwnHomeDay |
| Squirrel Appreciation Day | #SquirrelAppreciationDay |
January 22 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Celebration of Life Day | #CelebrationOfLifeDay |
| Chinese New Year* | #ChineseNewYear |
| Come in from the Cold Day | #ComeInFromTheColdDay |
| Hot Sauce Day | #HotSauceDay |
| National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day | #AnswerYourCatsQuestionsDay |
| National Blonde Brownie Day | #BlondeBrownieDay |
| National Polka Dot Day | #PolkaDotDay |
| National Sanctity of Human Life Day* | #NationalSanctityOfHumanLifeDay |
January 23 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Better Business Communication Day* | #BetterBusinessCommunicationDay |
| Community Manager Appreciation Day* | #CommunityManagerAppreciationDay |
| Measure Your Feet Day | #MeasureYourFeetDay |
| National Handwriting Day | #NationalHandwritingDay |
| National Pie Day | #NationalPieDay |
| National Rhubarb Pie Day | #NationalRhubarbPieDay |
January 24 Holidays and Observances
| Beer Can Appreciation Day | #BeerCanAppreciationDay |
| Belly Laugh Day | #BellyLaughDay |
| Macintosh Computer Day | #MacintoshComputerDay |
| National Compliment Day | #NationalComplimentDay |
| National “Just Do It” Day | #JustDoItDay |
| National Peanut Butter Day | #NationalPeanutButterDay |
January 25 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| A Room of One’s Own Day | #ARoomOfOnesOwnDay |
| Burns Supper | #BurnsSupper |
| Library Shelfie Day* | #LibraryShelfieDay |
| National Irish Coffee Day | #NationalIrishCoffeeDay |
| National Opposite Day | #NationalOppositeDay |
January 26 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Clashing Clothes Day* | #ClashingClothesDay |
| International Customs Day | #InternationalCustomsDay |
| National Green Juice Day | #NationalGreenJuiceDay |
| National Peanut Brittle Day | #PeanutBrittleDay |
| National Spouses Day | #NationalSpousesDay |
| Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement | #DayOfEncouragement |
January 27 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day* | #EITCAwarenessDay |
| International Holocaust Remembrance Day | #HolocaustRemembranceDay |
| National Activity Professionals Day* | #ActivityProfessionals |
| National Big Wig Day* | #NationalBigWigDay |
| National Chocolate Cake Day | #ChocolateCakeDay |
| National Have Fun At Work Day* | #FunAtWorkDay |
| Punch the Clock Day | #PunchTheClockDay |
| Thomas Crapper Day | #ThomasCrapperDay |
| World Breast Pumping Day | #WorldBreastPumpingDay |
January 28 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Daisy Day | #DaisyDay |
| Data Privacy Day | #DataPrivacyDay |
| Global Community Engagement Day | #GlobalCommunityEngagementDay |
| International Lego Day | #LegoDay |
| Local Quilt Shop Day* | #LocalQuiltShopDay |
| National Blueberry Pancake Day | #BlueberryPancakeDay |
| National Kazoo Day | #NationalKazooDay |
| National Seed Swap Day* | #NationalSeedSwapDay |
| Pop Art Day | #PopArtDay |
| Thank a Plugin Developer Day | #ThankAPluginDeveloperDay |
January 29 Holidays and Observances
*Check for correct date for the current year.
| Curmudgeons Day | #CurmudgeonsDay |
| Freethinkers Day | #FreethinkersDay |
| National Carnation Day | #NationalCarnationDay |
| National Corn Chip Day | #NationalCornChipDay |
| National Puzzle Day | #NationalPuzzleDay |
| Seeing Eye Dog Day | #SeeingEyeDogDay |
| World Leprosy Day* | #WorldLeprosyDay |
January 30 Holidays and Observances
| Inane Answering Message Day | #InaneAnsweringMessageDay |
| National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day* | #BubbleWrapDay |
| National Croissant Day | #NationalCroissantDay |
| National Escape Day | #NationalEscapeDay |
| School Day of Non-Violence and Peace | #SchoolDayOfNonViolenceAndPeace |
| Yodel for Your Neighbors Day | #YodelForYourNeighborsDay |
January 31 Holidays and Observances
| Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day | #AppreciateYourSocialSecurityCheckDay |
| Brandy Alexander Day | #BrandyAlexanderDay |
| Hug an Economist Day | #HugAnEconomistDay |
| National Backwards Day | #BackwardsDay |
| National Hot Chocolate Day | #NationalHotChocolateDay |
| National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day | #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay |
| Plan for Vacation Day* | #PlanForVacationDay |
| Scotch Tape Day | #ScotchTapeDay |
Conclusion
I hope you’ve found a number of jazzy January holidays you can’t wait to share!
Be sure to pin the image below to Pinterest so you can come back for more.
You might also want to check out February holidays!
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