There may only be 365 days in a calendar year, but packed within each and every year are thousands of days of celebration. Follow the journey of one person inviting those around him through the celebration and discovery of more than twenty-two hundred unofficial holidays, official festivities, major sports championships, global arts happenings, food days, silly days, religious days, once in a lifetime events, and days of awareness--all 2200 of them! You don't have to celebrate every one yourself, but you will find it more than tempting to celebrate more than just a few of them as you find out just how many cool things are being celebrated all around you, right under your nose. This book is perfect for adults and kids alike who want to join in what the world has decided is worth sharing together. If you are a fan of parties, celebrating, good food and drink, or getting together with friends--this book needs to be on your shelf. More than trivia, this book contains the very joy that makes our lives worth living! Paperback copies are in black and white, Kindle copies are in colour - and free with you paperback purchase! About the Author: James Cummins is the 2009 Canadian Authors Association-BookTelevision award winner for his seminal history of dance music Ambrosia: About a Culture. Over the course of nine past books he has thrilled us, confused us, and laid out plans for the future for us--often never at the right time, and in a way that was entirely unhelpful. Poems of his dealing with big issues have come out on small journals, and books of his tackling the most obvious of problems have received way too much attention. He is as likely to converse with a Supreme Court justice about their school-yard days as he is to pose the questions of the universe to someone just trying to get someone to buy their next piece of art.
He has lived in most of the major cities in Canada, including Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, the Edmonton area, and Ottawa, but was born in the small Rocky Mountain hamlet of Grande Cache, Alberta. The days covered in this book include Christmas, Halloween, New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Easter, Canada Day, the Independence Days of multiple countries, the Fourth of July, Australia Day, Victoria Day, Statutory holidays from many different nations; religious holidays from Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and others; food days like International Day of the Nacho, Gumbo Day, Steak au Poivre Day, Ants on a Log Day, Snack a Pickle Day, Spaghetti Day, five different National Pizza Days, days for all stripes of sandwiches (both American and British), pasta, soups, tacos, meats, recipes, cookies, doughnuts, and brownies; Pepero Day, Pocky Day, Remembrance Day, United Nations days of awareness, Earth Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthdays, anniversary days; days for loving music or art like Jazz, Reggae, Violin, Opera, Dance, Theatre, sculpture, poetry, and days for literary figures like James Bond or Sherlock Holmes; days for drinks like iced tea, wine, beer, lemonade, whisky, chocolate milk, mojitos, pina coladas, cola, or milkshakes; days for sweets like ice cream, popsicles, different kinds of cake and pie; days of awareness for endangered animals and exotic ones; science fiction days for your favourite characters or stories like Star Trek, Batman, Star Wars, and Dr. Who; television premieres and finales; football bowls, hockey championships, wrestling PPVs, car races, horse races, MMA fights, basketball playoffs, the soccer World Cup, baseball championships, and the Olympics; awards shows like the Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys; festivals like the Quebec Winter Carnival, sports all-star games, Chinese New Year, Jazz Festivals, holiday parades, Cinco de Mayo, and the Happy Monday System of Japan--2200 in all!.