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Happy Valentine’s Day 2025!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 14, 2025 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Surrealism, Love & Romance
National Leave Us Alone Week
The first week of April was once set aside as "National Leave Us Alone Week," but observance of this week has fallen by the wayside.The name suggests a celebration of anti-social curmudgeonliness. Unfortunately, the reason the week was invented was more prosaic.
It started in 1949 at the suggestion of PR consultant F. Lander Moorman of Douglas, GA. His idea was that, for one week, merchants should be left alone by solicitors.
Some details from the Congressional record of 1950:
Inevitably, the businessmen chose a Queen of Leave Us Alone Week.
Greenwood Commonwealth - Mar 20, 1950
Perhaps Leave Us Alone Week could be revived as a week in which all spammers and telemarketers have to leave us alone.
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 31, 2025 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Business, Holidays, Curmudgeons and Contrarianism, 1940s
Happy New Year’s Day 2025!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 01, 2025 -
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Category: Holidays, Hollywood, Correspondence, Telegrams, Letters, and Other Written Communications
Merry Xmas 2024!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 25, 2024 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Love & Romance
Santa Done Got Hip
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 24, 2024 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Xmas Done Got Funky
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 23, 2024 -
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Category: Funk, Holidays, Music, 1970s
Christmas Blues
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 21, 2024 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, 1960s
Xmas Twist
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 17, 2024 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, 1960s, Dance
I Like Christmas
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 11, 2024 -
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Category: Holidays, Music, Children, 1950s
Santa Claus Rides A Strawberry Roan
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 09, 2024 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Music, Regionalism, 1950s
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