Monkey Day

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Monkey Day - December 14

The holiday started as a joke in 2000, to a friend. He wrote on the friends calendar Monkey Day. It was first celebrated by art students at Michigan State University in Lansing. It gained popularity as Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin's own comic strip began telling friends and promoting it online with the help of some of the other cartoonists. Since then it has been picked up and celebrated in many countries besides the US.

The activities

The day is made of parties and costumes to reflect animal in all of us and begin attention to the simian. Some celebrate the history of the simian and others try to pick forth the issues of today with simian. Which includes the medical research, animal rights and evolution. It also gives time for all those monkey stories.

The activities at the parties can range from dressing up as a monkey to knitting monkey dolls. The holiday and parties are around the same time alot of us get stressed for Christmas. A time to get silly and let go of all that is on your mind. Go monkey. Casey Sorrow states, "is to celebrate these noble creatures who embody the best of human characteristics, such as intelligence, family values, kindness, humour and compassion, while also promoting education and recognition of these simian species and their fragile habitat."

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Day to go Ape!

Through the years many of the comics have started to do marathons to celebrate. A blog has been started with stories and news of monkeys. Monkeys in the News (link can be found with the other links)

Let go of the holiday stress and go Ape!

Countdown to Monkey Day

Monkey Day: December 14, 2012

The Monkey Links

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