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SquidQuest: Silly Celebrations - January

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Sally Celebrations, Squidooville's resident Celebrationista, has just one goal for the upcoming year. She wants to make Squidoo THE GO-TO PLACE for celebration information but she needs your help.

You see Sally noticed that Squidoo is jam-packed with fun festivities for all the really big holidays like Halloween and Christmas but when it comes to some of the smaller daily, weekly, and monthly observances, like Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day and Clean Out Your Inbox Week... well... there's not as much.

That's why Sally is offering a monthly SquidQuest throughout 2012 for lensmasters who love to celebrate to help them spread good cheer throughout the entire year.

To complete this first monthly SquidQuest and collect 200 SquidPoints, Sally asks you to build a lens for a lesser known holiday, celebration or observance that takes place during the month of January.

We'll feature the best of the bunch in a special post at Squidoo HQ and dust spectacular lenses with Purple Stars.

Read on for the particulars.

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Important!

This SquidQuest was only sent to Squidoo's most spirited lensmasters.

SquidQuest Instructions

It's Party Time!

To complete the Silly Celebrations SquidQuest for January you'll need to choose an oddball holiday to celebrate that occurs in January.
  • 1Build a lens about an oddball, weird, wacky or unique holiday that occurs in January.

    Tell us the history of the holiday and be sure to include fun ways to celebrate it such as foods, beverages, decorations, games, costumes or anything else we'd need to make celebrating the occasion more fun. Make your new lens spectacular and even more fun by including polls, quizzes, videos, photos, and anything else you can find.
  • 2Submit your NEW January silly celebration lens before midnight (EST) on January 31, 2012 using the Quest Tab on your dashboard to "Complete the Quest".

Choose Your January Celebration HERE

January's List of Holidays and Celebrations

You'll find lists of oddball, weird, wacky and bizarre holidays that take place in January at the following sites.

PLEASE NOTE: These are American based sites. If you know of, or want to make a lens about a unique holiday from another part of the world, by all means, have at it. We want to know about as many celebrations as possible.
January 2012 List of Holidays from brownielocks
January starts the year with a lot of observances. Check them out!
January 2012 Holidays and Special Days at Holiday Insights
January 2012 Holidays Special Days- New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day,

Submit your NEW January Celebration lens using the Quest Tab on your dashboard

Shout out for your favorite January Celebration!

  • StacyBirch May 3, 2012 @ 1:55 pm | delete
    awesome
  • Susan52 Jan 29, 2012 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    This isn't mine, but I love this lens by mamabush about Backwards Day which is January 31st!
  • imlj Jan 28, 2012 @ 11:35 pm | delete
    My lens about Meat Week is now live. (There really is such a celebration, and it begins tomorrow, 29 Jan!)
  • jtea3051 Jan 27, 2012 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    January is re-balance your portfolio month.
  • LaraineRose Jan 27, 2012 @ 10:35 am | delete
    Just finished my lens. Like Angry Baker, I wrote about the Chinese New Year. I know that they'll be a lot different so I guess it will be okay. Have a look it's How the Chinese Welcome the New Year
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • rms Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    There's always room for more! :)
  • spritequeen Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    Here's mine: http://www.squidoo.com/very-merry-unbirthday Fun stuff! Thanks!
  • SereneSea Jan 24, 2012 @ 12:37 pm | delete
    Here is mine - with all respect to the National Hot Tea Month :
    Exotic Tea Recipes for National Hot Tea Month - Brew for January's Blues and Freezing Winter Temperatures
  • AngryBaker Jan 22, 2012 @ 10:39 pm | delete
    We celebrate Chinese New Year... so I made this Almond Cookie lens... with info about the New Year Celebration ... it's not "silly", but it sure is fun!
    http://www.squidoo.com/almond-cookie-recipe
  • favored1 Jan 22, 2012 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    Just published my Quest for January.
    http://www.squidoo.com/national-blueberry-pancake-day
  • LiteraryMind Jan 22, 2012 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    In response to the Quest for unusual holidays in January, I did a lens for National Soup Month. It contains two of our old family recipes for soup. (If I get a chance, I will add one of my own -- have to cook and test it first.
    [url=http://www.squidoo.com/family-soup-recipes]Family Soup Recipes[/url]
  • mamabush Jan 22, 2012 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    Just finished my lens for this SquidQuest...so much fun!

    http://www.squidoo.com/backwards-day
  • Susan52 Jan 29, 2012 @ 1:25 pm | delete
    LOL I just posted about this lens before I read the rest of the comments, mamabush. Love it!
  • mamabush Jan 22, 2012 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    Just finished my lens for this SquidQuest...so much fun!

    http://www.squidoo.com/backwards-day
  • goo2eyes Jan 20, 2012 @ 8:10 pm | delete
    finally made it. http://www.squidoo.com/happy-chinese-new-year
  • goo2eyes Jan 20, 2012 @ 2:52 pm | delete
    i am writing my january celebration and i hope you like it.
  • elynmac Jan 18, 2012 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    Today is the day when the Kitchen God goes to Heaven on his horse (no reindeer) to report on where the family has been "naughty or nice." There are a lot of similarities between the Kitchen God and Santa - I just wanted you all to know - you can read more at http://www.squidoo.com/chinese-kitchen-god , and if you want to learn more about Chinese New Year, you can go to my lens at http://www.squidoo.com/chinese-new-year-dragon
    New Year's Eve is Sunday night. If you don't celebrate at home, you could always go to a Chinese restaurant! They will surely have great food that night.
  • MarigoldTortelli Jan 17, 2012 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    I wrote about something I celebrate on January 27th every year, Celebrating Overcoming Depression.
  • MarigoldTortelli Jan 17, 2012 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    I wrote about something I celebrate on January 27th every year, Celebrating Overcoming Depression.
  • dotpattern Jan 17, 2012 @ 10:27 am | delete
    New Years Day is Public Domain Day! when copyrights expire on a new crop of creative works by authors and artists. But when does the party really get started in the United States?
  • DogWatchColumbus Jan 16, 2012 @ 1:03 am | delete
    Made up my own day..."Pamper your Pooch Day" for January 25.
    http://www.squidoo.com/pamper-your-pooch-day
  • RazzbarryBreeze Jan 15, 2012 @ 11:30 am | delete
    I will choose Winnie The Pooh Day! I hope to give it a cute twist
  • Aquavel Jan 14, 2012 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    Since "National Hat Day" has already been done, I decided to go for National Hat Day Activities. I had so much fun that I could have gone on and on (which is why this lens is so long)! LOL
  • lravidlearner Jan 14, 2012 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    What a terrific inspiration. I chose to light things up with National Static Electricity Day and lots of electrifying activities for kids.
  • blue22d Jan 13, 2012 @ 7:33 pm | delete
    Well, did you know that this January 26, will be this year's official Cockroach Racing World Championships at Brisbane's Story Bridge Hotel, Australia. So, look for my crazy January holiday, in a few days, at: www.squidoo.com/cockroach-racing-world-championships. Don't you just love bugs!
  • musicaldreamer Jan 12, 2012 @ 6:10 pm | delete
    Did you know January is Self-Love month? http://www.squidoo.com/self-love-month
  • craftycristy Jan 12, 2012 @ 5:40 pm | delete
    Thank you for this quest! I had so SO much fun having a party to Celebrate Cezanne's Birthday. I have a plan to do at least one more party on this theme before his birthday on the nineteenth. Here's my link http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/celebrate-cezanne-s-birthday
  • orange3 Jan 12, 2012 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    just finished mine on national popcorn day....my favorite!

    http://www.squidoo.com/my-favorite-national-popcorn-day
  • mlcuneo Jan 11, 2012 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    Going to start working on a lens for National Tempura day in honor of my favorite P.F. Changs appetizer, Crispy Green Beans.
  • glockr Jan 11, 2012 @ 12:04 pm | delete
    This is probably the most fun quest I've done. Oh, and don't forget that January 24 is [url="http://www.squidoo.com/beer-can-appreciation-day"][b]Beer Can Appreciation Day[/b][/url].

    Cheers,
    glockr
  • Ilona1 Jan 11, 2012 @ 5:04 am | delete
    I really like making New Years Resolutions, - maybe more than keeping them ( typical for a dreamer!) , so it interested me to find out about National Motivation and Inspiration Day on January 2nd.
  • DesignedbyLisa Jan 10, 2012 @ 1:21 pm | delete
    I added one for a great wacky holiday National Rubber Ducky day
  • EEWorkouts Jan 9, 2012 @ 11:25 pm | delete
    Not wacky but still an important day not to be overlooked - Amelia Earhart Day
  • craftycristy Jan 9, 2012 @ 2:55 pm | delete
    I think I will try to do Celebrate Cezanne's Birthday for mine.
  • Jan 9, 2012 @ 9:41 am | delete
    "Inspire Your Heart with Art Day" is totally me!
  • monarch13 Jan 9, 2012 @ 12:01 am | delete
    National Handwriting Day Jan 23rd. http://www.squidoo.com/national-handwriting-day
  • Serenia Jan 8, 2012 @ 5:21 pm | delete
    Did you guys KNOW that there is a wacky holidays topic for this quest??
    I used the "other US holidays" but will be changing to this new topic.
    Home » Holidays & Celebrations » Wacky Holidays » Wacky January Holidays
  • Serenia Jan 8, 2012 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    WOW!!!
    Am I allowed to say thank you to the Squid Quest team for the LOVELY PURPLE STAR they gave to my National Puzzle Day lens? Thank you so much.
  • JoshK47 Jan 8, 2012 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    I decided to go with a warm, snuggly holiday: National Hugging Day!

    http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/national-hugging-day-a-warm-january-tradition?notice=reorder
  • JoshK47 Jan 8, 2012 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    I decided to go with a warm, snuggly holiday: National Hugging Day!

    http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/national-hugging-day-a-warm-january-tradition?notice=reorder
  • Steve_Kaye Jan 7, 2012 @ 9:10 pm | delete
    Can I make up a holiday? Can I make up a series of holidays?
  • LittleTwoTwo Jan 7, 2012 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    My offering to the squidoo quest 'Gods' ... Nunavut's Return of the Sun Celebration
    http://www.squidoo.com/the-return-of-the-sun-inuit-festival-in-january
  • Cinnamonbite Jan 7, 2012 @ 9:45 am | delete
    It has to be a NEW lens, right? I've got an old Chinese New Years lens but it doesn't count, right? http://www.squidoo.com/chinesezodiac
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