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National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
[nash-uh-nl step in uh听puhd-l n splash yer frendz听dey]
What does听National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day mean?
January 11th marks the unofficial holiday of听National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day.听On this day, friends jump in puddles and get each other wet鈥�all in the name of friendship and good, (not-so) clean fun.
Where does National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day come from?
There’s no one who seems to love splashing in a puddle more children, to whom听National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day may have been originally aimed at. It was included in the 2012听Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac听published, and children’s charities and mommy blogs alike have recognized this holiday. However, we can find record of听National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day听as early as 1998 in a Usenet forum.
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The unofficial holiday tracker, National Day Calendar, added National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friend Day听by 2014. Since then, the holiday was听mentioned by a number of major media outlets, including听Bustle and听Elite Daily in 2016鈥�17.听Some who live in cold climates, though, might not have any puddles to jump in: They would all be frozen in January!
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Who uses National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day?
While included in many different resources for national holidays, National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day听is more obscure, than, say other unofficial holidays like National Wine Day. Some even express an ironic distaste for the holiday, especially as part of a trend of unofficial, internet holidays in the 2010s.
Today is National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day, and I can't celebrate bc hell froze over leaving no puddles to spare
— Dani Wright (@Misss_Danii)
Where it is given attention,听National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day is all about the kids. Blogs focusing on creative activities for children, for instance, mention this as a fun, let’s-get-messy outdoor activity.
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