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This is Part 2 of our journey into witches’ places and events. To learn about what we shared in Part 1, please read here. As if the world of witches wasn’t already magical enough, there are even more events around the globe where witches (and those who just like to dress like them) come together for festivals, feasts, and fun. From parades to rituals, the witchy world has plenty to offer for…

Celebrate National Wiggle Your Toes Day by embracing the joy of simple pleasures. Take a moment to appreciate your feet, practice mindfulness, and find delight in the small act of wiggling your toes.

August 6th is National Wiggle Your Toes Day, a lighthearted and fun holiday that encourages us to take a moment to appreciate and enjoy the simple pleasures in life—starting with our toes! While it may seem like a quirky celebration, National Wiggle Your Toes Day is a reminder to be mindful of our bodies, stay active, and find joy in even the smallest of movements. Let’s explore the significance…

The idea behind the holiday is that the opposite of war and suffering should not be to passively observe peace. Instead, people must actively participate in the celebration of life.

First in 1996

The holiday is inspired by the ending of the 1995 novel, Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel, by Vanna Bonta, where a countdown is set to April 3, 2000 when a worldwide synchronized celebration occurs. The first Party Day was held around the world in 1996.

How to Celebrate?

Research suggests that meeting new people from different cultures helps cultivate intercultural understanding and harmony. So why not throw a party for your family and friends and ask them to bring their friends and coworkers along?

Organize a block party. Peace begins at home and by being neighborly. Spend time with your neighbors and celebrate your neighborhood.

What about partying for a cause? Host a party and have your guests contribute to a cause close to your and your heart.

Whatever you do and whoever you party with, remember that you need no excuse to celebrate life and to be good to others.

Did You Know…

…that the use of the word, party, to refer to a gathering where people have a good time dates back to 1922?

The holiday of unknown origins comes just a few days after another holiday that celebrates trickery and lying - April Fool's Day and a few weeks before Honesty Day, a made-up holiday that honors the virtue of honesty and truth-telling.

Acceptable Lying

While the name suggests that the holiday encourages people to tell lies all day long, we would like to think that the day is not an actual celebration of lying but an acknowledgment that lying is part of life, and sometimes people have to lie to make others feel better. Such lies are called white lies and are possibly the only form of lying acceptable within most religions, cultures, and societies.

Other acceptable forms of lying include: lying while playing a game (bluffing), lies made for the purposes of amusement of the liar or other people (jocose lies), and untruthful statements made without any malicious intent (honest lie).

This holiday is also known as National Tell a Lie Day in the US.

How to Celebrate?

While we cannot in good conscience endorse or encourage lying, here are some harmless ways to celebrate this "fictional" holiday:

Missed April Fool's Day? Use this day to make up for it by playing harmless tricks on friends, family, and colleagues.

Make up silly stories about harmless things and recount them to the people around you. Who knows, you may even get a laugh or two out of your listeners!

Read more about how to detect deception and lying.

Play games that require bluffing.

Read tales that warn people about the dangers of lying. Some of these tales include The Boy who Cried Wolf and Pinocchio.

Did You Know...

...that a true or false response to the question this statement is not true leads to a contradiction called the Liar's Paradox? If the response to this statement is that it is true, then the statement is false, and if the response to the statement is that it is false, then the statement is true.