Plan your content: January 2024 holiday roundup!

As the new year unfolds, January brings with it a myriad of holidays that offer opportunities for small businesses to plan content that engages their audience in meaningful and festive ways. From New Year’s Day to lesser-known, but also delicious-sounding observances like Sticky Toffee Pudding Day, this month is a treasure trove for those looking to infuse their content with joy and relevance. In this blog post, we’ll explore some prominent January holidays and discuss creative ways to incorporate these themes into your content planning.

Kicking off the year on January 1st is New Year’s Day. It’s not just about flipping the calendar; it’s a cosmic party where resolutions mingle with reflections, and hope dances in the air. Your content can be the life of this digital soiree—share your brand’s goals, reminisce about victories, and infuse your audience with a contagious dose of optimism.

As winter wraps its chilly arms around us, weave a wellness theme into your content. Share tips for staying healthy in the frosty weather, dish out comforting recipes, and be the cozy cocoon that your audience can snuggle into during the winter blues. Your brand is not just a content creator; it’s a warm, fuzzy hug in the frosty air.

January is a month brimming with opportunities to connect with your audience on a personal and festive level. By strategically incorporating holiday themes into your content planning, you can create meaningful interactions, strengthen your brand identity, and set a positive tone for the rest of the year.

Bookmark this page to execute relevant content all month long, and if you need help with your content strategy, we’re always here for you. 😀

Here are all the January 2024 Holidays and Observances you need to know…

Monthly Holidays and Observances in January 2024:

• Be Kind To Food Servers Month #BeKindToFoodServersMonth
• Bread Machine Baking Month #BreadMachineBakingMonth
• Cervical Health Awareness Month #CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth
• Dry January #DryJanuary
• Family Fit Lifestyle Month #FamilyFitLifestyleMonth
• Financial Wellness Month #FinancialWellnessMonth
• Get Organized Month #GetOrganizedMonth
• International Change Your Stars Month #ChangeYourStarsMonth
• International Creativity Month #CreativityMonth
• Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month #LearnToSkiAndSnowboardMonth
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month #HealthyCommunitiesHealthyBabies #NBDAM
• National Blood Donor Month #BloodDonorMonth
• National Braille Literacy Month #BrailleLiteracyMonth 
• National Clean Up Your Computer Month #CleanUpYourComputerMonth
• National CBD Awareness Month #CBDAwareness
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month #GlaucomaAwareness
• National Hobby Month #HobbyMonth
• National Hot Tea Month #HotTeaMonth
• National Mentoring Month #MentoringMonth 
• National Oatmeal Month #OatmealMonth
• National Polka Music Month #PolkaMusicMonth
• National Skating Month #SkatingMonth
• National Slow Cooking Month #SlowCookingMonth
• National Soup Month #SoupMonth
• National Stalking Awareness Month #StalkingAwarenessMonth #NSAM2024
• National Staying Healthy Month #StayingHealthyMonth
• National “Thank You” Month #NationalThankYouMonth
• National Train Your Dog Month #TrainYourDogMonth
• Poverty In America Awareness Month #PovertyAwarenessMonth
• Radon Awareness Month #RadonAwarenessMonth
• Self-Love Month #SelfLoveMonth
• Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month #HumanTraffickingAwareness #EndSlavery
• Teen Driving Awareness Month #TeenDrivingAwarenessMonth
• Thyroid Awareness Month #ThyroidAwareness
• Walk Your Dog Month #WalkYourDogMonth

Weekly Holidays and Observances in January 2024:

• Celebration of Life Week #CelebrationOfLifeWeek — January 1-7
• New Year’s Resolutions Week #NewYearsResolutions — January 1-7
• National Folic Acid Awareness Week  #FolicAcidAwareness — January 3-9
• Home Office and Security Week #HomeOfficeAndSecurityWeek— January 8-14
• National Mocktail Week #MocktailWeek — January 8-14
• National Pizza Week #PizzaWeek — January 8-14
• Universal Letter Writing Week #LetterWritingWeek — January 14-20
• No Name-Calling Week #SafeToBe — January 15-20
• Radon Awareness Week #RadonAwarenessWeek — January 22-26

Daily Holidays and Observances in January 2024:

January 1: Global Family Day #GlobalFamilyDay, National Bloody Mary Day #NationalBloodyMaryDay, National Hangover Day #NationalHangoverDay, National Thank God It’s Monday Day #ThankGodItsMondayDay, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay, Polar Bear Plunge Day #PolarBearPlungeDay

January 2: Happy Mew Year for Cats Day #HappyMewYearForCatsDay, Motivation and Inspiration Day #MotivationAndInspirationDay, National Pet Travel Safety Day #PetTravelSafetyDay, National Science Fiction Day #NationalScienceFictionDay, Swiss Cheese Day #SwissCheeseDay, World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay

January 3: Festival of Sleep Day #FestivalOfSleepDay, International Mind-Body Wellness Day #MindBodyWellnessDay, JRR Tolkien Day #JRRTolkienDay

January 4: National Spaghetti Day #NationalSpaghettiDay, World Braille Day #WorldBrailleDay, World Trivia Day #WorldTriviaDay

January 5: National Bird Day #BirdDay, National Keto Day #NationalKetoDay, National Screenwriters Day #NationalScreenwritersDay, National Whipped Cream Day #NationalWhippedCreamDay

January 6: Apple Tree Day #AppleTreeDay, National Bean Day #NationalBeanDay, Cuddle Up Day #CuddleUpDay, National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day #TakeDownTheChristmasTreeDay, National Technology Day #TechnologyDay

January 7: National Bobblehead Day #NationalBobbleheadDay, National Tempura Day #NationalTempuraDay

January 8: Coming of Age Day #ComingOfAgeDay, National Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay, National Clean Your Desk Day #CleanYourDeskDay, National English Toffee Day #EnglishToffeeDay, National Gluten-Free Day #NationalGlutenFreeDay, National Winter Skin Relief Day #WinterSkinReliefDay, War on Poverty Day #WarOnPovertyDay

January 9: International Choreographers Day #InternationalChoreographersDay, National Apricot Day #ApricotDay, National Faith Day #NationalFaithDay

January 10: National Cut Your Energy Costs Day #CutYourEnergyCostsDay, Houseplant Appreciation Day #HouseplantAppreciationDay, National Save The Eagles Day #SaveTheEaglesDay, National Shareholders Day #ShareholdersDay, National Take the Stairs Day #TakeTheStairsDay

January 11: Heritage Treasures Day #HeritageTreasuresDay, International Parity at Work Day #InternationalParityAtWorkDay, International Thank-You Day #InternationalThankYouDay, National Hot Toddy Day #HotToddyDay, National Milk Day #NationalMilkDay

January 12: National Hot Tea Day #HotTeaDay, National Kettlebell Day #KettlebellDay, National Pharmacist Day #NationalPharmacistDay, Remembrance Day #RemembranceDay, Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution Day #StickToYourNewYearsResolutionDay

January 13: Korean American Day #KoreanAmericanDay, Make Your Dream Come True Day #MakeYourDreamComeTrueDay, National Rubber Ducky Day #RubberDuckyDay, National Sticker Day #StickerDay, National Vision Board Day #NationalVisionBoardDay

January 14: International Kite Day #InternationalKiteDay, National Dress Up Your Pet Day #DressUpYourPetDay, National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day #HotPastramiSandwichDay, Organize Your Home Day #OrganizeYourHomeDay, World Logic Day #WorldLogicDay

January 15: Blue Monday #BlueMonday, Civil Rights Day #CivilRightsDay, Elementary School Teacher Day #ElementarySchoolTeacherDay, Martin Luther King Jr. Day #MLKDay, National Bagel Day #BagelDay, National Hat Day #HatDay, National Strawberry Ice Cream Day #StrawberryIceCreamDay

January 16: Book Publishers Day #BookPublishersDay, National Fig Newton Day #FigNewtonDay, National Quinoa Day #QuinoaDay, National Religious Freedom Day #ReligiousFreedomDay

January 17: Customer Service Day #CustomerServiceDay, Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day #DitchNewYearsResolutionDay, Kid Inventors’ Day #KidInventorsDay, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay, National Hot Buttered Rum Day #HotButteredRumDay

January 18: National Gourmet Coffee Day #GourmetCoffeeDay, National Thesaurus Day #NationalThesaurusDay, Winnie The Pooh Day #WinnieThePoohDay

January 19: Good Memory Day #GoodMemoryDay, NationalPopcornDay #PopcornDay

January 20: Inauguration Day #InaugurationDay, International Day of Acceptance #InternationalDayOfAcceptance, National Cheese Lover’s Day #CheeseLoversDay, National Coffee Break Day #CoffeeBreakDay, National Penguin Day #PenguinDay, National Use Your Gift Card Day #UseYourGiftCardDay, Take A Walk Outdoors Day #TakeAWalkOutdoorsDay

January 21: Grandma Day #GrandmaDay, International Sweatpants Day #SweatpantsDay, Mariachi Day #MariachiDay, National Granola Bar Day #GranolaBarDay, National Hugging Day #HuggingDay, One-Liners Day #OneLinersDay, Thank Your Mentor Day #ThankYourMentorDay, World Snow Day #WorldSnowDay

January 22: Celebration of Life Day #CelebrationOfLifeDay, Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD, National Blonde Brownie Day #BlondeBrownieDay, National Grandpa Day #GrandpaDay, National Hot Sauce Day #HotSauceDay, National Polka Dot Day #PolkaDotDay

January 23: International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day #StickyToffeePuddingDay, Maternal Health Awareness Day #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay, National Handwriting Day #HandwritingDay, National Pie Day #NationalPieDay

January 24: Belly Laugh Day #BellyLaughDay, Change a Pet’s Life Day #ChangeAPetsLifeDay, International Day of Education #InternationalDayOfEducation, International Mobile Phone Recycling Day #MobilePhoneRecyclingDay, “Just Do It” Day #JustDoItDay, National Compliment Day #ComplimentDay, National Peanut Butter Day #PeanutButterDay

January 25: Fluoride Day #FluorideDay, Library Shelfie Day #LibraryShelfieDay, Mahayana New Year #MahayanaNewYear, National Fish Taco Day #FishTacoDay, National Irish Coffee Day #IrishCoffeeDay, Opposite Day #OppositeDay

January 26: International Customs Day #InternationalCustomsDay, International Environmental Education Day #InternationalEnvironmentalEducationDay, National Big Wig Day #BigWigDay, National Fun at Work Day #FunAtWorkDay, National Green Juice Day #GreenJuiceDay, National Spouse Day #SpouseDay

January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day #HolocaustRemembranceDay, National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay, National Seed Swap Day #SeedSwapDay, Punch the Clock Day #PunchTheClockDay

January 28: Data Privacy Day #DataPrivacyDay, Global Community Engagement Day #GlobalCommunityEngagementDay, National Blueberry Pancake Day #BlueberryPancakeDay, National Daisy Day #DaisyDay, National Lego Day #LegoDay, National Pediatrician Day #PediatricianDay, World Leprosy Day #BeatLeprosy

January 29: Curmudgeons Day #CurmudgeonsDay, Freethinkers Day #FreethinkersDay, National Carnation Day #CarnationDay, National Corn Chip Day #CornChipDay, National Puzzle Day #PuzzleDay

January 30: National Croissant Day #CroissantDay, National Plan for Vacation Day #PlanForVacationDay

January 31: Backwards Day #BackwardsDay, Eat Brussel Sprouts Day #EatBrusselSproutsDay, Inspire Your Heart with Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay, International Zebra Day #InternationalZebraDay, National Hot Chocolate Day #HotChocolateDay