In the song “American Pie” Don McLean sings “February makes me shiver…” but it is January to me.

I started thinking this as I was taking down the Christmas decorations today. By the way, they are a lot more fun to put up.

In fact, I vote for January as the worst month of the year. It’s long, the weather’s usually ugly, and it’s cold in most places. January is just a dark month. Nothing very good happens in January. The credit card bills roll in from all those Christmas purchases, so January is downright depressing.

There are a couple of holidays in January to give us some relief – New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday), but that’s about it. Between those two holidays we face a dreary month.

January is the month we have “National Static Electricity Day” “Bean Day” “National Pie Day” and we can’t forget “National Kazoo Day.” Continue reading →