How to Celebrate January 16th, 2026, on January 17th, 2026? 🐉🫖🍵🌶

National Days on Friday
 January 16th, 2026

National Days on Saturday
January 17th, 2026

Every January 16th

I bought a packet of 'Spicy Fruit Rolls' earlier in the week to open on 'National Fig Newton Day' and forgot about them until this morning when making a morning coffee.

But I discovered that 'Spicy Fruit Rolls' don't contain any fig, just sultanas and currents.

Every January 16th

I also had bought a packet of Rooibos & Vanilla tea bags to celebrate 'International Rooibos Day', as I have not tried Rooibos tea before.

But I forgot that yesterday was 'International Rooibos Day', so I was a day late to the tea drinking party.

At the rate I drink tea I'm sure there will be tea bags in my pantry come this time next year:-)

Every January 16th 

I even forgot I had bought chilli flavoured chips and put them in the back of my pantry for 'International Hot and Spicy Food Day', until today.

But I can get away with that mistake, as today (Jan 17th) was also 'National Hot Heads Chili Day':-P

Every January 17th

Although, with only an hour or two left on January 17th, as I finish writing this post up, I realize that I have a $200 Event Cinemas gift card I got from my son and his partner for Christmas that I haven't used yet and could have used today, but it's too late in the day now.

Third Saturday in January

Every January 17th

I see that today was 'Cable Car Day', which brings back not so fond memories of when me and my son hopped on a cable car in San Francisco at the traffic lights outside Grace Cathedral, to buy a ticket to ride down to Chinatown, only to be told that you couldn't buy tickets on the cable car and they told us to get off before the lights changed to green, so we walked down to Chinatown and never bothered riding the cable cars.

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

At least I can honestly say that I have been on one now ... even if I can't say that I have ridden on one:-)

Goin' Down to Chinatown (San Francisco)?🥠