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Healthy Weight Week urges self-education on not dieting. Instead, opt for a healthy lifestyle of sensible eating and exercise. The event is timed for the week when many people abandon resolutions by providing encouragement and support.

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Jan

Herb of the Year, Ginger: 2023

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Since 1991 the International Herb Association has chosen an herb or spice to represent that year. 2023 is the year of Ginger. Ginger is used in several ways but is best known as a spice and a natural antacid for stomach upset. Perhaps our favorite use is with fish. Ginger negates fishy flavor and smell. How? Slice it thin and tuck it into the fish meat before baking, grilling, or poaching. Make sure to include some in the marinade. We learned this trick when taking a Chinese cooking class in Saudi Arabia, and it works wonders!

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Jan

Herb—Year of Sage, Intl.: 2023

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Each year one flower and one vegetable are chosen for focus by the Fleuroselect Home Garden Association. 2023 is the International Year of Sage (Salvia officinalis). Sage is a perennial flowering herb with white, purple, pink, or blue. Its leaves are a dusty green, with Salvia officinalis being the variety used in cooking. The healing powers of sage go back thousands of years, and legend suggests that those with sage in their gardens prosper in business.

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Jan

Heroes Day, Ntl. (GW)(1973): January 20

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National Heroes Day in Guinea-Bissau marks the anniversary of January 20, 1973, when Amilcar Cabral, a leader of the independence movement, was assassinated. Heroes Day is a national holiday.

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Jan

Hobby Month, Ntl.: January

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National Hobby Month encourages people to put time into or develop a passion. Hobbies do much more than help us pass the time and engage our minds. Hobbies Help you have a more positive outlook. Enhance your creativity. Sharpen your focus. Boost confidence. Increase motivation. Each year in January, as you start the new year, add pursuing a hobby or interest to your resolutions. Not sure what to choose? Kithub includes thousands of ideas to match your interests with passions and find a hobby you’ll love.

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Jan

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, Saturday/Sunday (US-FL): January 14-29

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Gainesville, Florida, hosts the three-weekend-long Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. The event is open Saturday and Sunday and features jousting, falconry, entertainment, crafts, rides, and everything you can imagine to celebrate the era before the Renaissance. Family-friendly, educational and fun, this event first occurred in 1986.

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Jan

Holocaust Victims' Day, World (1945): January 27

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Holocaust Victims' Day remembers the horrific events of the 1930s through the mid-1940s in Europe, including summary killings, imprisonment, discrimination, and other state-supported acts of terror that began as early as 1933. Holocaust Victims' Day marks the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by Russian soldiers on January 27, 1945, and is observed in memory of the over 12 million victims who perished. The Holocaust is one of the most significant manmade tragedies in recent history in scale and brutality. Victims were targeted based on their faith, physical or mental challenges, political views, color, and sexual orientation. Many were imprisoned and used as slave labor, and others were murdered, died of disease, or starved in purpose-built concentration camps. People targeted by the Nazi regime for imprisonment and extermination included those of the Jewish faith, Catholic faith, Romani (Gypsies), the mentally ill, disabled, communists, persons of color, and homosexuals. Political prisoners were generally communists or thought leaders and intellectuals, irrespective of faith, including teachers, artists, writers, journalists, clergy, lawyers, politicians, and business owners. For example, when Nazi Germany conquered Poland six weeks after invading in 1939, only three percent of the intellectual class remained alive. Anyone who could lead or form resistance was murdered. The largest demographic targeted and murdered were those of the Jewish faith; in totality, 25% of the world's Jewish population perished under Nazism. Though a smaller population, 25% of the world's Romani population was exterminated during the Holocaust as well. Using a network of concentration camps connected by trains to imprison and enslave people by demographic was not a Nazi invention. The tactic was first deployed during the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1917, resulting in over one million deaths. Officers of the German army were allies of the Ottomans in WWI and participated in the slaughter. Sixteen years later, they perfected the system during WWII. Holocaust Victims' Day honors all the victims, regardless of faith, race, health, or sexual orientation, and urges society to learn from the circumstances leading up to and causing this international tragedy.

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Jan

Home Office Safety & Security Week: January 9-13

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Home Office Safety & Security Week occurs each year and focuses on people who work out of their homes. Many precautions taken in corporations or workplaces to safeguard employees (and the company's bottom line from lawsuits) remain absent in home office environments. Home Office Safety & Security Week teaches the dangers in home offices and how to avoid them.

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Jan

Hot & Spicy Food Day, Intl.: January 16

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International Hot and Spicy Food Day honor all the unique hot and spicy foods, whether they are part of Mexican cuisine, Indian cuisine, and many others.

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Jan

Hot Chocolate Day, Ntl: January 31*

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What better way to warm up a cold winter day than with hot chocolate? National Hot Chocolate Day is embraced by many restaurants, confectioners, and fast food restaurants throughout the nation. At many, you'll find free hot chocolate by purchasing something.

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Jan

Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day: January 14

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Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day warms up mid-January every year. The name pastrami is Balkan, from the word 'pastramă,' the origins of which can be traced back from Greek to Turkish. This type of wind-dried beef has been a traditional food in Anatolia for centuries, probably predating the Ottomans. American pastrami comes from the navel end of the brisket. It's cured and coated with a mix of spices such as garlic, coriander, black pepper, paprika, cloves, allspice, and mustard seed. After that, it's smoked and steamed. The hot pastrami sandwich can be traced back to 1887.

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Jan

Hot Tea Day, Ntl.: January 12

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National Hot Tea Month and National Hot Tea Day (Day created in 2016) are promoted by the Tea Council of the USA and encourage tea lovers across the nation to share their favorite tea stories for a chance to win money in a sweepstake. Tea originated in China, and today the US is the world's third-largest tea importer.

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Jan

Hot Tea Month, Ntl.: January

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National Hot Tea Month and National Hot Tea Day (created in 2016) are promoted by the Tea Council of the USA, encouraging tea-lovers across the nation to share their favorite tea stories for a chance to win in sweepstakes. Tea originated in China, and today the US is the world's third-largest tea importer.

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Jan

Houseplant Appreciation Day: January 10

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Houseplant Appreciation Day—because cats and dogs are not our only household friends that deserve a holiday! Today is a day for growing, caring for, and loving houseplants, and it serves as a reminder to show them a little love, especially during the winter months.

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Jan

Hugging Day, Ntl.: January 21

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Kevin Zaborney created National Hugging Day in 1986. Zaborney chose this day because he felt people are generally tired and in low spirits between Christmas/New Year and Valentine's Day, surmising a hug would cheer us up.

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