Naked Days

Did you know there are a lot of naked days? Meaning, days celebrating nakedness and naked activities.

How do I know this? Am I about to reveal I’m a nudist?

Um, no.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Some people feel freer without clothes. I happen to enjoy them. I may not be a fashion hound, but I find fabrics and textures and mixing and matching more appealing than running around in my birthday suit.

Another thing I enjoy is weird days. In fact, I track some bizarre and macabre ones on the Weird Holidays & Observances page on Haunt Jaunts. I use a few sites to update it every year. The one I like the most, however, is Brownielocks. It seems to have the most listings, and the way it’s laid out is easy to scroll through. (It’s basically just lists. Some of the other similar sites are more of a grid layout. Not sure why, but the list view is easier for me to digest.)

Anyway, as I was updating HJ’s weird days this year, I noticed several naked days. Not that I added those to the ones I keep at Haunt Jaunts. But I did think they were worth noting, so here we go:

• Early January: No Pants Subway Ride Day – This one isn’t truly a “Naked Day” one, because you’re basically clothed. You just don’t wear pants. According to Improv Everywhere (who’s responsible for the crazy day) “The idea behind No Pants is simple: Random passengers board a subway car at separate stops in the middle of winter without pants. The participants behave as if they do not know each other, and they all wear winter coats, hats, scarves, and gloves. The only unusual thing is their lack of pants.” In 2019 it took place on January 13. The date changes every year. Improve Everywhere announces when the day will be in early December.
• February 1 – Work Naked Day – You’d probably want to get permission from your boss –and warn your co-workers– if you went into work this day. Or it might be a good day to telecommute.
• First Saturday of May: World Naked Gardening Day – WNGD “has become an annual tradition that celebrates weeding, planting flowers and trimming hedges in the buff.” Watch out for poison ivy is all I’ve got to say…
• June 8: World Bike Naked Day – 70 cities in 20 countries get in on this. Is your city one of them? (I think of all the activities, this one would be the most uncomfortable, but what do I know? I’ve never tried it.)
• July 14: International Nude Day – What started as a rugby player’s dare for people to strip and streak has evolved into a day to embrace naturism. Might want to slather a high SPF on those parts that don’t see much sun though if you’re venturing out anywhere in the U.S. It is summer after all…
• The Sunday closest to August 26 (a.k.a. Women’s Equality Day) : Go Topless Day – This also isn’t exactly a true “naked” day. Rather, it’s a day to let the girls swing free — and by “girls” I do mean the tatas. (It does seem silly we can’t just bare our chests like the boys do. That’s one thing some European countries get right that we’re just too provincial about over here.)