HUG AN AUSSIE DAY !!!!!!!

Aussies in America be warned! You are in danger of becoming the target of "random acts of kindness".

April 26 is "Hug An Australian Day" in the U.S. When I first heard this, I too thought someone was pulling my leg. (There's another concept for a crazy day.) A bit of a web surf turns up the possibility that this obscure tradition is one of sixty "wacky", "copyrighted holidays" created by Wellcat Holidays. "Hug An Australian Day" is earmarked for Americans to show how much they appreciate the care and support they have enjoyed from their Australian friends over the years. I guess there are a few American servicemen who could testify to that one!

That they chose April 26 suggests an inspired combination of Australia Day and ANZAC Day - two of the big national holidays in Australia. Australia Day is celebrated on January 26, and ANZAC Day is celebrated on April 25 (when it is still April 24 in the U.S.). The ANZACS were the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey early on the morning of 25 April 1915 during the First World War (1914-1918). The day has evolved to become one of remembrance of the men and women who have fought and died in all wars.

Shortly after the veterans march in Oz, Aussies in the U.S. will find themselves being accosted by those warm 'n wacky Americans.



oh my gosh what the hell am i doing in australia on such a day i should be in the usa lol lol lol

i didnt think that the drunk men needed a day to do it but what the hell i guess i am for it