National Hugging Day

Apparently today is National Hugging Day!!! I only found this out yesterday when I wrote the post I Need a Hug on my personal blog. Of course, it isn't today yet for some people in the world. But we'll call it today anyway. Got that?

It would seem that there is a day for EVERYTHING!!!!!

According to the National Hugging Day website, there is also a "National Whiners Day". Who'd have thought? Although, on further reading, I discovered that National Whiners Day is actually a day to be thankful for what you DO have rather than focusing on what you don't have.

On the website you can actually vote for the most huggable person and the most famous whiner!!! LOL. How interesting.

You can print off your own hug colouring sheets.

You can send a hug card.

Now in our family, we have different kinds of kisses. An eskimo kiss, a butterfly kiss, a lizard kiss and so on.

But I've never come across different hugs before. How about this list for a variety of different hugs:

Gorilla Hug - Squeeze the huggee tightly while saying "ooh ooh" like an ape. A great one for grown ups and kids!

Circle Hug - Hugger wraps his or her arms all the way around huggee so huggee can bury his or her face in hugger's chest. A good one for comfort or encouragement!

All Purpose Hug - The any-time-is-good friendly embrace that says, "good to see you" or "I like you!" Usually brief but meaningful.

Cyber Hug - Include the person's name in an e-mail, surrounded by multiple parenthesis, i.e., (((((Donna)))))

Party Hug - A minimum of three huggers grab each other's waists and form a circle of happy hugging people.

The Man Hug - Slap the huggee's upper back while hugging; upper body may touch, but nothing else!

This article describes how a Hug A Day Can Keep the Blues Away.

And I love this quote that I found:

"For human beings, you need two hugs a day to survive, four hugs for maintenance, six hugs to grow." Virginia Satir, a Wisconsin Marriage and Family Therapist.

I know this isn't technically about blogging but I figured a website was close enough and it was worth mentioning. ;-)

I hope you all found someone to hug on this "National Hugging Day". If not here's a {{{HUG}}} from me. :)