Holidays—no matter what time of the year—provide an excellent opportunity to reach out to not only current subscribers, but to help generate even more leads by promoting the need to “share” the value you offer to your subscriber’s family and friends.
Here’s a big old list of email marketing seasonal hotspots, some fun, some serious, all good…
| Occasion | Date |
| New Years Day | 1-Jan |
| Fruitcake Toss Day | 3-Jan |
| Trivia Day | 4-Jan |
| Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day | 17-Jan |
| Thesaurus Day | 17-Jan |
| Penguin Awareness Day | 20-Jan |
| Blue Monday | 21-Jan |
| Squirrel Appreciation Day | 21-Jan |
| Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day | 22-Jan |
| Compliment Day | 24-Jan |
| Robert Burns Night | 25-Jan |
| Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day | 2-Feb |
| Super Bowl Saturday | 3-Feb |
| Umbrella Day | 10-Feb |
| Make a Friend Day | 11-Feb |
| Extraterrestrial Culture Day | 12-Feb |
| Valentines Day | 14-Feb |
| Singles Day | 15-Feb |
| Random Acts of Kindness Day | 17-Feb |
| World Thinking Day | 22-Feb |
| Banana Bread Day | 23-Feb |
| St David’s Day | 1-Mar |
| World Book Day | 7-Mar |
| International Women’s Day | 8-Mar |
| Day Of Awesomeness | 10-Mar |
| National No Smoking Day | 13-Mar |
| St Patrick’s Day | 17-Mar |
| Companies That Care Day | 18-Mar |
| Memory Day | 21-Mar |
| World Water Day | 22-Mar |
| Nougat Day | 26-Mar |
| April Fool’s Day | 1-Apr |
| National Tea Day | 21-Apr |
| Earth Day | 22-Apr |
| St Georges Day | 23-Apr |
| May Day | 1-May |
| Say Something Nice Day | 1-Jun |
| World Milk Day | 1-Jun |
| Sausage Roll Day | 5-Jun |
| World Environment Day | 5-Jun |
| National Doughnut Day | 7-Jun |
| World Gin Day | 8-Jun |
| Queen’s Birthday | 13-Jun |
| Eat Your Vegetables Day | 17-Jun |
| Independence Day | 4-Jul |
| World Chocolate Day | 7-Jul |
| World Fairtrade Day | 11-Jul |
| International Friendship Day | 30-Jul |
| Back to School | 1-Sep |
| Talk Like A Pirate Day | 19-Sep |
| National Poetry Day | 3-Oct |
| Wolrd Food Day | 16-Oct |
| Halloween | 31-Oct |
| World Vegan Day | 1-Nov |
| Bonfire Night | 5-Nov |
| Armistice day | 11-Nov |
| International Men’s Day | 19-Nov |
| Black Friday | 22-Nov |
| Cyber Monday | 25-Nov |
| St Andrew’s Day | 30-Nov |
| Christmas | 25-Dec |
| Boxing Day | 26-Dec |
| Boxing Day | 26-Dec |
| New Year | 31-Dec |
| National Vegetarian Week | 13-19 May |
| Advent | All December |
| Dry January | All January |
| January Sales | All January |
| Pride Month | All June |
| Nutrition Month | All March |
| Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday | Varies |
| Chinese New Year | Varies |
| Mother’s Day | Varies |
| Easter Bank Holiday | Varies |
| Father’s Day | Varies |
| The Oscars | Varies |
| London Marathon | Varies |
| Ramadan | Varies |
| FA Cup Final | Varies |
| RHS Chelsea Flower Show | Varies |
| Glastonbury | Varies |
| Wimbledon | Varies |
| Diwali | Varies |
| Thanksgiving | Varies |
| The Grand National | Varies |
| Summer Solstice | Varies |
| Winter Solstice | Varies |
| Cheltenham Festival | Varies |
| Lent | Varies |
