Date When Celebrated: Take it in the Ear Day is always observed on December 8
Listen, give me your ear, as today is Take it in the Ear Day, a December 8 holiday. This is a bizarre day of unknown origin. Our research found absolutely no documentation about the origin of this day. And, we have not uncovered any information around the meaning or purpose of this day. Yet, references to this day abound on bizarre and fun internet calendars.
Perhaps December 8 was without a holiday or day of celebration. Perhaps, someone created it because they were having a rough day. Or, maybe, just maybe, the word ear was misspelled. (We won’t go there)
Well, in any event, however and whatever you want to take to your ear…. we hope you thoroughly enjoy Take it in the Ear Day!!!
How to Celebrate Take it in the Ear Day
Certainly, this is a day for listening.
Take it in one ear and out the other.
Take in a concert.
Put on your favorite music. Listen with your headset.
Go to an opera or musical.
Attend your local symphony orchestra.
Today's Quote
“We have two ears and one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – – Epictetus
History and Origin of Take it in the Ear Day
Our research found no evidence of who created this day, when it started, or why. But, we are all ears. Our “ears” are open to any information you can provide.
If you have any information about this holiday, please email us.
This Day in History
Here are some things that happened on this day:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes his “Day in Infamy” speech to the U.S. Congress on the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. (1941)
Mark David Chapman assassinates John Lennon, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and poet for the Beatles, in New York City. (1980)
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin was born on this day in 1765.
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