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Towel Day
Towel Day, held every May 25 since 2001, is a fan tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which fans carry towels, the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have, first proposed by D Clyde Williamson two weeks after Adams's death.
Valentine
Valentine: a third-century Christian martyr commemorated February 14, the love token exchanged on his feast day, and Valentine's Day itself, the holiday Chaucer first linked to romantic love and that now drives billions in annual spending.
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, or St. Valentine's Day, is a 14 February holiday of romantic love named for third-century martyrs named Valentine. Its love association began with Chaucer around 1382; Lupercalia links are disputed; it is now a major commercial holiday.
White Day (ホワイトデー)
White Day (ホワイトデー) is a Japanese holiday on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, when men give return gifts, traditionally white confections, to women; it also spread to South Korea and Taiwan.