National Hugging Day - wikipedia National Hugging Day National Hugging Day Self - portrait with Her Daughter by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1789 Also called National Hug Day Observed by United States Type Secular Celebrations Offer hugs Date 21 January Next time 21 January 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 21 ) Frequency annual National Hugging Day is an annual event dedicated to hugging. It was created by Kevin Zaborney and occurs annually on January 21. The day was first celebrated on January 21, 1986 in Clio, Michigan, USA. The holiday is also observed in many other countries. The idea of National Hug Day is to encourage everyone to hug family and friends more often. Zaborney cautions to ask first if one is unsure of the response. History Kevin Zaborney is credited with coming up with the idea of National Hugging Day in 1986. It was included in Chase 's Calendar of Events ; Zaborney 's friend at the time was the granddaughter of the proprietors of the publication. He chose January 21 as it fell between the Christmas and New Year 's Holidays and Valentine 's Day and birthdays when he found people are generally in low spirits. Zaborney considered that `` American society is embarrassed to show feelings in public '' and hoped that a National Hugging Day would change that, although he thought that his idea would fail. External links Official website References ^ Jump up to : `` Kevin Zaborney creates National Hug Day ''. People.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` National Hugging Day -- One Pastor 's Ingenious Idea ''. christianpost.com. Retrieved 27 April 2011. Jump up ^ Zaborney, Kevin. `` Official National Hug Day Website ''. nationalhuggingday.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011. Jump up ^ Woods, Tyler. `` Today Is National Hug Day Which Means Good Health ''. emaxhealth.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011. Jump up ^ `` What is National Hug Day ? ''. ibtimes.com. Retrieved 27 April 2011. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Hugging_Day&oldid=782791513 '' Categories : Social movements 1986 introductions January observances Unofficial observances Hidden categories : Infobox holiday with missing field Infobox holiday fixed day ( 2 ) Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Esperanto Français 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Nederlands Русский Shqip Svenska Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 29 May 2017, at 06 : 08. About Wikipedia

Question: what day is national take a picture hugging day
Answer: January 21