Leap Year Day

Since:
🥂 1582

Leap years are for those who want an extra day to procrastinate on their new year’s resolutions. 🐸

Hopping Into The Extra Day!

So, you know how time can be a bit of a drama queen, demanding attention every day?
Hold onto your calendar, because every four years the calendar does a moonwalk, sliding in an extra day like a smooth criminal. That extra day in February that throws calendars into chaos, confuses birthday math, and makes some folks feel like they’re aging in dog years (well, not literally, Fido).
It’s like finding a bonus fry at the bottom of your fast-food bag. But instead of salty spuds, it’s a whole 24 hours!

What Is a Leap Year Anyway?

Imagine if you will. Earth, our merry little blue marble, takes roughly 365.25 days to circle the sun.
That pesky “point two five” throws a wrench in our neat and tidy 365-day calendar. Where do you place a quarter of a day in a year?
So, to keep things in sync with the seasons , we save up those quarters of days and then add an extra day every four years to catch up again. This is how we keep our calendars tidy with only whole days!

Our current calendar, the Gregorian calendar has had leap years as we know them now since 1582. But the extra time we have left over every time we circle around the sun has been a head-scratcher ever since the first time we tried to make calendars.

Leap into Action!

Now, how do we celebrate this once-every-four-years astronomical happy day?

Make your day be extra special, just like you (every 4 years). Skydiving, salsa dancing, or finally asking your crush out.
Make a leap-year resolution. Learn the ukulele, write a novel, or become a ninja. Because why not?
Gather your pals and stage a leapfrog championship. Bonus points if you dress as a leaping animal.
Groove to tunes like “Jump” by Van Halen, “Jump (For My Love)” by The Pointer Sisters and “Jump Jive an’ Wail” by Louis Prima.
Bake a cake with 29 layers. Top it with edible glitter just for fun!
Do something extra special for someone born on February 29th. They only get to celebrate “officially” every four years, so make it count!
Organize a time-travel movie marathon. Popcorn is mandatory; confusion about paradoxes is optional.
Attempt a “jump” photo and post it online with the hashtags #LeapYear #LeapYearDay #February29 #29February

Jump On It!

It’s not every day you get an extra 24 hours. Every four years, we get this extra day to ponder life’s mysteries, like, “Why socks disappear?” So, use it wisely, or, you know, binge-watch another series.
So, go forth, leap boldly, and may your days be as quirky as a platypus wearing disco pants!
Happy Leap Year Day, everybuddy!