National Lingerie Day

Did you know National Lingerie Day is April 24th?  Don't worry if you didn't, most people are not aware of this "holiday." Which made us wonder?  Is National Lingerie Day a real holiday or just a made-up event?

To start, there actually is a difference between National Days and Awareness Days.  Awareness Days are usually health related and seek to raise awareness of various illnesses and diseases.  National Days are usually staged by commercial organizations to promote their products and services.  But who decides what day is a national day?  Does it require an act of Congress or can any entity just deem it "National Blow-Job and a Steak Day" (March 14 - really!).  

Apparently anyone can apply to the United Nations or their government to have their day formalized.  Unless the day is racist, sexist or otherwise hateful, it's generally accepted.  There's even a website where you can apply to have your day formalized by answering four simple questions and paying $300.00.  

The origin of National Lingerie Day is apparently the brainchild of the Intimate Apparel Council.  This industry group is made up of U.S. designers, brands and retailers.  Apparently in April 1989 they began promoting National Lingerie Week to "reaffirm the message that intimate apparel is fashion."  They wanted a week-long celebration of in-store promotions, unique prices and fit clinics.  Frederick's of Hollywood then picked up the torch and began promoting it as a special day in their stores and on their website.  

What't interesting to us at Fantasy Gifts is why more lingerie stores are not promoting this event.  The Intimate Apparel Council does not even mention it on their website anymore.  The top three lingerie retailers - Victoria's Secret, Wal-mart and J.C. Penney - are not even mentioning this day.  And even Frederick's of Hollywood, who started the craze, appears to not be celebrating it this year.  

According to Business Insider, the intimate apparel industry is a $29 billion global market.  The United States represents 30% of the global market and 20% of total apparel sales.  This is an National Day tailor-made to the intimate apparel industry and everyone is just ignoring it!  

Well, not us!  Come to any Fantasy Gifts store in South Jersey on April 24th and celebrate National Lingerie Day by picking out a free $5.95 panty with any lingerie purchase.  And let's get National Lingerie Day celebrated right up there with National Hairball Awareness Day - that's April 26th!  

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March 14 is Steak and a BJ Day

In a country with hundreds of useless holidays (Talk Like a Pirate Day, anyone?), it's nice to finally see a holiday recognize two things that are so important to the men in this country - beef and blow jobs.

That the two are so utterly intertwined cannot be doubted.  It's like peanut butter and jelly, ham and cheese, or Angelina and Brad.  Steak and blow jobs are to men what wine and chocolate are to women - two things we simply cannot live without!

Americans consume, on average, 100 lbs of red meat a year and we spend over $142 billion annually on meat products.  According to a Finnish study, men eat more red meat than women.  So we know men have a vested interest in steaks.  And obviously, they have the only interest in blow jobs!  Hence a holiday only a man could create!

No one is quite sure of the origins of this holiday, but most sources agree you can blame a radio show host out of  Boston named Tom Birdsey.  You can tell a man created it because the holiday is simple, self-explanatory, requires no special gift or card, and the man gets everything out of it.  From it's small, humble, beginnings around 2002, it has now become a thing, garnering several websites, its own Twitter handle, a Facebook account, t-shirt and sticker promotions, and over 1 million hits on Google.

Never one to miss a holiday, especially one with sex as its basis, Fantasy Gifts NJ has gotten into the action by offering a free BJ Blast on March 14 with every $25.00 purchase!  So come on ladies - you got Valentine's Day - let's give this one to the  guys!  Celebrate Steak and a BJ Day on March 14th - he'll thank you for it!

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