Get your party on 3/15 – 3/21

What says spring better than sugar coated marshmallows, in shapes of bunnies and chicks that get stuck in your teeth and add empty calories to your daily caloric intake.  Well, not much I can think of. In fact, they say spring so well that March 15 is Peeps Day. It is my humble opinion that Peeps Day can be stretched into Peeps Season, meaning that it is appropriate (and probably should be mandatory) to eat one peep a day between now and Easter.

Peppy Pea celebrate this day every day between now and Easter.

The great thing about Peeps is the variety of colors now available, so there are no worries about whether your Peep matches your outfit or the dinner table.  Beyond the ever-timely yellow, Peeps now come in just about every pastel color out there.

For true color-coordination, shoppers can now pick a Peep color and purchase matching grass (some is even edible – sick…) matching chocolate (ie chocolate wrapped in the same color as the Peeps) matching baskets and matching toys.

Of course, Peeps aren’t just for eating anymore. Plenty of people with too much time on their hands actually set up photo shoots, using the squishy little bunnies and chicks as if they were really basking on a beach (not feasible, by the way. The Peep would start to melt and it would be impossible to get off all that sand.) or at a strip club doing a, um, Peep show… (not my idea, so don’t shoot the messenger).

Clearly, Peeps are poised to take over the world. Not only do they hit the shelves at Easter, Peeps of various colors and shapes are now sold for virtually every holiday. When the takeover happens, don’t say you weren’t warned.

As we all know, March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day. It gets plenty of attention as it is, so we’ll move along to March 18 – Awkward Moments Day. If you ask me, I’m willing to bet this day was purposefully planned to give people an out for the previous day.

Say you’d gone out with your friends to get your green on. You noticed your husband wasn’t wearing green, so you sneak up behind him to give him a little pinch. But it’s not your husband – it’s your kid’s math teacher, who just happens to have on the same shirt as your husband.

That would be an awkward moment.

March 20 is Proposal Day. I propose we all eat a Peep. Next up, on the 21st, is National Common Courtesy Day, which could best be celebrated by sharing your Peeps with someone you love.

After all, it’s just common courtesy to do so.