4 Made-Up Holidays We're Celebrating Now that Groundhog Day is Over

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Well, the groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter, but those of us who live in the South know that’s not how it works. We know how the weather works around here. In fact, we can predict what a whole year will look like. It goes like this:

  • False Winter 

  • First Winter 

  • First Spring 

  • Second Winter 

  • Second Spring 

  • Summer 

  • Summer Part II 

  • Summer Part III

  • Heat Wave 

  • Summer Part IV

  • What Passes for Fall 

  • Summer’s Revenge 

  • Why Is It Still This Hot Outside 

  • Seriously, What Sins Have We Committed and How Might We Amend Them 

  • Weekend at Fall’s House 

  • Back to False Winter 

In any case, rodents don’t make reliable weather prediction systems. Phil is correct less than 40% of the time. Which got us thinking: Why stop at just one prediction-related holiday? If we don’t have to be correct, what’s stopping us from choosing our own predictions? There was exactly no connection between groundhogs and weather until we humans decided that there was. We have a few suggestions to get started. 

1. Florida Oranges Container Day 

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Let’s start by predicting next year’s Super Bowl. How? With oranges, of course. Or orange shipping containers. If you regularly find shippers for oranges, you know that those oranges can be stored in different ways. 

We’ll put Florida Oranges Container Day on February 1st next year. That’ll give us all plenty of time before the date of the Super Bowl. 

First, you need to know which trucks are shipping oranges. Maybe the orange shippers can put a special flag on their trucks that day. The winner can be determined by the first orange shipping truck that crosses the Georgia state line. If the fruit in that truck is stored in orange crates, then the Super Bowl winner is whoever wins the coin toss. If it’s stored in boxes, the winner is Taylor Swift. 



2. Type of Truck Day 

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Our next holiday will predict spring fashion trends. It’ll be on March 19th or 20th, which is usually when the Spring Equinox happens. Trends will be determined by which type of truck enters West Virginia first. Why West Virginia? Because one of our Pearce Worldwide offices is there, and we feel like a holiday might just remind people that West Virginia is a real state.

Here’s what the spring fashion trends will be, depending on the truck:

  • Dry van: Tye-dye everything 

  • Flat bed: Reverse Y2K 

  • Reefer truck: Whimsical overalls 

  • Tanker: Extreme pants 

  • Heavy haul: Neon florals 

  • Power only: All clothing is inspired by fantasy novels. 

3. Hat or No Hat Day 

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Carriers, this one is for you. It’s called Hat or No Hat Day, and we’ll use it to predict Oscar winners. It’ll occur whenever you deliver your first load in January. Once you reach the delivery location, pay attention to the first person who greets you. Is this person wearing a hat? If so, a comedy is going to win Best Picture. If not, a drama will win. And if they’re wearing a beanie, then John Travolta will mispronounce somebody’s name. 


4. Pearce Worldwide Day 

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Finally, we have Pearce Worldwide Day. Pearce Worldwide Day can happen almost any day of the year because it’s different for everybody. It happens when you first decide to get in touch with us as a shipper, carrier, or agent. Will you receive excellent service or outstanding service? Either way, we predict a great six weeks (and beyond) when you partner with Pearce.