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Observances today are about neighborhood yodeling, swapping seeds with fellow gardeners, escaping from the everyday/routine grind, "creative" answering machine messages, non-violence/peace, role-playing computer games, croissants, and rattlesnakes: Inane Answering Message Day National Croissant Day National Escape Day National Seed Swap Day Rattlesnake Roundup Day School Day of Non-violence and Peace Winter-een-mas: Role-playing Yodel for Your Neighbor Day The School Day of Non-violence and Peace is observed on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi . Originally a day to round up and kill rattlesnakes, Rattlesnake Roundup Day is now about educating people about these snakes occupying an important niche in their ecosystems. Photo by Duncan Sanchez on Unsplash