ALWAYS feel free to suggest a one day event, or suggest to change a weekend weekend in case I've overlooked something! This calendar is not etched in stone and can be changed, edited, altered, etc!
Weekend Events, unless otherwise noted are always Friday to Sunday, though for clarity's sake I always denote Friday thru Sunday. One Day Events I put in ALL CAPS so they stand out a little more. For Contest Starts, I have that underlined. Sound complicated? I hope not, as life is complicated enough.
At the beginning of every week I'll post a reminder of the week's activities and the day before the start I'll post a reminder. At ANY TIME you may find the master calendar (hmmm...should it be the mistress calendar?) on our vintage ads' page in 2 different spots. 1) It's in the sticky post up top and 2) it's on the left hand side in the featured post widget on PCs, I'm unsure if it's available as a side menu on mobile devices.
Non-themed vintage ads are ALWAYS welcomed at any time!!!
Holidays are not really mentioned, I don't think they need to be defined and ads for any particular upcoming holiday are always welcome!
Monthly themes. A subject that has a lot of ads or could just be fun, to spread out throughout the month.
2020
January
29 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Balloons AND Nuts
31-2 Friday-Sunday Weekend Event: Superbowl Ads AND Ads for things you enjoy partaking (eating/drinking/watching) over and over for Groundhog Day
February
Monthly theme is ads that contain candy of any kind, including chocolate.
5 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Hump Day Hunks AND Cruise Ships
6 Thursday Contest Starts: Hats
7-9 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Hip Hop AND Ads for any Oscar nominated movie that falls withing our 20 year rule
11 Thursday ONE DAY EVENTS: Plaid AND TV Dinners
14-16 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Hearts AND Cupid
17 Monday ONE DAY EVENTS: Presidents for Presidents' Day AND Wordy Ads
21-23 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Fish AND Cake
26 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: World Fair Ads AND Paint
29-2 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Ads that depict leaping (for leap year) AND Cold & Flu Remedies AND Pajamas
March
Monthly theme is boxed food.
2 Tuesday Contest Starts: Skylines in Ads
3 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Toes AND Mail-in Offers
6-8 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Clouds AND Soap
10 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Who would YOU put in the Rock Hall of Fame? AND Denture related products
13-15 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Adjusted for Inflation AND Mountains
17 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Irish AND Leprechauns AND Green
20-22 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Birds AND Trees
25 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Wacky named products AND TV Shows
27-29 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Cookies AND Creepy kids
April
Monthly theme is cameras.
1 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Ads in disguise/Annual Amnesty This is one of the two days you can post fake ads, the other is October 31.
3-5 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Rain AND Nail polish AND Baseball (Go Cubs!)
6 Monday Contest Starts Theme is Trains
8 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Weird Named Products AND Bikes
10-12 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Easter related ads AND Farm animals
16 Thursday ONE DAY EVENT: Ads from the year of your birth! It's everyone's birthday today!! Let's see what was going on the year you were born!
17-19 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Ads for Climate Change Contributors (ie: like the 2 cans of blue Aqua Net I used every day for years in the 80s for starters) AND Funny Ads
21 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Purple
24-26 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Superheroes AND Ice Cream
28 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Ads that contain Balls. (Bonus points if you get why I'm having this event on this day)
May
Monthly theme is flowers.
1-3 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Boats AND Celebrities
4 Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Vietnam War Era Ads
6 Wednesday Contest Starts: the theme is Black & White ads
8-10 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Mothers in ads AND Socks/Hosiery
13 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS Charities and Laxatives
15-17 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Addresses in Ads AND Gum
20 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Air Fresheners
22-24 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Smoking AND Planes
25 Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Anything BBQ related for Memorial Day
29-31 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Pop AND TVs
June
Monthly theme is Phones
2 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Car Rentals AND Cutaway Ads
3 Wednesday Contest Starts: Theme is Art Deco Ads
5-7 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Recipes in Ads AND Condiments AND Double Entendres
10 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Twins in ads AND Toothpaste/Mouthwash
12-14 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Pizza AND Video Games
16 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Creepy/Tragic in Retrospect
19-21 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Dads in Ads AND Suit/Tie Ads
24 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Giveaway in Ads AND Profiles
26-28 Friday-Sunday Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Lemonade AND Disco AND Salt
July
Monthly theme is Beer
1 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Canada
3-5 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Fireworks in ads AND Sea Life AND Milk
6 Monday Contest Starts: Theme is the Sun
7 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Tasteful Side Boob AND Credit Cards
10-12 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Swimming Pools AND Swimwear AND Speech Bubbles
15 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Aliens AND Ads Predicting the Future
17-19 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Cars post-1960 AND Junk food
21 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Pornstaches AND Items you think are overrated
24-26 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Floating Body Parts AND Breakfast Cereals
27 Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Korean War Era Ads for Korean War Veterans Day
29 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Gingers AND Baby Strollers/Prams
31-2 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: 1980s AND Minimalism
August
Monthly theme is Appliances
3 Monday Contest Starts: Theme is Dogs
5 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Neon Lights AND Lighting of any kind
7-9 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Lifesavers AND Oregon Trail (Anything related to the game, so any kind of supplies needed, any kind of ad for the states traveled through, any kind of medicine for the ailments you'll probably die of, etc)
11 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Acne AND Internet
14-16 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Lipstick AND Line art AND Leather
19 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Ice Cubes AND Deodorant
21-23 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Hair care AND Bedroom Sets/Related ads
25 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: I Own It! AND Pest Control
28-30 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Romance AND Stereos AND Beautiful Ads
September
Monthly theme is Gas/Service Stations
1 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Cheese AND Product Mascots
3 Thursday Contest Starts: Theme is Underwear
4-6 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Eyes AND Juice
7 Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Depictions of laborers in action
11-13 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Sweaters AND Fairies AND Coffee
16 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: FMK AND Towels
18-20 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Good looking food AND Devils
22 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Buses AND Fads
25-27 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Hideous looking food AND Angels
30 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Vintage Ads After Dark AND Cartoon Ads
October
Monthly Theme is Meat
2-4 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: I was there AND Living Rooms
6 Tuesday Contest Starts: Theme is the Moon
7 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Dafuq?!
9-11 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Jewelry AND Gloves AND Fear mongering
12 Monday ONE DAY EVENT: Native Americans in Ads (Positive Depictions) and Theft Prevention
16-18 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Shortening AND Local Ads AND Avant-garde Ads
20 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Wrist Action/Waving in ads
23-25 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Motels/Hotels AND Dancing AND Soup
27 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: PSAs AND Dinnerware/Silverware
30-1 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Nightmare Inducing Ads AND Clowns AND Big hair
31 Saturday ONE DAY EVENT: Ads in Disguise/Annual Amnesty
November
Monthly Theme is Vegetables
3 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Russian Ads AND Toilet Paper
4 Wednesday Contest Starts Theme is Booze (no beer)
6-8 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Nekkid Kid AND Crying AND Crackers
11 Wednesday ONE DAY EVENT: Any War based ads, WWI, WWII, Korean, Vietnam, etc
13-15 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Razors/Shaving items AND Cars Pre-1960 AND Canned Goods
17 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Mafia
20-22 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Wild animals AND Yellow AND Ads that evoke nostalgia in you
26 Thursday ONE DAY EVENT: Thanksgiving based ads
27-29 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Trench coats AND Water colored ads
December
Monthly theme is Snow
1 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Fireplaces in ads AND Whimsical
2 Wednesday Contest Starts Theme is Cats
4-6 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Luxury Goods AND Maidenform AND Flooring (Carpet/Rugs/Lino)
8 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Feminine Hygiene AND Tropical Scenes
11-13 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Women in the Workplace AND Quackery AND Houses
15 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENTS: Fonts AND Sugar
18-20 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Toys AND Dolls AND Pens/Stationary
22 Tuesday ONE DAY EVENT: Cleaning products
25-27 Disney AND Cologne/Perfume AND 1970s
31 Thursday ONE DAY EVENT: New Year Eve's based ads (ie: Party based)
2021
January
1-3 Friday-Sunday Weekend Events: Welcome ads from 2001 AND Boots
