<Tr> <Th> Next time </Th> <Td> 21 January 2018 (2018 - 01 - 21) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Frequency </Th> <Td> annual </Td> </Tr> <P> National Hugging Day is an annual event dedicated to hugging . It was created by Kevin Zaborney and occurs annually on January 21 . The day was first celebrated on January 21, 1986 in Clio, Michigan, USA . The holiday is also observed in many other countries . The idea of National Hug Day is to encourage everyone to hug family and friends more often . Zaborney cautions to ask first if one is unsure of the response . </P> <P> Kevin Zaborney is credited with coming up with the idea of National Hugging Day in 1986 . It was included in Chase's Calendar of Events; Zaborney's friend at the time was the granddaughter of the proprietors of the publication . He chose January 21 as it fell between the Christmas and New Year's Holidays and Valentine's Day and birthdays when he found people are generally in low spirits . Zaborney considered that "American society is embarrassed to show feelings in public" and hoped that a National Hugging Day would change that, although he thought that his idea would fail . </P>

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