Wednesday is National Hug Day.
Chances are, you've never heard of National Hug Day, which is not even an official holiday, unless you're a member or friend of the Italic Institute of America, an organization that promotes the many contributions of Italians to the United States.
But the Italic Institute loves to celebrate National Hug Day -- they made it up -- and not just just because Italians are a hugging kind of people, though they are.
Wednesday is National Hug Day because March 31 is the birthday of the late, great Italian-American Leo Buscaglia, aka Dr. Love.
The man who all but invented the group hug.