Towel Day

When Celebrated

Always on May 25th

Gifty-ness

About the Holiday

Towel Day pays tribute to the author Douglas Adams who wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This day marks two weeks after his untimely death at the age of 49 (of a heart attack) on May 11, 2001. Fans wanted to create Towel Day in honor of him as in Chapter 3 of his book he talks about the importance of towels; "A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." So today, carry a towel with you wherever you go.

Gift Guidelines

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• A towel

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