National Ding-a-ling Day
On December 12th, National Ding-a-Ling Day, encourages us to reconnect with people we once talked to often.
Ding-a-Lings calls the people they haven't heard from in a while on this day.. It may be an old classmate, co-worker, or a neighbor from years ago. Or perhaps a call will be sent to the child who used to mow the grass during the summer. How about the couple who carpooled for soccer? Is that couple? What was their name? Many people fall out of our lives and would like to hear the ding-a-ling of a call from you. Why don't you join the Ding-a-ling club and call someone this year?
How to celebrate #dingalingday..
Call someone you haven't heard from in a long time and use #DingALingDay to post on social media..
A national ding-a-ling day is the longest in national ding-a-ling day history
With his PO Box Number in Melrose Park, Illinois, Franky Hyle placed a free ad in Chase's Calendar of Events in 1972, announcing that for $1 you will join the National Ding-A-Ling club. On December 12, the club, which has 871 original members, will call friends and relatives who haven't heard from in a while every year. The idea for the club emerged during a discussion among friends about people being friendlier, which led to the term ding-a-ling. They discovered it meant "One who hears bells in his head" after looking up the term.
Hyle founded the National Ding-A-Ling club following this evening's discussion. The tradition grew, and millions of people will call those people dear to them on December 12th. They are the people who love them.
