If you live in the northern hemisphere, you know about June 21. Summer solstice. More hours of sunlight in a single day. Of course, it’s a scientifically proven fact that the longer the day, the more time there is for day drinking. 

 We don’t know who started Give a Bum a Drink Day. We don’t know when it began. We don’t know if it’s officially recognized by Hallmark, Congress, or the Vatican. But we know a good tradition when we see one. 

 It's Gin & Tonic Day, and that means we’re raising a glass to the most no-nonsense, damn-near-perfect highball ever concocted. Just two ingredients and it still manages to taste like sophistication with a side of mischief. 

 Saint Patrick's Day is a cultural and religious celebration to honor of  the foremost patron saint of Ireland, we all get crippling drunk on Guinness, Jameson, and Irish Car Bombs. You, know, out of our deep respect for the saint. 

National Cocktail Day is a holiday that arrives with all the official gravitas of a handwritten note taped to a bar mirror. It's history is unclear. However, if you ask why it exists. Now we’re getting somewhere.

Can you walk into a bar and trade your AA Chip in for a cocktail? We give you the unfiltered facts.