HATMAS 2015

The holidays are a difficult time of year for people that struggle with anxiety and depression, myself included.
To combat this, 4 years ago, I created a holiday called Hatmas, which features 31 days of hats.

Hatmas is a lighthearted and not-at-all-serious celebration of being weird and trying to make myself and others smile.

I wasn’t going to do Hatmas this year, for various reasons. However, I hadn’t realized that a lot of my friends, family, and even complete strangers look forward to my stupid antics every December. People reached out to me, told me it is something that makes them happy, that this silly made-up holiday means something to them.

So, I have decided to do Hatmas for a 4th year. Yikes. Also, I figured that I should do something worthwhile with it, so I have decided to raise money for Pandas International, an organization that funds conservation efforts to save and protect giant pandas…because I love pandas. Duh. The goal is to raise $1000 by the end of the month, which will adopt a panda for 2016.

So, without further ado, the RULES OF HATMAS:

• Hatmas begins on Dec 1st and ends Dec 31st
• Anyone can participate.
• You can start at any point in the month, but you have to finish if you start
• You must take a photo of yourself  wearing a hat everyday, the more ridiculous, the better
• You may get creative with the definition of “hat”, but don’t be lame
• Use both of these official Hatmas hashtags when you post on social media: #hatmas and #hatmas2015
• Also include the day (Hatmas day 3, 4, etc.)
• I suggest using Instagram for your photos, as I will be adding the stream to this site so everyone can see
• Hatmas isn’t a competition
• Hatmas is stupid, please keep it stupid
• Please use this link for donations, spread this link around if you want to help, or donate.
  (Make donations IN HONOR OF HATMAS2015) DONATE HERE
• Contact me if you are participating so I can be on the lookout for your work!

Much love!

– Joey Hall, Hatmas Founder