Today’s Greatitude
Yesterday was “Mad Hatter Day”!
The unofficial holiday was created in 1986 in Boulder Colorado by a group of computer technicians who were inspired by the Hatter and his antics in the epic fantasy novel. The date for the holiday was chosen because of how John Tenniel illustrated the Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. The illustrator was also a political cartoonist and drew the Hatter wearing a hat with a piece of paper that has 10/6 written on it which refers to the cost of a hat – 10 shillings and 6 pence or in our calendar, October 6th.
The Mad Hatter is a personification of many things we don’t fully understand but what stands out is his ability to “think outside of the box” and peculiar creativity resembles that of a child having too much of a good thing at a tea party.
