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Pajama Day is a holiday celebrated by wearing a pajama to school or another place of education or employment instead of more formal clothing. In mid-October, memes about the holiday and various unusual scenarios that could occur during it gained popularity on Reddit.

Origin

While memes about the Pajama Day existed prior,^[1][2][3] the holiday has not been actively referenced in memes until October 2019. On October 8th, 2019, Redditor Johnsish63 posted a CallMeCarson Crying Next to Joe Swanson meme which implied that children who sleep naked would participate in the pajama day by coming to school naked.^[4] The meme gained over 10,300 upvotes in two weeks (shown below).

Spread

On October 8th, 2019, Redditor spleen_removal posted a Joker Gets Hit by a Car meme labeled with the same joke,^[5] with the post receiving over 23,500 upvotes in two weeks (shown below).

The format saw no significant further spread until on October 17th, 2019, Redditor the-saac-er posted a meme that received over 36,300 upvotes in four days (shown below, left).^[6] In the following day, posts imagining unusual Pajama Day scenarios gained popularity on Reddit.

Various Examples

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