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It’s February, the shortest month of the year as well as the dumbest when you factor in leap years.

Now, is a month worth devoting a single column over? Probably not. I mean it’s filled with such things as a live Kendrick Lamar performance in New Orleans that supposedly also included a football game of some sort, but really there isn’t much after that that really defines this particular month — or any month really.

Other than the fact that in looking up something for something else entirely, I happened upon a page that ran down a list of special recognitions taking place during the month — aside from Valentine’s Day and the aforementioned ball of the foot that was played this past weekend.

So I thought I would take a few and bless you with some witty observation about each of these themes that marks the month of February.

And if you don’t think it’s witty, please keep it to yourself. I have my self-esteem to think about.

Besides, I’ve written about dumber things, of that I think we can all agree.

National

Weddings Month

I’ll be honest, right out of the gate I don’t understand this one. Somebody somewhere looked at a calendar, spied February and thought “let’s celebrate weddings.”

Makes perfect sense. Let’s take one of the coldest months of the year and make it about weddings.

I suppose there is something to be said about destination weddings and it includes Valentine’s Day, which according to this site, nearly 16,000 marriages take place every year on Valentine’s Day.

I suppose Vegas makes a killing.

National Hot Breakfast Month

Now this is one I can get behind. Nothing beats a ham and cheese omelet, side of sausage links and hashbrowns. Heck, at this point Perkins can pretty much just put my picture right next to it in their  menus.

Breakfast is the best meal of the day as far as I’m concerned, which is why I can really fall in love with this celebration, even though I didn’t know about it until a few minutes before I started writing this.

Of course this inevitably comes with coffee, the national drink of “because I said so.”

An Affair to Remember Month

Who would have guessed it — February is dedicated to the movie “An Affair to Remember,” which opened in 1957 and is considered one of the most memorable romantic tear-jerkers in history, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

This actually makes me very happy which might come as a bit of a surprise for some of you that read this column. But the truth is, it gives me hope that maybe some day December will someday be marked as “Lord of the Rings” month honoring “Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Tours,” and “Return of the King,” which came out in successive years from 2001-2003.

Heck, I would even dress up for that.

See, I can love too.

National Grapefruit Month

I’m not celebrating the worst of the citrus fruits.

Creative Romance Month

I think we’re leaning into this whole romance thing a bit much at this point. Just because Valentine’s Day is this month doesn’t mean the entire month has to be about love and romance.

Unless we’re talking about how much I love “Lord of the Rings.” It’s a movie so it qualifies as creative, it’s visually stunning, and the soundtrack is beyond comparison.

Still, that’s not at the heart of Creative Romance Month, where the theme is to try something new and different to boost relationships.

I’m not entirely sure what this means and because this is a PG column, we should probably choose to not speculate.

So, want to talk about “Lord of the Rings” some more?

National

Fasting Month

We probably should have thought this through a little bit more. In a month that includes Hot Breakfast Month, Great American Pies Month, National Canned Food Month, Valentine’s Day and National Snack Food Month, I’m not sure February is the right target to try and get people thinking about intermittent fasting.

If there is pie, I’m not fasting.