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Why are many of us still drawn to paper calendars in this digital age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen Hernandez, senior product manager at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, has theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, we can feel \u201cmore intimately tied to our plans, and get increased joy out of organizing our to-dos, when we can track them physically on analog calendars,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, \u201cthese calendars can express our style and bring beauty to otherwise monotonous days. Not only does the act of writing the event down stick in our minds more permanently, we\u2019re also able to use the calendar for creative self-expression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a variety of beautiful and creative calendars on tap at bookstores and online sites to mark the months or weeks of 2022 with photos, artwork, quotes, cartoons, puzzles and more. Added bonus: You can frame your favorite images after each month is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sampling of what\u2019s new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A great-looking desk calendar called \u201cCity,\u201d at MoMA <\/a>from Japanese studio Good Morning,<\/a> features 3-D cityscapes of Tokyo, New York and Paris. Interlock the shapes on the provided display stand to showcase the 12 monthly calendars and the skylines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fans of artist Charley Harper\u2019s<\/a> modern depictions of birds and animals will want either the studio\u2019s 12-by-13-inch or 6\u00bd-by-14-inch wall calendars, with some of Harper\u2019s most striking works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lovers of all things vintage will be pleased with one of Paper Source\u2019s<\/a> Vintage Cats, Dogs, Birds, Travel, Maps, or Cocktails desk calendars, with frameable illustrations from the Cavallini & Co. paper goods archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POP CULTURE PLANNING<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Calendars.com<\/a> and other retailers, find a \u201cDescendants\u201d calendar featuring characters in the TV series about the teen kids of Disney villains. There are also Batman, Wonder Woman and Frozen II calendars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBridgerton\u201d fans will want a wall calendar (Universe\/Rizzoli) with all the steamy, dishy and dreamy characters in the Netflix series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also calendars for \u201cOutlander\u201d (Sellers Publishing), and for \u201cMandalorian\u201d fans, calendars with portraits of all the series actors in costume, or one that features just The Child, in photos and illustrated forms (Trends International Calendars).<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a calendar devoted to The New York Times\u2019 Mini Crossword puzzle at Workman Publishing<\/a>, which also has calendars themed around social media favorites like cute squirrels, pets, and unusual animal friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OUTDOORSY ORGANIZING<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another example of Good Morning\u2019s lovely papercraft: their kit of pop-out bird calendars, featuring six birds, including a pelican, crested kingfisher and cardinal. 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Each month\u2019s page is bordered in a seasonal floral print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SHOW-TIME SCHEDULES<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Playbill Store<\/a> celebrates the return of Broadway with a 2022 calendar featuring some of the theater district\u2019s favorite musicals, like \u201cChicago,\u201d \u201cCome From Away\u201d and \u201cDear Evan Hansen.\u201d \u201cHamilton\u201d lovers might want the wall or day-to-day desk calendar with photos, lyrics and historical facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TIMETABLES FOR THINKERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201c30 Second Mysteries\u201d calendar (Simon & Schuster) would be a fun one for everybody who binges whodunits. A quick recap of each case, the mystery and clues from the worlds of history, science, celebrity and everyday life can be digested in half a minute \u2013 then the answer is on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For history fans, the History Channel\u2019s<\/a> 2022 This Day in History will be a trove of interesting facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bibliophiles and writers might like \u201cThe Curious Reader\u201d calendar from the folks at online magazine Mental Floss,<\/a> with anecdotes and fun facts about writers and literary works. What really happened on the day \u201cThe War of the Worlds\u201d was broadcast nationwide? What did Hemingway say when he won the Nobel Prize for literature? The daily calendar is a trivia trove for readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn some new (old) words with \u201cForgotten English\u201d (Sellers Publishing), a daily tear-off calendar of archaic and arcane words like \u201cwomblety-cropt,\u201d which in the 1850s described a tipsy individual, along with historic reference and word usage. There are anecdotes on, among other things, the history of the dinner fork, medieval holiday hijinks and how Paris was redesigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DATEBOOKS FOR DOERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n