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Gingerbread House Day
While the origins of this fun “holiday” are unknown, Dec. 12 is Gingerbread House Day! Just in time for the holidays, today is the perfect opportunity to get your creativity on and build yourself a fabulous gingerbread house! Elaborate or simple, big or small, nothing gets the little ones into the holiday spirit like building and designing their very own homemade home! Usually comprised of delicious gingerbread and decorated with colorful candies and icing, gingerbread houses
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Poinsettia Day: The colorful plant associated with the holiday season
Dec. 12 is not only Gingerbread House Day and National Ding-a-ling-Day, it also celebrates a beautiful plant often associated with the Christmas holiday season. It's Poinsettia Day, an annual holiday that not only celebrates a colorful plant but also commemorates the death of American botanist, physician and the first United States Minister to Mexico. In 1828, Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett noticed a beautiful shrub along the road in the Mexican countryside. He took some cuttings
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'Hoppy' National Lager Day
Have you heard the latest “buzz?” If you need a little something to get you into the holiday “spirit,” go grab your glass. A very refreshing "holiday" is here and Americans are more than ready to celebrate! Dec. 10 is National Lager Day, an annual “holiday” that celebrates the crisp, smooth and refreshing type of beer known as Lager. Derived from the German word “lager” which means “to store," Lager is the most consumed type of beer in the world and is the favorite type of be
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Christmas Card Day
With Christmas right around the corner, now is the time to get those holiday greeting cards written, stamped and mailed. Dec. 9 celebrates those wonderful sentiments and sayings all wrapped up in a nice little card – it’s Christmas Card Day in the U.S.A! This annual “holiday” honors innovator Sir Henry Cole, who hired illustrator John Callcott Horsley to create a special holiday card for his friends and loved ones back in 1843. Horsley went on to create the world’s first Chri
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National Christmas Tree Day: Celebrate the Iconic Symbol of Christmas
With Christmas right around the corner, it’s time to celebrate one of the most iconic symbols of the holiday season. It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, folks! Dec. 8 is National Christmas Tree Day in the U.S.A, an annual event created by the Queen of Holidays, Jace Shoemaker-Galloway. Picking out the perfect tree, stuffing it in the trunk or tying it to the roof of the car, dragging it inside the house and decorating it with tinsel, ornaments and lights, ha
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National Brownie Day
If you're in the mood for a sweet treat to eat, it's your lucky day! Today is National Brownie Day. While the origins of this annual food holiday are unknown, folks around the country don't need an excuse to celebrate this decadent and delicious “holiday” on Dec. 8. Brownies are squares of chocolaty goodness available in different flavors and varieties. Served nice and warm or nice and cool, some brownies are downright fudgy while others are more cake-like. Some include nuts
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National Cotton Candy Day
It's National Cotton Candy Day in the U.S.A! Cotton Candy is a favorite melt-in-your mouth sugary treat served up at county fairs, fests, amusement parks and carnivals during the dog days of summer. While the origins are unknown, National Cotton Candy Day is celebrated twice a year, today and December 7th. Four men, Thomas Patton, Josef Delarose Lascaux, John C. Wharton and William Morrison, are usually credited as inventing cotton candy, originally called “Fairy Floss.” Morr
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Pearl Harbor Day: Remembering the brave on December 7th
Today marks a pivotal moment in history. It’s a day many Americans and people around the world will never forget. In fact, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt described today as a “date which will live in infamy.” Dec. 7 is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day also known as Pearl Harbor Day. On Dec. 7, 1941, just before 8:00 a.m. on a calm Sunday morning, the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, without warning or provocation. More than 2,
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St. Nicholas Day: Celebrate the spirit of giving
While many children look forward to Santa’s visit on Christmas Eve, children across Europe also look forward to Dec. 6 - it's Saint Nicholas Day or the Feast of Saint Nicholas. Each year on Dec. 5, children place their shoes outside their bedroom doors or in front of the fireplace hoping St. Nick will stop by. Many sing traditional songs and leave a carrot or some hay for St. Nick’s horse. Children who have been good all year will receive a special treat in their shoes – like
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Bathtub Party Day: Grab your rubber duckie and get your scrub-a-dub-dub on
If you're in the mood for a party, you're in luck! Get out the rubber duckie and get ready to scrub-a-dub-dub, folks! Besides the Day of the Ninja, Dec. 5 is also Bathtub Party Day! With the hectic holidays in full swing, many people are feeling extra stressed out during the hustle-and-bustle of the season! Between the decorations, gift buying and wrapping, parties and preparing all that food, it's no wonder we're a little out of sorts these day! Bathtub Party Day, created by
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National Cookie Day: The tasty treats Americans love to eat
When it comes to delicious food holidays, Dec. 4 takes the cake! One of the sweetest days of the entire year is here. Move over, Cookie Monster. It’s National Cookie Day in the U.S.A., an annual holiday dedicated to those tasty sweet treats we love to eat. While the origins of National Cookie Day are unknown, people have been enjoying cookies for centuries! Today, these delightful “little cakes” come in all sorts of varieties, flavors, shapes and sizes. Whether you prefer yo
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Santa's List Day: Have You Been Naughty or Nice?
OK, boys and girls. Today is the big day! In fact, it's one of the biggest, most important days of the entire year! According to unidentified elf sources, the origins of this particular “holiday” got its start somewhere in the North Pole. Dec. 4 is Santa’s List Day, the day Santa Claus decides which “list” will have your name on it. Have you been naughty this year or nice? It’s time to fess up and pay the piper! And when it comes to list-making, Santa doesn’t make mistakes.
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National Green Bean Casserole Day
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday behind us, Christmas is just a few weeks away. The tree and decorations are up and now is the time to start planning your holiday feast. Whether you are heading over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house or hosting a big bash in your home, good food, tasty beverages and spending quality time with those near-and-dear to our hearts is what the holiday season is all about. Dec. 3 is National Green Bean Casserole Day, an annual fo
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National Mutt Day: 'Howliday' offers new "leash" on life for pooches without pedi
When it comes to holidays, today has gone to the dogs – literally. It’s Mutt’s Day, also known as National Mutt Day and/or National Mixed Breed Dog Day, an annual “howliday” dedicated to those lovable pooches without pedigrees. Created by animal lover Colleen Paige, National Mutt Day is so important, it is celebrated twice a year - on July 31 and on December 2. While some people prefer purebreds, mutts are a combination of various breeds and are available in all sorts of sha
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World AIDS Day
Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day (WAD), also known as World AIDS Awareness Day. WAD was created by the United Nations World Health Organization in 1988 in an effort to raise awareness about the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS. The event not only raises awareness about prevention and treatment of the disease, but also helps reduce the stigma and discrimination against those living with HIV/AIDS. The annual event also commemorates those who have died. WAD was actually the very first global
