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Tomorrow's food holiday will be' National Candy Cane Day'.
[The Hankster says] The canes were at first, just white. The striped ones were first associated with Christmas around 1872. In the early 1920's machines were invented to do the work. Oh, the biggest candy cane? That would be 51 feet long.
Tomorrow is 'Kwanzaa '.
'The celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture, and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving.'
Many countries (UK, Canada, Commonwealth nations and others) in the world will celebrate Boxing Day' tomorrow.
'Boxing Day is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts, known as a "Christmas box", from their bosses or employers.'
A good thought for tomorrow. It will be 'National Thank-you Note Day'.
[The Hankster says] A thank you is always correct. Wait a few days before you hint that the nose hair remover you got is not quite what you expected.
This one is counter intuitive. Tomorrow is 'National Whiner’s Day'.
[The Hankster says] Rev. Kevin Zaborney created the holiday in 1986 to emphasize that we should be thankful for what we have and not for what we do not have. So loose the bah hum bug attitude and get ready for the new year.
Earl Nightingale once said 'Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.'
[The Hankster says] With good advice like that, let us not waste any time in getting to the work of this post. I bet they didn't put things off, back on December 26 in the past. Let's take a look.
In 1862, Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
In 1865, The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason of Franklin, MA.
In 1878, John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia. It is the first department store in the U.S. to do so.
In 1933 - The FM radio is patented. It's major advantage over Am radio was to eliminate static.
In 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
In 1944, During World War II, George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
[The Hankster says] You may remember the post of a few days ago, about the famous 'Nuts' reply to the German commander who asked for the surrender of Bastogne. On this day 'Old Blood and Guts' arrived with his tanks. The weather clears later and American planes are able to break 'The Battle of the Bulge'.
In 1982, Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
The only other time the cover was not a human was in 1988, when it was 'Endangered Earth'.
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Food:
Buckwheat Month
Tomato and Winter Squash Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
National Egg Nog Month
National Fruit Cake Month
Root Vegetables Month
Other:
World Aids Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
National Tie Month
Universal Human Rights Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
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December is:
December origin (from Wikipedia): '
December gets its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.
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December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent
to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. D
ecember is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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