Sweetest Day celebrated on the third Saturday in October in the United States...
What is Sweetest Day? When did it begin, whose idea was it, and why is
it celebrated? Other than a boyfriend or husband getting in trouble for
forgetting about the holiday, there is not a big celebration of it in
some areas of the United States. Actually, Sweetest Day is a regional
holiday celebrated in the Midwestern area of the United States and to
find someone in a different area of the country who knows what it means
to celebrate Sweetest Day is would be a rarity. Unless, of course, they
are a native Midwesterner.
Sweetest Day is generally the third
Saturday in October and is celebrated in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
To celebrate Sweetest Day is a popular romantic holiday in those areas
of the country, sort of like an autumn-based version of Valentine's Day.
The holiday originiated in 1922 in Cleveland when a man who worked at a
candy company decided he wanted to distribute some small gifts to
children and shut-in people to brighten their day. This man was Herbert
Birch Kingston, also a local philanthropist in his day. On the first
Sweetest Day movie stars and some others got in on the candy-giving
gesture and helped make it a regional success. The idea to celebrate
Sweetest Day is gradually spreading in popularity decades later and is
currently observed in sporadic locations across the United States in
addition to the Midwest. It has went from a holiday of giving people who
are not expecting a gift of candy and have been forgotten to a romantic
celebration of roses, elegant dining, and greeting cards.
Friends
can also be given gifts too, it does not have to be just your
significant other that receives a gift on Sweetest Day. Traditional
romantic gifts such as chocolate and roses are easily found and are
suitable for the occasion. Celebrate Sweetest day with your own twist,
however: consider something other than the traditional red rose, or
instead of a box of chocolates maybe a small chocolate cake. Jewelry is
always a winner for any romantic holiday when selecting a gift for a
woman. Maybe your guy has had his eye on some new tools or car related
items and now is the perfect time to get him a surprise. A romantic card
found at the store is a great way to say that you care about someone,
but so are cute little notes on the mirror and in other locations around
the house, or slipped into a lunch or a jacket pocket. There are a wide
variety of cards for lots of people and the selection seems to grow
each year. Favorite perfume or cologne might be a kind gesture for
anyone, so long as you know what their favorite fragrance is. In an age
where everybody has everything, a gift card to someplace might be an
easy selection that is a big hit with your honey. Then, there is always a
romantic dinner at a restaurant. Or maybe it will be more magical
cooking dinner for two and staying in for the night. Perhaps you will
celebrate Sweetest Day without a significant other? A kind gesture
towards a stranger might brighten their day and not take much effort,
which was the idea surrounding the first Sweetest day celebration. Leave
a kind note for the mean old lady who lives down the street, or put a
box of candy at her door maybe. The idea is not to be overly
extravagant, just to brighten someone's day and bring a smile to their
face. That can be done with a simple "Hello" everyday, if tried.
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Age: 40 years old
Birth Sign: Libra
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Trivia Fact:
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Also, today is National Brandied Fruit Day!
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The word brandy originally comes from the Dutch word brandewijn, which means burnt wine. Dutch traders introduced brandy to Northern Europe and well as France and Spain during the 16th century, and the name stuck.
After reading of the article first of all I'd like to say thanks to the author for her work. It's done very good. But speaking about the holiday I want to say that this day of the year is looks like for me as the 14th of February, so called "modernized the 14th of February". Usually Americans has a tendency not to create their own things, but to copy them form different country of the whole words. Nevertheless I am happy for people that they have a day of the year to give gifts and to take them.
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Today is also birthday of Robert Pinsky.
ReplyDeleteRobert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his own poetry. His published work also includes critically acclaimed translations, including The Inferno of Dante Alighieri and The Separate Notebooks by Czesław Miłosz. He teaches at Boston University and is the poetry editor at Slate.