nPosted on December 15, 2018
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There are so so so so so many food “holidays” – and National Cupcake Day is one more. I’m not at all sure why we need Cupcake Day in December; with so many holidays afoot, surely we are stuffed with sweets and desserts already? When I think of December holidays, I think of chocolate gelt and hot cocoa with peppermint sticks and gingersnaps and the dreaded fruitcake (but I make a yummy fruitcake-sort-of-loaf that people love!) and cookies, cookies, cookies. So…we’re adding cupcakes to the caloric intake?
There are so so so so so many food “holidays” – and National Cupcake Day is one more. I’m not at all sure why we need Cupcake Day in December; with so many holidays afoot, surely we are stuffed with sweets and desserts already? When I think of December holidays, I think of chocolate gelt and hot cocoa with peppermint sticks and gingersnaps and the dreaded fruitcake (but I make a yummy fruitcake-sort-of-loaf that people love!) and cookies, cookies, cookies. So…we’re adding cupcakes to the caloric intake?n
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nOf course, cupcakes are mighty fun to decorate and can certainly be decorated with a Hanukkah or Christmas or Kawanza or Solstice flair!
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nI expected International Tea Day to be the same sort of food holiday, but actually it is a more serious day in tea-producing nations, with workers and growers working for global attention, and to have fair trade practices and good working conditions.
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nMany of the nations that produce most of the world’s tea are located in Asia: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India.
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nOthers are located in Africa: Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania.
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nLook how beautiful tea plantations can be!
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Kingdom Day in Bonaire
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nMidwinter Horn Blowing in the Netherlands
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nCat Herders Day
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nEngineer Gustave Eiffel’s birthday
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nBill of Rights Day
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Anniversary of first soft landing on another planet
Anniversary of first soft landing on another planetn
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Wear Your Pearls Day
Wear Your Pearls Dayn
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nPlan ahead:
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Check out my Pinterest pages on:
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nHistorical anniversaries in December
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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