Donyou know Eeyore? This donkey of A.A. Milne’s beloved Winnie-the-Poohnseries was always blue—by which I mean sad! He really needed anparty to cheer him up, don’t you think?n
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nWell,nstudents at the University of Texas in Austin apparently thought so,nand they created a big birthday bash for the chronically depressednEeyore. That was in 1963—so today is the 50thnAnnual Eeyore Birthday Party in Austin!
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nThenannual event started as a trashcan full of lemonade, honeynsandwiches, a few other picnic foods and drinks, a live,nflower-draped donkey, and a may pole. Nowadays there are non-profitn(charity) food and drink vendors, live music, and drum circles withnall sorts of drums, from hand drums to kettle drums. There is anchildren’s areas with arts and crafts. There are family games such asnsack races, costume contests, and an egg toss. Keeping with thentradition of the origin of the festival, there is always a may polenand a live donkey. n
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nThousandsnof people come every year!
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nTherenis even an Eeyore’s birthday spin-off held each year in Seattle,nWashington.
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nHavenyour own Eeyore’s Birthday Party.
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n Readn a story about Eeyore. Heren is one on the web.
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nAlsonon this date:
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Anniversary of the discovery of hahnium
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FreedomnDay in South Africa
FreedomnDay in South African
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nCivilnrights activist Coretta Scott King’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof Beethoven’s composition of FurnElise
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