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The food category is enormous and the second most populated non-nation category in the calendar. It deals with nutrition, food (anything eaten), and non-alcoholic beverages. This category includes eating preferences like vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free.
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National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day is an unofficial holiday in the United States that marries one of the world’s favorite desserts with the symbol of Halloween. Pumpkin cheesecake often stands in for pumpkin...
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National Nut Day, observed in the United Kingdom and the United States, promotes the benefits and needs of Free Trade in producing, packaging, and selling nuts and nut products worldwide. The company, Lib...
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Bologna sausage is created from smoked and cured beef and pork blended with spices and originated in Bologna, Italy. The sausage dates back to the 1400s. National Bologna Day is an unofficial holiday wi...
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World Pasta Day marks the anniversary of the World Pasta Congress in Rome on October 25, 1995. The objective of World Pasta Day is to draw the attention of the media and consumers to pasta. Pasta is a g...
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National Mincemeat Day celebrates mincemeat, a mixture of finely chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits, spices, and sometimes suet (hard fat from beef, lamb, or venison). Alcohol and spices preserve the...
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National Pumpkin Day is set aside annually as an unofficial event leading up to Halloween. The largest pumpkin on record is 2,749 pounds (1,246.9 kilograms)—that's more than most small cars weigh! As a...
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UK Sausage Week is an annual initiative of Meat Management magazine. Its purpose is to boost trade throughout the United Kingdom in meat products via butchers, manufacturers, retailers, and associations....
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National Chocolate Day is one of several chocolate days on the calendar, including World Chocolate Day on July 7 and International Chocolate Day marks the birthday of Milton S. Hershey (September 13, 1857...
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There will be few people alive who cannot, at one point in their lives, affiliate with Saint Jude (Judas Thaddaeus), the patron saint of lost causes. We've all been on our knees at some point; it is part...
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National Candy Corn Day honors the traditional Halloween confection shaped like a kernel of corn, the candy corn. George Renninger invented the candy corn in 1880 at the Wunderle Candy Company in Philade...
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As part of the fun leading up to Halloween, October 30 has been declared Haunted Refrigerator Night! Created by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat, it is one of the spookiest nights of the year!
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Books for Treats Day falls on Halloween and aims to replace candy with books as Halloween treats. Created by Rebecca Morgan, it started in San Jose, California's Willow Glen neighborhood, in 2001. She wou...
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No party, especially a Halloween party, is complete without apples, and caramel turns this harvest fruit into candy on a stick. Caramel Apples are the invention of Kraft food company employee Dan Walker...
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Carve-a-Pumpkin Day falls on Halloween. This treasured tradition of creating jack-o-lanterns provides entertainment for the kids and quality time for parents and teaches valuable safety and art lessons.
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Halloween is one of the most famous and celebrated holidays in the United States. Each year, on the eve of All Saint's Day, October 31, American kids and grown-ups dress up as mythical monsters or histor...
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Better Breakfast Month coincides with back-to-school. Better Breakfast Month seeks to remind parents and children to eat breakfast if they want to do well at school or work. In a 2000 study of Boston...
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September is the National Blueberry Popsicle Month. Invented by Frank Epperson in 1905, popsicles have become one of the key treats during the summer. Blueberry popsicles are created by freezing blueb...
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National Chicken Month focuses on the versatility, economic, and health benefits of including chicken in your diet. Sponsored by the National Chicken Council (NCC).
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY AWARENESS MONTH: ADDRESSING A GROWING HEALTH CRISIS Every September, the United States observes Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, an initiative to bring attention to the childhood obes...
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY AWARENESS MONTH: ADDRESSING A GROWING HEALTH CRISIS Every September, the United States observes Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, an initiative to bring attention to the childhood obes...