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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Family and Friends
APPLE GIFTING DAY has been around a long time. The tradition of giving apples or fruit on New Years goes back to the ancient Greek and Roman empires. Giving someone an apple on New Years means wishing them health all year long and they can be any variety including candied or caramel.
Education and Information
WORLD DAY OF PEACE brings us a message of how desperately we need peace. Since 1967, every New Years day, the Pope delivers his message of peace for the world. While you and I can’t stop wars from happening, we can do our part for our little corner of this wonderful world.
For Fun
The ROSE BOWL and TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE go hand in hand. The first flowery parade floated down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena in 1890. There were about 2,000 people who came out to watch it and today 800,000 line the streets to see the floats and hear the bands. The Rose Bowl was actually started to help finance the parade and it’s inaugural game was in 1902 when Michigan beat Stanford 49-0 (Stanford quit in the 3rd quarter).
POLAR BEAR PLUNGE DAY invites us to jump feet first into the New Year with an icy dip. Many people take the plunge to raise money for charity, help boost their immune systems, reduce stress, or just to say they did it. I will watch them do it from the comfort of my temperature-controlled home.
Belly up to the Bar
NATIONAL BLOODY MARY DAY mixes vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne to bring you a drink that also goes by the names of Bucket of Blood and Red Snapper. Actually, there isn’t too much you can’t add to this drink, so make it how you like it and enjoy responsibly.
NATIONAL HANGOVER DAY tells us to drink water and rehydrate after a night of overindulgence. Taking some aspirin will help with the headache and eventually, over a period of time, you will feel better.
Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations
Saint Basil’s Day
National Buffet Day
Personal Trainer Day
Science Fiction Day
Cream Puff Day
World Introvert Day
On this day…
1818 – Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is published
1863 – President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation – freeing all slaves in the United States
1892 – Ellis Island starts receiving immigrants. About 17 million people passed through this immigration station until it closed in 1954.
1939 – Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard start their tech company in a garage.
1990 – Dave Dinkins becomes New York City’s first black mayor
1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement goes into effect taking away most trade barriers between the U.S., Mexico and Canada
Happy Birthday to…
Paul Revere (1735-1818)
This patriot took a famous midnight ride
Betsy Ross (1752-1836)
She helped to design our country’s flag
Benjamin Leroy Holt (1849-1920)
He invented the first tractor that used tracks instead of wheels
George Washington Carver (1864-1943)
The “father of the peanut industry” created over 300 products using peanuts
J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
He was the first director of the FBI
Dana Andrews (1909-1972)
This leading man comes from Covington County, Mississippi and had 12 brothers and sisters. You can see him in The Westerner (1940), Laura (1944) and Boomerang (1947)
J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)
This author penned The Catcher in the Rye
Angourie Rice (2001- )
You can see this Australian actress in The Nice Guys (2016), The Beguiled (2017) and Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)
Dear Heavenly Father, we pray for a New Year of peace, prosperity and compassion. May You provide and protect friends and family and continue to rain down Your many blessings from above. I ask this in Your precious name Jesus, Amen.
Enjoy the day and make it your own
Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com
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Happy Birthday to #PaulRevere #BetsyRoss #BenjaminHolt #GeorgeWashingtonCarver #JEdgarHoover #DanaAndrews #JDSalinger #AngourieRice
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