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Each day is a new opportunity to celebrate with fun and laugh holidays that you can't even imagine.
Christmas Gifts
Lots of beautiful and interesting Christmas gifts From Holidays Gear Shop.
Wish Merry Christmas in your own language.
Most beautiful Christmas feelings.
Gifts from Santa.
Cool snowman t-shirts.
CHOCOLATE MINT DAY
Held always on February 19th, another tasty holiday, Chocolate
Mint Day celebrates any ice cream, sauce, cake that is chocolate mint flavored. This weird flavor is no always enjoyed by everyone. Mint Chocolate is made using mint flavoring, such as peppermint, spearmint, or creme de menthe added to plain chocolate. So if you don't like it just make this day a day of any kind of chocolate. ;)
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
* cook some tasty chocolate mint recipes. I found a few you can choose from:
Chocolate Mint Sauce Chocolate Mint Brownies Chocolate Mint Cheesecake Chocolate Mint Torte Chocolate Mint Candy Mint 'n Chocolate Fudge Chocolate Mint Martini
* send a beautiful e-card to share with others this amazing holiday:
http://www.123greetings.com/events/chocolate_mint_day/
STRANGE HOLIDAYS IN FEBRUARY
February 01 - Serpent Day, Bubble Gum Day, Robinson Crusoe Day
February 02 - Purification Day, Groundhog Day, Self Renewal Day, Wear Red Day
February 03 - Cordova Ice Worm Day
February 04 - Create A Vacuum Day, Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
February 05 - Disaster Day, Chinese New Year
February 06 - Lame Duck Day, Pay a Compliment Day
February 07 - Wave At Your Neighbors Day, Charles Dickens Day
February 08 - Kite Flying Day, Laugh and Get Rich Day
February 09 - Toothache Day
February 10 - Umbrella Day
February 11 - White T-Shirt Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day, Satisfied Staying Single Day, National Inventor's Day
February 12 - National Plum Pudding Day
February 13 - Get A Different Name Day, Dream Your Sweet Day, Black Love Day
February 14 - Ferris Wheel Day, National Heart to Heart Day, St. Valentine's Day
February 15 - National Gum Drop Day
February 16 - Do A Grouch A Favor Day
February 17 - Champion Crab Races Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 18 - National Battery Day, Pluto Discovered
February 19 - Chocolate Mint Day
February 20 - Hoodie Hoo Day, Toothpick Patented, International Pancake Day
February 21 - Card Reading Day, President's Day
February 22 - Be Humble Day, Thinking Day, National Chili Day
February 23 - International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day, Curling Is Cool Day
February 24 - National Tortilla Chip Day, Open That Bottle Night
February 25 - Pistol Patent Day, Quiet Day
February 26 - National Pistachio Day
February 27 - International Polar Bear Day
February 28 - Public Sleeping Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, Floral Design Day
JANUARY 24 - BELLY LAUGH DAY
A wonderful day to celebrate laughter, joy, happiness... Stop for a moment and think that laughing is a precious gift meant to make our days beautiful, to relax and give us a reason for survival. Laughter can save not only our lives, but also our souls. When we feel bad, a smile can make us feel better, when we are tired, a smile relax us, when we lack imagination a smile can make us creative. A laugh can put away any tear and any stress.
It's in our nature...
Laughter Facts on Belly Laugh Day:
JANUARY BIZARRE HOLIDAYS
January 1 - New Year's Day, Z Day
January 2 - Happy Mew Year for Cats Day, National Personal Trainer Day
January 3 - National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day, Festival of Sleep Day, Memento Mori Day
January 4 - Humiliation Day, Trivia Day
January 5 - Bird Day
January 6 - Fruitcake Toss Day, Bean Day
January 7 - Old Rock Day, I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
January 8 - National Joy Germ Day, JRR Tolkien’s Birthday, National English Toffee Day
January 9 - National Static Electricity Day, Play God Day
January 10 - Peculiar People Day
January 12 - Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day
January 13 - Make Your Dream Come True Day, Blame Someone Else Day, Penguin Awareness
Day
January 14 - Dress Up Your Pet Day, Ratification Day
January 15 - Hat Day, Humanitarian Day
January 16 - Get to Know Your Customers Day, Appreciate a Dragon Day, National Nothing Day
January 17 - Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day
January 18 - Winnie the Pooh Day
January 20 - National Buttercrunch Day
January 21 - Day and Squirrel Appreciation Day, National Hugging Day
January 22 - National Answer Your Cat's Question Day, National Blonde Brownie Day,
Celebration of Life Day
January 23 - National Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day, National Speak Up and Succeed Day, Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks
January 24 - Belly Laugh Day, Eskimo Pie Patent Day
January 25 - A Room of One's Own Day
January 26 - Australia Day, Fun at Work Day
January 27 - Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, Lewis Carroll Day
January 28 - National Kazoo Day, Clash Day, Rattle Snake Round-Up Day
January 31 - National Popcorn Day and Child Labor Day Kazoo Cartoon from Blue Room Cartoons Copyright ©1991, 1999 by S. John Ross
HOLIDAYS ALL YEAR LONG
Someone sent me this cartoon over the internet... and I thought it describes so well my blog. It's all about holidays, from Halloween to Christmas and Valentine's Day. 
!!! As I do not know where it comes from, I cannot give attribute to anyone. If you recongnize it, please leave a comment.
DECEMBER WEIRD HOLIDAYS
01 December - World Aids Awareness Day, Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day, Day Without Art Day
02 December - National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day, International Day for the Abolition Of Slavery, Special Education Day
03 December - National Fritters Day, National Roof over Your Head Day, International Day of Disabled People
04 December - Santa's List Day, Chase's Calendar of events Birthday, ExtraordinaryWork Team Recognition Day, National Dice Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day
05 December - Bathtub Party Day, Special Kids Day, National Sacher Torte Day
06 December - St. Nicholas Day, Mitten Tree Day, Miners Day, National Gazpacho Day, Put on your own Shoes Day
07 December - National Cotton Candy Day, International Civil Aviation Day, Letter Writing Day, Pearl Harbor Day
08 December - National Brownie Day, Take it in the Ear Day, International Shareware Day
09 December - National Pastry Day, Day of the Horse
10 December - Festival For The Souls Of Dead Whales, Human Rights Day, International Children's Day, Nobel Prize Day
11 December - National Noodle Ring Day, International Mountain Day
12 December - National Ding-A-Ling Day, Poinsettia Day, Gingerbread House Day
13 December - Ice Cream Day, Violins Day
14 December - National Bouillabaisse Day
15 December - National Lemon Cupcake Day, Bill of Rights Day, Cat Herders Day
16 December - National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, Clean Air Day
17 December - Underdog Day, National Maple Syrup Day
18 December - National Roast Suckling Pig Day, Bake Cookies Day
19 December - Look for an Evergreen Day, Go Carolling Day, Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 December - Games Day
21 December - Look At The Bright Side Day, National Flashlight Day,National French Fried Shrimp Day, Humbug Day, Look on the Bright Side Day, and Hamburger Day
22 December - National Date-Nut Bread Day, Forefather's Day, Abilities Day
23 December - Roots Day
24 December - National Egg Nog Day
25 December - Christmas Day, National Pumpkin Pie Day
26 December - National Candy Cane Day, Boxing Day, National Whiners Day
27 December - Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day, National Fruitcake Day
28 December - Card Playing Day, National Chocolate Day, No Interruptions Day
29 December - Pepper Pot Day
30 December - Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute and National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day
31 December - Unlucky Day, Make Up Your Mind Day, New Year's Eve, World Peace Meditation Day
THANKSGIVING DAY FUN
I hope you have enjoyed all the weird holidays of this month. Now it's time for the most tasty holiday of the year, THANKSGIVING DAY. Only a few days left and still so many to do...
INTERESTING THINGS YOU CAN DO IN NOVEMBER
A very interesting and inspiring November article:
"CELEBRATE AVIATION HISTORY MONTH IN NOVEMBER... HOLD A DRAWING FOR AN AIRPLANE RIDE OVER YOUR SCHOOL.
1 Cliche Contest. In honor of National Cliche Day, November 3, sponsor a rap contest with a prize for the rapper who most cleverly incorporates cliches into a rap.
2 Bird's Eye View. Celebrate Aviation History Month in November by posting aerial shots of your school and community on the bulletin board and holding a drawing for an airplane ride over your school at lunch provided by a local private pilot.
3 When I Grow Up. Sponsor a "What I want to be when I grow up" essay contest as part of National Kid's Goal Setting Week, November 3-7. Invite students to attend a goal-setting workshop after school to learn how to set goals and why it is important to do so.
4 Sponsor 8 Family. Work with your county family services office or school counselors to provide a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings for a family in need. Collect items such as green beans, rolls, sweet potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin, and so forth, along with cash donations that can be used to buy a gift certificate to a local grocery store for the perishable items.
5 Hug 8 Veteran. In honor of National Hug a Veteran Week, November 10-16, invite veterans as guest speakers for a brown-bag lunch series to talk to students about their experiences. Present each veteran with a thank-you card accompanied by Hershey's Hugs candies.
6 Recycled Fashions. Sponsor a recycled fashion show for America Recycles Day, November 15, in which students model thrift shop fashions from past eras. Or, create new fashions from recycled plastic materials for a "From Plastic to Fantastic" fashion show.
7 Education Is the Key. Create signs in the shape of giant keys to hang around school with the slogan "Education unlocks many doors" during American Education Week, November 16-22. Sponsor a Student/Teacher Turnaround Day where students come to school dressed as teachers and teachers come dressed as students. For other ideas to celebrate the week visit www.nea.org/aew/successfulaew.html. above the
8 Give Thanks. Encourage students to write notes of appreciation thanking their favorite teachers for all they do. Collect the notes and deliver them to teachers on the day before Thanksgiving break.
9 Great American Snoke-Out. To encourage students to quit smoking for the Great American Smoke-Out on November 20, do a series of announcements educating students about what's in cigarettes, how much they would save by not smoking, and what the health effects are of smoking. Accompany the announcements with anti-smoking posters from www.cdc.gov/tobacco/posters.htm hung around school. For more ideas, visit www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm or www.cancer.org
10 Celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week, November 23-29, with a variety of board games and puzzles set up in the cafeteria for students to play during lunch. Or, organize a team Trivial Pursuit or Pictionary competition.
Copyright National Association of Secondary School Principals Nov 2003
Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved"
TRICK OR TREAT SMASH
Even the Halloween is over for this year there is never to late to play a Halloween game.
Trick or Treat Smash Smash up the fruit, using all the bonuses you can. |
| Play this free game now!! |
NOVEMBER STRANGE HOLIDAYS
November is Aviation History Month,International Drum Month, Child Safety Protection Month, National Adoption Awareness Month, National Epilepsy Month, National Model Railroad Month, Peanut Butter Lovers Month, Real Jewelry Month, National Sleep Comfort Month, American Diabetes Month, Learn Chinese Month, I Am So Thankful Month
November weird holidays:
November 1 - All Saint's Day, National Men Make Dinner Day, World Vegetation Day, National Authors' Day, National Family Literacy Day
November 2 - All Soul's Day, Look for Circles Day, Deviled Egg Day, Plan Your Epitaph Day
November 3 - Housewife's Day, Sandwich Day, international Tongue Twister Day, Fala Day, Cliche Day
November 4 - King Tut Day, Book Lovers Day - first Saturday of the month, Zero Tasking Day
November 5 - Gunpowder Day, Guy Fawkes Day
November 6 - Marooned without a Compass Day, Saxophone Day, Election Day 
November 7 - Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8 - Dunce Day, National Parents As Teachers Day, Cook Something Bold Day
November 9 - Chaos Never Dies Day, Guiness World Record Day, Kristallnacht, Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Day
November 10 - Forget-Me-Not Day, USMC Day, Area Code Day, Marien Corp Day
November 11 - Veteran's Day, Air Day
November 12 - Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
November 13 - National Indian Pudding Day, National Young Readers Day, World Kindness Day
November 14 - Operating Room Nurse Day, Loosen Up Lighten Up Day, National American
Teddy Bear Day
November 15 - Clean Your Refrigerator Day, America Recycles Day, National Philanthropy Day, I Love To Write Day
November 16 - Button Day, Have a Party with Your Bear Day
November 17 - Homemade Bread Day, Take A Hike Day, World Peace Day, Remembrance Day
November 18 - Occult Day, Micky Mouse Day, Married To A Scorpio Support Day
November 19 - Have a Bad Day Day
November 20 - Absurdity Day, Beautiful Day, Universal Children's Day, Name Your PC Day, National Adoption Day
November 21 - False Confession Day, World Hello Day, Pumpkin Pie Day, World Television Day
November 22 - Thanksgiving Day, Go For a Ride Day
November 23 - National Cashew Day, You're Welcome Day, Sinkie Day, Buy Nothing Day
November 24 - D. B. Cooper Day
November 25 - National Parfait Day, Blase Day, Alascattalo Day
November 26 - Shopping Reminder Day
November 27 - Pins and Needles Day
November 28 - Make Your Own Head Day, Red Planet Day
November 29 - Electronic Greetings Day, International Day Of Solidarity With The Palestinian
People, Square Dance Day
November 30 - Stay At Home Because You Are Well Day, Computer Security Day
OCTOBER 28 - NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY
A wonderful day for all chocolate lovers. So let's share some humor and funny chocolate facts.
* I only eat chocolate for you, so there will be more of me to love.
* Einstein was eating chocolate when he came upon the theory of relativity.
* Q. how many calories are there in a piece of chocolate?
A. who cares?
* There are two food groups: chocolate and fruit. and if it is fruit, it should be dipped in chocolate.
* In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
* Life is like a box of chocolates. . . full of nuts.
* I would give up chocolate, but i'm no quitter.
* Man cannot live by chocolate alone, but it sure is fun trying.
* Chocolate milk: the poor man's champagne.
* Chocolate is America's favorite flavor. A recent survey revealed that 52 percent of U.S. adults said they like chocolate best. The second favorite flavor was a tie (at 12 percent each) between berry flavors and vanilla.
* U.S. chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the almonds produced in the United States and 25 percent of domestic peanuts.
* U.S. chocolate manufacturers use about 3.5 million pounds of whole milk every day to make chocolate.
* Sixty-five percent of American chocolate eaters prefer milk chocolate. More...
* Chocolate has over 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla.
"Why isn't chocolate considered a vegetable, if chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and all beans are a vegetable?"
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 9 - HALLOWEEN FUN
You have sent the invitations, decorated your house and thought about a menu for the Halloween dinner, and there are only a few days left. Now you have enough time to think about some funny games and contests for the magical night of Halloween.
You can organize a pumpkin carving contest. There are a few websites that offer free carving patterns, some scary, some funny, but all very original and perfect for your party. You can find some at SpookMaster Online.
More, you can play some Halloween games. DLTK's Holidays has some interesting ones like Mr. Skeleton Where's Your Bone or Mummy Wrap Game. Also the Halloween Magazine is offering great Halloween activities ideas, for children and also for adults, from masquerades to costumes parades and karaoke .
Halloween - it's all about fun!
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 8 - HALLOWEEN INSTANT COSTUMES
If you don't have to much time for your costume or just want to buy some simple costumes for your pary, you can choose some of these "instant Halloween costumes", nothing more than unique black t-shirts.
More Halloween Costumes...

HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 7 - CHOOSE YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME
Now, it's time to choose your costume. This is the great moment. You must choose something you like, something that should make you get into the spirit of Halloween. You can buy the Halloween costume from a local or online store, or better, you can make it yourself.
There are lots of great online stores with interesting cotumes. You can be everything you want from a vampire or gothic vamp to Harry Potter or ballerina. You can be scary, ugly, cute, powerful anyway you like it on this special Halloween night, on your party. For your kids there is a bigger variety: ghost , indian princess, devil, alien, evil clowns costumes and much more.
Some of these online stores are:
*http://www.costumes4less.com
*http://www.halloweencostumes4u.com
*http://www.halloweenmart.com/
But all these costumes lack originality. Therefore you choose something that represents you and try to make the costume yourself. To make it easier for you, there is http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm with great homemade Halloween costumes ideas.
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 6 - DECORATE YOUR HOME FOR HALLOWEEN
More than that, you can fill some vases with dried flowers, leaves, branches to feel the smell of autumn and the mystery of the dead nature, at the same time. It will also be like an extra effect to frighten your guests.
The outside can be decorated as a cemetery with some bought tombstones or gravestones - they have some for sale online at http://www.brandsonsale.com/halloween-tombstones.html, maybe a few bones here and there, and skeletons that can easily be made from PVC.
You can also use some Halloween sound effects, especially ghostly ones to impress your trick-or-treaters, and a fog machine so the atmosphere can be really scary.
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 5 - DECORATE YOUR HOME FOR HALLOWEEN
Once you have estabished a menu for the Halloween dinner, you must find the best theme for decorating your home, not only the inside, but also the outside. Is must be as scary and strange as it can be...
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 4- HALLOWEEN DINNER
Something sweet...
Autumn Pumpkin Pie
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/4 cups pumpkin puree, canned or fresh
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 unbaked pastry shell (9-inch)
PREPARATION:
Combine pumpkin, sugar, salt, spices, and flour in a medium mixing bowl. Add eggs; mix well. Add evaporated milk, water, and vanilla... More...
Halloween Cocktails
Why the Long Faced Iced Tea (H)
1/2 Vodka
1/2 Gin
1/2 Rum
1oz. Tequila
-Add splash of Triple Sec and lime juice and fill with Pepsi or Coke.
Zombie (H)
1oz. Vodka
1oz. Kahlua
1oz. Cream
1oz. Tequila
-Mix and fill with Pepsi or Coke
Sweet as Skin (C)
1/2 Cranberry Juice
1/2 Peach Schnapps
1/2 Vodka
-Shake and pour into glass More...
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 3 - HALLOWEEN DINNER
Now, after you have sent the invitations, you have to think on a menu for your Halloween dinner. It must be something tasty, something special. You can choose a creative theme: food featuring vampires, pumpkins, or anything else that you think is scary enough.
To plan your menu , you can search on-line for some spooky recipes like “spaghetti and eyeballs” for a Ghoulish Themed Dinner, try to make some punches like the ones from http://allrecipes.com/advice/coll/all/articles/635P1.asp?adp=halloween for a Pumpkin Theme, or prepare really spooky dishes with recipes from http://www.britta.com/HW/HWr.html.
Something spooky...
Yields approximately 9 dozen bite-sized eyeballs
3 oz lemon gelatin (can be sugar-free)
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
1 cup pineapple juice
8 oz cream cheese (can be lowfat/Neufchatel)
1 cup mayonnaise (can be fat-free)
Dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup water in double boiler, add marshmallows and stir to melt. Remove from heat. Add pineapple juice and cream cheese. Beat until well blended. Cool slightly. Fold in mayo. If you have a truffle candy mold or round ice cube trays, pour the mixture in the molds and leave to set in the fridge. Otherwise pour into a deep ceramic dish and chill until thickened or firm enough for scooping into eyeballs. More...
Something spicy...
Decayed Corpse Chips with Entrail Salsa
blue corn tortilla chips
coffin
salsa
This isn't so much a recipe as it is a creative display. Arrange the blue corn chips in a coffin in the shape of a long-dead corpse. The natural blue corn chips have almost a dusky shade of brown in them that hints of decayed skin. Serve with a nice blood-red chunky salsa as accompanying entrails. More...
HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 2 -HALLOWEEN PARTY INVITATIONS
Everything begins with choosing the appropriate party invitations. To set the right mood for your Halloween party you must buy or print the most creative and spooky cards you can find.
These invitations must make everyone invited to feel the Halloween fever: haunted houses, bats, trick or treat, Jack O' Lanterns, black cats, witches or monster can be part of your Halloween invitations.
You can buy them or you can send hand-made ones with personalized frightening messages. Another alternative would be to print some free party invitations.
Whatever you choose, it's important to keep in mind your Halloween party theme and be sure to make your guests feel that's going to be the spookiest Halloween of their life... to be continued
HALLOWEEN MONTH - HALLOWEEN PARTY IDEAS Part 1
And now lets go back to Halloween and make sure we have all ready for the spookiest Halloween party.
Halloween is the best time to frightfully celebrate all the strange things of this world with spooky decorations and amazing parties.
But what would be a Halloween party without some totally out of common ideas to frighten your guests? Just an usual boring party!!! That is why you have to think on how to decorate the house and prepare your costumes following the concept of macabre and mystery: some spooky invitations, bats and ghosts hanging all over the place, skulls and bones on the porch, a fog machine, tasty and scary recipes for the Halloween table, vampire costumes and much much more... to be continued
OCTOBER 1ST - WORLD VEGETARIAN DAY
Before starting with Halloween, let's not forget about one of the
most important holidays of October, World Vegetarian Day.
This celebration is always held on October 1st, and it encourages people to eat vegetables and fruits, and forget for a day about meat. This holiday was first observed in1977 and brought together people from all over the world, spreading awareness to the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.
The vegetarian path was chosen either for the healty life it offers, or from the conviction that animals should not be killed.
Therefore, World Vegetarian Day promotes the principles of a healty life and environment, and moreover, joy and compassion for animals.
So as the t-shirt says: "Make a cow happy, Go Vegetarian"
A video sustaining their cause, "Meet Your Meat" is offered on a free Cd-Rom on request at http://www.salagram.net/V-meetURmeat.html

HALLOWEEN MONTH
Beyond all the strange holidays of October, there is Halloween, the most expected event of the year. Thousands and thousands of people decorate their homes, buy costumes and sweets, organize scary and exciting parties. This is the best time to let your imagination go wild, time to be creative.
Everyone starts to think about trick-or-treating, witches and ghosts, waiting anxiously to share with their family and friends unforgettable moments, spooky costumes and newest and strangest Halloween recipes. Therefore, this month is dedicated entirely to Halloween celebration as well as my future posts on this blog. Interesting recipies, Halloween games, ghosts stories and legends, Halloween instant costumes and party preparation - all gathered in one place!
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