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Unique Holidays: January 18th, 2022
Good morning, welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: January 18th, 2022. Today is Thesaurus Day and since I am not sure if Charlie has used one or not, we will go to the library so Charlie can check out a Thesaurus in person and will allow us to celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day while reading books with the children in the library. Would you like to join us in our celebration. Thesaurus Day– always occurs on January 18th. Thesaurus Day celebrates the birthday of the author of Roget’s Thesaurus. Peter Roget was born on this day in 1779. The Thesaurus has been an invaluable reference book for hundreds of years.…
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Food Holidays: January 18th
Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: January 18th, 2022. Today is National Gourmet Coffee Day which will make Charlie and David happy. As for me not so much as I like Coffee with Sugar and Cream or French Vanilla Creamer no, other flavor. How about you? National Gourmet Coffee Day Until the invention of vacuum-packed Coffee Tins in 1900 by Hill Bros. Coffee, almost every City or large Town in America had their own local Coffee Roasters. In East Africa and Yemen, Coffee was used in native religious ceremonies that were in competition with the Christian Church. As a result, the Ethiopian Church banned its secular consumption until the…
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Food Holidays: January 17th, 2022
Good evening welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: January 17th, 2022. Today is National Hot Buttered Rum Day which I’ve never had and wouldn’t want to start today. Although, if David hasn’t had this beverage, I could see him trying one. Have you had Hot Buttered Rum, or would you like to have one? National Hot Buttered Rum Day In the United States, Hot Buttered Rum’s history dates back to the Colonial days. It was in the 1650s when Jamaica began importing Molasses to Colonial America. New England started opening Distilleries where the Colonists then began adding distilled Rum to Hot Beverages such as Toddies and Nogs, creating Hot…
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