Chocolate candy is one of the world's most popular sweets, and today it gets its own day. The candy is often created by mixing chocolate with ingredients like nuts and caramel. Some examples of choco…

Fruitcakes have long been tied to the holiday season, whether as a treat, or as target of jokes and ridicule. The earliest recipes for them date to Roman times, where pomegranates, pine nuts, and rai…

Coming on the heels of Christmas, when many gifts are given, National Thank You Note Day recognizes the importance of showing gratitude, being a time when gift-givers are shown how much their holiday…

Popular during the holiday season, the candy cane is celebrated today. The cane-shaped hard candy is usually peppermint flavored, and white with red stripes, but can be of a variety of flavors and co…

Boxing Day takes place the day after Christmas and is primarily observed in the United Kingdom, where it started, as well as in countries that were once part of the British crown. There are a few pos…

Christmas Day is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, and it is also celebrated as a non religious cultural holiday. It is a public holiday in many countries, and is celebra…

Christmas Eve is celebrated in anticipation of Christmas Day, and takes place the entire day, or evening prior to it. It is a Christian holiday that also is celebrated secularly by many who are not C…

Founded by the late Peter Moeller and first observed in 1976, Underdog Day is a day "to salute, before the year's end, all of the underdogs and unsung heroes—the Number Two people who contribute so m…

Gaudy and garish; hand-knit and glued; red and green; covered with snowmen, reindeer, and Christmas trees—these are just a few of the ways an ugly Christmas sweater might be described. They are worn …

National Oatmeal Muffin Day celebrates the oatmeal variety of muffins. Muffins are usually served for breakfast or with dinner, and are usually made with flour, yeast or baking powder, and sugar. The…

A childhood trip to grandma's house was never complete without her offering you some hard candy from her candy dish. Perhaps she offered you butterscotch, peppermints, Werther's Originals, or those c…

Look for an Evergreen Day can be about one of two things. On one hand, it can be a day for going out into nature and finding evergreen trees to admire. It raises awareness about their beauty and is f…

Today celebrates holly, the evergreen plant long associated with Christmas, and used in wreaths, boughs, and other trimmings. Before being connected to Christmas, it had many other associations, and …

Official Lost and Found Day is a day set aside for people to recall things they have lost, and then to possibly make the effort to look for them. After recalling an item and reflecting on it, it may …

Poinsettia Day celebrates the beautiful red flowering plant that has come to be associated with Christmas, the poinsettia. The plant is native to Mexico, where it was used by the Aztecs; its flowers …

Ambrosia is a name for the food or drink of the gods in Greek mythology, which was said to bring immortality to those who consumed it. Although ambrosia salad probably won't bring immortality like th…

National 12-Hour Fresh Breath Day is about the importance of oral hygiene and its role in keeping breath fresh for long periods of time. Although someone could chew mint-flavored gum for twelve hours…

Check one two, one two, one two. It's International Sound Check Day! First held on one two, one two, one two (12/12/12), International Sound Check Day is a play on the date it is held and celebrates …

Today we celebrate gingerbread houses, which are fun to both build and eat. They started being built in the sixteenth century in Germany. With the publishing of Brothers Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel" i…

Sacher Torte, or Sachertorte, which is celebrated today, is a type of cake or torte that was invented by Austrian Franz Sacher. He invented it at the age of sixteen, in 1832, when he was an apprentic…