A Year Of National Breakfast Holidays (115 Of Them!)
| When we began THE NIBBLE in 2004—20 years ago!—we wanted to develop our content along a concept. The concept was daily food holidays.
In one of our jobs before THE NIBBLE, we planned promotional events using Chase’s Calendar Of Events, a compendium of all holidays, federal, state, and city, in every category you can imagine—from heavy equipment (like tractors) to trade associations (like clothing manufacturers). So since THE NIBBLE’s focus is food, wrapping our content around food holidays made sense. That’s why our holiday-focused posts with, “Today is National [Type Of Food] Day. February is Hot Breakfast Month and September 26th is Better Breakfast Day, but we wanted to start the year off by giving you the big picture. Here it is, and happy breakfasting! This may go without saying, but the term “breakfast” comes from the combination of two words, “break” and “fast.” You are breaking your fast, which began after the previous evening’s dinner. Ready! Set! Eat! January
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*National Pancake Day is celebrated on multiple dates. The same holiday can be declared by different governments (federal, state, city) or by other authorities, e.g. a trade association or a marketing group. You can currently find citations for the second Tuesday in February. February 21st, February 28th, and September 26th. The original date seems to have been Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day in the U.K. Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, observed in many Christian countries. Tradition indicates that celebrants eat pancakes and sweets before the beginning of Lent. **This is not really a food holiday; it’s a play on “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” The holiday advises people to think against concentrating all of their efforts/hopes into one venture. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use it as a reason to enjoy a delicious omelet. CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OUR HOME PAGE, THENIBBLE.COM. |
[5] May 29th is National Biscuit Day (photo © Robyn Mac | Fotolia).
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