Celebrate Every Day

Welcome to July 19th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate friendly competition and cooling off. Today is National Words With Friends Day and I have a few choice words for you guys! Marlo: Don’t say french fries. John: Marlo hates fries! Anna: That is so yesterday’s news! I had my seasoned fries on a Friday and I am just glad Marlo came to his senses. Anyway this game looks really...

Welcome to July 18th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a splurge from the sea and our obsession with sweet tart flavor. Caviar is a delicacy that is typically served at only the most elegant of events, being that it’s so expensive. Beluga caviar is widely considered to be the best that money can buy, but it might as well be plain old scrambled eggs when compared to almas cavia...

Welcome to July 17th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate emotional icons and a dessert that makes us cheer. Like it or not, our teenagers are influencers. That’s why a Japanese programmer created emoticons in 1990 to appeal to teens. When Apple released the first iPhone in 2007, they added the emoji keyboard to grab the attention of the Japanese market. But the picture words too...

Welcome to July 16th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate coloring outside the lines and a Southern staple. Before the invention of the printing press, books were copied by hand. This tedious work was carried out by monks, who labored day and night to replicate the pages. To break up the routine, some monks began doodling in the margins of the books. They drew everything from flo...

Welcome to July 15th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate Triple Crown winners and super sour sweets. For a horse to win the Triple Crown, they must win 3 big races—the Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby, and the Preakness. And in the 100-year history of American horse racing, only 13 horses have accomplished this feat. But none of them could compare to Secretariat. The speeds he...

Welcome to July 14th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a classic comfort food and the spirit of class. Macaroni and cheese has become a staple food for kids everywhere. If you’re a parent, you’re probably sick of being asked to make this dish, but you gotta know you’re not alone. Kraft sells one million boxes of mac and cheese. Per day. And Canada buys almost 24% of that total...

Welcome to July 13th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate almost everyone’s favorite veggie and their rightful place in history. Fries are pretty much everyone’s favorite vegetable, but depending on where you live they may be called something else. The recipe for French fried potatoes first appeared in an English cookbook in 1856, but some believe the name became popular during W...

Welcome to July 12th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate satisfying your sweet tooth and playing with your food. Pecan pie has been a Southern favorite since the 1800s, though its origins are a bit of a mystery. It all began with a simple custard of sugar, eggs, nuts, sweet milk and flour in a recipe that was published as Texas Pecan Pie. A version of this pie can be traced to L...

Welcome to July 11th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate the gold standard of Summer fruits and a convenient Summer sip. Some people look forward to crops that are seasonal, and if you’re a fan of cherries then you’re most likely celebrating this one today. Named after Mount Rainier, this golden variety is a cross between Bing and Van cherries. Harry Fogle developed them at Wash...

Welcome to July 10th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate picture perfect pets and pineapples in paradise. When it comes to Instagram petfluencers, there are only a few animals in the same league as Nala Cat. And yes, a “petfluencer” is a real thing. With approximately 4.4 million followers, Nala Cat is the most famous feline on Instagram and possibly in the world. This adorable...

Welcome to July 9th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today We celebrate a classic sugar rush and cars that make our hearts beat faster. It's believed that sugar cookies originated in the mid 1700s in Nazareth, Pennsylvania when German Protestant settlers created a round, crumbly butter cookie known as the Nazareth Cookie. During the Victorian era people thought that spices would overly excite c...

Welcome to July 8th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate mighty fruits and staying cool. They say good things come in small packages and this is especially true of blueberries. Not only are they a popular fruit, blueberries are one of the healthiest things you can eat. This superfood provides more antioxidants than almost any other fruit or vegetable, and has been linked to reduc...

Welcome to July 7th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a Founding Father’s favorite and the old watering hole. Thomas Jefferson was a true renaissance man. The third United States President completed the Louisiana Purchase, founded the University of Virginia, and even invented the swivel chair. But one thing you may not know is that Jefferson introduced us to macaroni and chees...

Welcome to July 6th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate rolling out the good stuff and not getting fried over chicken. Before it was a delicacy, sushi was a staple food in the diets of poor fishermen. In the days before refrigeration, people discovered that they could preserve the fish by packing it in fermented rice. But unlike modern sushi, the rice was not eaten, as it was on...

Welcome to July 5th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate making a splash and plain and simple treats. You may find it ironic that the guy who made graham crackers plain on purpose also preached against decadent desserts. Reverend Graham imagined the slightly sweetened cracker as a health food with whole wheat graham flour and added bran. The Presbyterian minister developed his cr...

Welcome to July 4th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate slow cooking by day and lighting up the night. While Independence Day is celebrated across the country today, one town holds the record for the longest running parade. Since 1785, Bristol, Rhode Island has boasted this unbroken tradition, with nearly 200,000 attendees from all over the world. The festivities begin on Flag D...

Welcome to July 3rd, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate having the last laugh and slaying superstition. Sometimes a wisecrack can pay off big. For Chubby and Bessie Woodman it all started on July 3, 1916 in Essex, Massachusetts. The Woodmans sold groceries, fresh clams and potato chips from a small roadside stand. On this particular day, business was slow and a wise cracking fis...

Welcome to July 2nd, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a special sip and doggone good bite. If you enjoy the taste of licorice, then you’re in for a treat. The anise plant is part of the carrot family and is primarily used in licorice-flavored sweets and baking. But it’s also used to make a popular Mediterranean drink known as anisette. This liqueur is known by different names...

Welcome to July 1st, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate special deliveries come rain or shine. The United States issued its first postage stamps on July 1, 1847. They were not, however, the first of their kind. In the United Kingdom, the Penny Black stamp attempted to fix a broken system. Before then, mail recipients were good at dodging payment for this service. Here in America...

Welcome to June 30th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a show that’s outta this world and a rocket that keeps us cool here on Earth. The Comet Swift-Tuttle is one of the largest extra-planetary objects in the solar system. Each year, this giant ball of ice and rock gives the people of Earth quite a show. Debris from the comet’s long tail plunges into our atmosphere at 37 miles...

Welcome to June 29th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate capturing the moment and a breakfast favorite that inspired a shoe. In 1838, Louis Daguerre set up his camera near the Boulevard du Temple in Paris. Then he took a picture. Today we are used to instant photos. Touch the button on your phone or camera and the picture is taken. But for Daguerre, the exposure time was nearly...

Welcome to June 28th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate peace of mind and tall tales. Just about everyone buys insurance in one form or another, most likely it’s for their cars or homes. But there’s one insurance company that does things a bit differently. Lloyd’s of London offers policies for things most of us wouldn’t even think to insure. For example, Bruce Springsteen insur...

Welcome to June 27th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate staying cool under pressure and looking cool while you’re at it. On Memorial Day weekend of 1929, Tom Carvel was driving his ice cream truck around when he got a flat tire. He pulled into the parking lot of a local shop and watched helplessly as the ice cream began to melt. Staying cool under pressure, he decided to sell t...

Welcome to June 26th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate our best friends in beauty and adventurous fruits. They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. With nearly 100 billion dollars spent each year on cosmetic and personal care products in the United States alone, that’s a market that depends heavily on how we see ourselves. Regardless of economic downturns, these self...

Welcome to June 25th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate two winter holidays in the Dog Days of Summer. The Saturday after the Summer Solstice, gather your friends and family to celebrate Summersgiving! This day is designed to combine all the fun of Summer with America’s favorite Thanksgiving foods. It’s a celebration of life rooted in gratitude, to be shared with the friends th...