Welcome to our Unique Holidays April 29th. I am slowly catching up. One more day in April and I will be onto May. Thank the Lord. Take a look at the Holidays below and let me know which one you most would like to celebrate and why.
Japanese Greenery Day celebrates the birthday of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. In Japanese culture, Greenery day is a time to commune with nature and to be thankful and appreciative of it’s abundance.
Celebrate Greenery Day with a nature walk or by doing a project to improve or preserve nature. For our #Homeschool class to celebrate this Holiday Charlie and I will be taking a walk then working in our Garden. Come join us.
Today there will be music and laughter. Get up and grab your dancing shoes. All over the world, there will be dancing in the streets, because its International Dance Day.
I can’t wait to let Charlie know because we can #Dance in our Music Class and also in PE. I guess I should have taken those Dance Lessons with David when he wanted to. Because I can’t dance to save my life and neither can Charlie or David. Can you?
International Dance Day is a global holiday celebration encouraging everyone around the world to participate by dancing. You can dance to any music genre you prefer.
Bring out the Irish dancers or you could do the Macarena. Charlie says he would like to do a Tap dance. Lord help me.. Can you do Tango for two? How about a Tribal dance which are dances steeped in local customs. This is a day for events and festivities. Let’s hold a dance-a-thon.
Each year the International Theatre Institute (ITO) selects an outstanding dance personality to write a message about dancing for celebration on International Dance Day. The ITO also select a host city each year, to hold dance performances, workshops and a variety of celebrations related to the world of dance.
National Shrimp Scampi Day is your opportunity to eat and enjoy a great appetizer, meal, or snack. Although, Charlie and I will pass. As for David I am not sure if he eats Shrimp Scampi or not.
Shrimp Scampi is simple and easy to make and a lot of people think its tasty! Just cook the shrimp with butter or olive oil, chopped garlic and Parmesan cheese in a skillet. You can also add other ingredients like parsley, lemon, bread crumbs, basil, salt and pepper if you like. For me simple is better and the less ingredients I have to use the better off I am.
To celebrate Shrimp Scampi Day you could either prepare this in your Home or go out to Dinner. If we ate this I would take my family out because I don’t want to cook Shrimp. Do you?
Zip it or unzip it, today is National Zipper Day.
Did you ever stop to think about where we’d be without the zipper? We’d be wasting countless minutes every day, using buttons, hooks, clasps, and string ties to open and close our clothing.
With the advent of the zipper, one quick zip, and your clothes are quickly and comfortably opened or closed. Do you prefer Zippers or Buttons? My family prefers zippers if possible.
The zipper was invented in 1851 by Elias Howe. On April 29, 1851, Howe applied for a patent for the “Continuous Clothing Closure”. Strangely, Howe never marketed it. I wonder why.
In 1893, Whitcomb Judson started the Universal Fastener Company and began selling the “Clasp Locker”. It debuted at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, and received only a moderate success.
In 1913, Gideon Sundback, a Swedish electrical engineer and scientist invented and marketed the modern zipper, only it had not yet begun to be called a zipper. It wasn’t until 1923 that B.F. Goodrich coined the term “zipper”.
To this day, metal zippers are by far the most popular fastener. The strength and durability of the metal zipper, far surpasses that of plastic zippers. That’s not to say plastic zippers are little used. For example, plastic zip-lock food bags are extremely popular.
Velcro versus the Zipper Velcro, the “hook and loop” fastener, was invented in the 1940s. It is very popular for a wide variety of uses. Some thought that velcro would make the zipper obsolete.
This wasn’t to be. Zippers are stronger and more durable. While velcro is a great fastener, it is noisy and can get clogged with dirt, dust and hairs. Hence the military is not overly fond of it in combat situations.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
