Welcome to our series featuring Unique Holidays: December 27th, 2021. Today is Make Cut Out Snowflakes and with Charlie out of school it would be fun to make some to hang in our home. Although, I can hear both Charlie and David saying Christmas is over why should we hang Snowflakes up? I would say because there so fun to look at and would cheer everyone up.
Make Cut Out Snowflake – always December 27th,
Here and now. Here’s a Holiday to show your crafty skills, making paper Snowflakes. Creating cut out Snowflakes is a great project for kids. However, you don’t have to be a child, to have fun making paper Snowflakes. Making paper Snowflakes is a skill that practiced by people of all ages.
They say no two Snowflakes are alike which shouldn’t come as a surprise, that there are countless different Snowflake designs. Templates abound, from fast and easy patterns, to intricate time-consuming designs to challenge the most practiced Snowflake maker.
If you like Snow…bring it on along with the paper and scissors and cut out paper Snowflakes on Cut Out Snowflake Day.
History and Origin of Make Cut Out Snowflake Day:
We found no factual information about the origin of Make Cut Out Snowflake Day and we did not find any information on the creator of this Holiday.
We are mildly surprised as to the selection of the date December 27th to celebrate this Holiday. Making paper Snowflakes is a popular school craft project. On December 27th, school children are out on Christmas Holiday.
National Fruitcake Day– Always December 27th.
National Fruitcake Day celebrates the rock hard, fruit filled Holiday cake. Fruitcake was popular in the 40’s and 50’s, we are not sure if anyone has ever eaten a Fruitcake.
Scientists have been unable to penetrate deeply into a Fruitcake, and therefore, have failed to uncover its exact composition. Fruitcake density has also hampered their ability to use Carbon dating to identify the age of a Fruitcake. Unconfirmed rumors suggest that Fruitcake are hundreds of years old.
It is very appropriate for National Fruitcake Day to be celebrated shortly after Christmas. Once the Holidays are over, it’s time to get rid of your Fruitcake. Giving a Fruitcake is a Christmas tradition, and it is believed that recipients will re-wrap the Fruitcake and give it to someone else. Who knows how many years, or decades, a Fruitcake has been passed along? Ultimately, the trick is to make sure you give away the Fruitcake before the Holiday Season is through. Otherwise, you get the joy of storing the Fruitcake, until the next Fruitcake-giving season.
On National Fruitcake Day, those with a sweet tooth can celebrate by eating a slice or two of a Fruitcake. Otherwise, we suggest you use this Holiday to give your Fruitcake to anyone.
Our research failed to find any information that suggests this is an official “National” Holiday, which requires an act of congress. Sure, you may argue that there are a few Fruitcakes in Congress. But to date, none of them has sponsored a bill to create or declare a National Fruitcake Day.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
