How are you. If you or your children have loose teeth and are going to want the #Toothfairy to visit you this evening you may want to wait until tomorrow because today is February 28 National Tooth Fairy Day #nationaltoothfairyday. Everyone deserves a day to themselves so lets let her rest today and yes, in our home the Tooth Fairy is a girl. How about in your home because my nephew David M. used to say the Tooth fairy was a boy. Don’t ask me what he was thinking other than he is wrong. wrong. wrong. The Tooth fairy is girl
National Tooth Fairy Day lands on February 28th and this holiday celebrates the excitement and wonder of kids losing their teeth! I would like to remind you National Tooth Fairy Day is a reminder for kids, young and old, to relive the fun of visits from the Tooth Fairy when a newly lost tooth was exchanged for a fun surprise as they looked under their pillow in the morning! In our home and also my children’s it was always money. What did you and your children receive from the Tooth Fairy and why?
The Tooth Fairy Collection, which includes the book “A Visit From The Tooth Fairy”, helps celebrate the passage of youth with a gift set that celebrates this childhood tradition and creates a sense of anticipation every time a child loses a tooth. The Collection includes three beautiful elements to make the experience even more exciting and memorable: an enchanting story Book, a special Pouch that holds the tooth while they wait for a visit from The Tooth Fairy, and an opulent Vault used to store their teeth.
HISTORY OF NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY
We all know there are three figures that are the epitome of modern mythology for children. Can you guess what they are? No, then I will tell you. It’s Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. The first two are well documented and discussed, but did you know there is not much known about the Tooth Fairy who is quite popular because every night children around the world anticipate the Tooth Fairy’s arrival after they’ve lost a tooth.
Did you know the origin of fairies dates back to 13th-Century England when they were described for the first time by Gervase of Tilbury. The tradition of a child receiving a gift for a lost tooth can be traced back to Medieval Europe. In a collection of writings called the “Eddas” about the Norse and Northern European traditions, there is a reference to a ‘tand fe,’ which translates to ‘tooth fee.’ As part of this tradition, children would receive a small fee from their parents when they lost their first tooth because teeth were a symbol of good luck and prosperity. Some Viking warriors would even wear a string of teeth as a necklace during battle to protect them.
The closest counterpart of the modern Tooth Fairy came in the form of an 18th-Century French fairytale, “La Bonne Petite Souris” (“The Little Good Mouse”). However, the first written American record of a reference to the ‘Tooth Fairy’ dates back to a 1908 “Chicago Tribune” article in which the author, Lillian Brown, provided parents with a magical suggestion on how to get their children to have their loose milk teeth pulled.
That suggestion was, you guessed it, telling their kids that the Tooth Fairy would leave five cents under their pillow for every tooth they lost. In 1927, an eight-page script for a children’s play titled “The Tooth Fairy” was written by Esther Watkins Arnold. “The Tooth Fairy” became widely popular, with schools reenacting it and imaginations being stirred with thoughts of a tooth fairy collecting teeth in exchange for money or presents. Since then, the Tooth Fairy has become a global phenomenon, reportedly paying visits to children in the U.K., Canada, and Australia.
Just like the mystery surrounding the fairy, the origin of the holiday is just as mysterious. Someone somewhere created National Tooth Fairy Day to be celebrated in February but in the lives of children who are losing their baby teeth, the Tooth Fairy is celebrated all year round, as they partake in the enchanting experience of receiving visits and surprises from the Tooth Fairy for every tooth they lose.
NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY ACTIVITIES
- Today is the perfect day to visit your local library and check out a few books about the Tooth Fairy and sit down and read the books with your child then watch the movie The Tooth Fairy.
- Taking care of our teeth shouldn’t be done just today but everyday use today use National Tooth Fairy Day to dig out that floss and brush your teeth until they sparkle!
- Visit your dentist today for a checkup and ask them if you should have any teeth coming out so you can prepare for a visit from the Tooth Fairy.
FACTS ABOUT THE TOOTH FAIRY TO DIG YOUR TEETH INTO
- On average, the Tooth Fairy collects about 300,000 teeth from children every night.
- About 10 years ago, the Tooth Fairy paid around $1 for a tooth, while today, due to inflation, they’re paying up to $5 for a single tooth. Although the average for a loose tooth is $3.70 per tooth. How much do you give your children per tooth and why?
- If Charlie and I were in Deerfield, Illinois they we could have taken a Homeschool Field Trip to learn more about the professor and expert in Tooth Fairy history, Rosemary Wells, who opened the first Tooth Fairy Museum in in 1993 although we would be a bit late visiting the Musuem because it closed down in 2000 after Wells’ death.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL TOOTH FAIRY DAY
- Children love the excitement of waking up to a gift from the Tooth Fairy in exchange for a lost tooth.
- The Tooth Fairy shows how resilient and brave kids really are from the day they pop their first tooth, to the day they lose their last, a child’s smile goes through SO many changes in the first few years of their lives including being physically painful, while others may be figuratively painful as the awkward toothless years create smiles resembling happy faces.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
