Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: August 10th, 2022. Today is Lazy Day and with it raining outside it is making me lazy. All I want to do is take a Cat-Nap but here I am trying to work. In the meantime would you look at the holidays being celebrated today and let me know which holiday you most want to celebrate and why.
Today is the day to roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer!
Lazy Day is our chance to goof off. Definitely not a day to work. Lazy Day comes at a good time. Hot, muggy weather makes it easy to be lazy for a day. If Summer chores are not done by now, they canwait one more day. Today is best spent on a hammock, with your favorite Summer beverage.
Whoever said “There’s no lazy days just lazy people.” Well, we respectfully disagree. Today is proof positive it is indeed a Lazy Day. We consider that a good thing.
If you enjoy the intent of today, you will also look forward to Relaxation Day.
S’mores are a favorite campsite treat for young and old kids. If you’re at a campfire, chances are, there’s S’mores loaded with Sugar and carbs, S’mores are nothing short of delicious. Who was the first person to create S’mores? We don’t know. Although more people are glad Smore’s were created.
National S’mores Day celebrates this Summer treat. Which is appropriately observed in August. Campfire prime time. Don’t limit your consumption of S’mores to the campfire. Smore’s are popular with kids year round. Smore’s can be baked in the oven, or microwave.
The origin of S’mores dates back to the 1920’s and it’a believed the recipe was created by the Campfire Girls. Girl Scouts soon discovered the recipe, and found it to be Choclatey delicious. Before long, S’mores became a campfire staple for everyone. S’more folklore suggests that S’mores got its name right by the campfire. After eating one, young kids chanted “gimme some more!”
While much is written about National S’mores Day, our research has been unable to verify that this is an officially recognized National Holiday which requires an act of Congress. Don’t let that stop you from celebrating this holiday with a few S’mores.
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National Marshmallow Toasting Day
Today comes in with a roar, as we celebrate Lions also known as “King of the Jungle” or “King of the Beasts”,because today is World Lion Day. The key goal of this holiday, is a global effort to promote the protection of Lions and their shrinking habitat.
As the “King of the Jungle”, one might think that Lions are invincible. Hunting and encroachment of Civilization into their habitat, is negatively impacting Lions numbers. Lions are at risk of becoming extinct. Lions are important to the balance of nature. Lions help keep the population of herbivores under control.
World Lion Day was created for three reasons:
- To raise awareness of the plight of Lions in the wild and in captivity.
- To encourage the protection of Lions and their shrinking habitat.
- To educate people of the danger that Lions pose to people. Lion tamers aside, you don’t ever want to come face to face with a Lion.
Lions are social creatures and Lions group together in a family called a “pride”. A single adult male is the head of the pride. Females, sometimes many generations of Lionesses, remain in the pride they were born in. Occasionally, a Lioness will leave the pride, to form a new pride with a young adult male Lion. Young male Lion cubs remain in the pride until they become adults.
While we talk about Lions as the “King of the Jungle, and movies often have Lions cast in a jungle environment, Lions do not live in jungles. Rather, Liona live in grasslands and plains near jungle areas.
:Mufasa from Lion King is a Lion people love to hate.
The History and Origin of World Lion Day:
World Lion Day was created in 2013 by Dereck and Beverly Joubert and World Lion Day is promoted by Big Cat Rescue, an exotic Cat sanctuary. Big Cat Rescue promotes an end to abuse of Lions in both captivity and in the wild. Dereck and Beverly Joubert are committed to help Lions avoid extinction.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
