Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: August 29th, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which one you most want to celebrate and why.
Charlie says he will celebrate Frankenstein Day and David said he would join him and that they will make Smores while they watch Frankenstein on TV and Create Microwave S’mores.
Now, before you ask me if I want to join them in celebrating these Holidays no, I will sit this one out and let Charlie and David have time together to bond over things they enjoy.
Doctor Frankenstein created a living monster from body parts of the dead. In his laboratory. Then Doctor Frankenstein made the Monster come to life. Frankenstein is the name given to the Monster, named after his creator.
There are three known Frankenstein “days”. As a result, a there’s more than a little confusion. We have Frankenstein Friday, National Frankenstein Day, and Frankenstein Day. Each one of them is a Monster of a day. Let’s clarify these three days for you…….
Frankenstein Day is on August 30th and this day is in honor of the Author Mary Wollenstone Shelley who was born on August 30, 1797. Mary Wollenstone Shelle wrote the book “Frankenstein “in 1818. This day in in honor of her birth.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric Scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox Scientific experiment.
Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. This is a revised 1931 edition. Shelley’s name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823.
Shelley had travelled through Europe in 1814, journeying along the river Rhine in Germany with a stop in Gernsheim which is just 17 km (10 mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before an alchemist was engaged in experiments.
Later, she traveled in the region of Geneva (Switzerland)—where much of the story takes place—and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband, Percy Shelley. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story.
Since publication of the novel, the name “Frankenstein” is often used to refer to the monster itself, as is done in the stage adaptation by Peggy Webling. This usage is sometimes considered erroneous, but usage commentators regard the monster sense of “Frankenstein” as well-established and an acceptable usage.
In the novel, the Monster is identified via words such as “creature”, “Monster”, “fiend”, “wretch”, “vile insect”, “daemon”, “being”, and “it”. Speaking to Victor Frankenstein, the Monster refers to himself as “the Adam of your labours”, and elsewhere as someone who “would have” been “your Adam”, but is instead “your fallen angel.”
Frankenstein Friday is the last Friday in October. Originally, we traced references back to a website on Frankenberry cereal, which suggests a commercial origin. Recently, the creator came forward and told us about special day that he created. More on Frankenstein Friday.
No High Fructose Corn Syrup., 9g of Sugar per serving.
Franken Berry Cereal:
Frosted Cereal with spooky-fun Marshmallows
11g whole grain per serving
National Frankenstein Day Google posts this Holiday as October 29th. We haven’t been able to verify that this as a true National Day. Our latest research suggests this day is really Frankenstein Friday.
Are you still confused? Then, do what we do and celebrate all three of these Holidays!
During eleven out of the twelve months of the year, we enjoy a wide range of Holidays. When we get to August, there is a major shortage of big Holidays to celebrate. Perhaps that is why many Europeans take the month of August off for vacation.
Perhaps it as just as well that there are no big Holidays to compete with National Marshmallow Toasting Day. How could any Holiday compare with National Marshmallow Toasting Day!?!
Enjoy today or tonight by a Campfire or Bonfire, toasting a big, soft, sticky and Marshmallow, or two, or three, or….. Summer would not be the same without a Campfire and this great Campfire Treat.
Summer is short. Summer is good. Let’s enjoy it while it is still here. Toast a Marshmallow today and forget about everything else. That is if it isn’t Raining were you are. Because it’s storming here.
Now Charlie says lets make S’mores and below is a recipe:
S’mores Recipe:
Ingredients:
- Chocolate Candy Bar (We use Hershey’s Milk Chocolate)
- Honey Graham Crackers
- Marshmallows
Instructions:
- Break off a square of a Graham Cracker
- Add a piece of Chocolate.
- Toast a big Marshmallow over the Campfire.
- Add the Hot Marshmallow.
- Top this part with another Graham Cracker.
- Eat!
With it raining here I wanted to let you know we can create S’mores in the Microwave. Just put them together and pop them into the Microwave on high for 15 to 20 seconds.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
