Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: January 3rd, 2022. Today is National Soup Month and I wish my mom was here to make me her Potato Soup, but she isn’t. Then I thought I would make my Potato Cheese Soup, but I didn’t have any Potatoe. Instead, I ate Campbell’s Cream of Chicken Soup for lunch. Did you eat Soup today?
National Soup Month
How do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Chunky, clear, creamy, low-fat, with a dash of Spice, or naturally sweet, served hot, or cold. There are a million ways to enjoy Soup! Now there is another reason to do so. January is National Soup Month. Perfect isn’t it because nothing drives away those chilly winter blues like a hot bowl of your favorite Soup. And Soup is nutritious too! Go ahead indulge. Get souped-up on Soup this month.
NATIONAL SOUP MONTH ACTIVITIES
- Throw a winter soup party. Start off the menu with a Soup made with Winter Vegetables and Farm-to-table ingredients, and end with a heavenly dessert Consommé. Or hit the stores and pick from an impressive selection of heat and serve Soups.
- If you have Soup at your table, you are fortunate. If you’re not busy you can volunteer at a Soup kitchen and feed the hungry.
- Share your family soup recipe with your friends. 4. Put on your chef’s hat and ask everyone in the family to pick their favorite Vegetable, Meat, Herb, or Spice. Include them in a family recipe that you can hand down to the next generation!
WHY PEOPLE LOVE NATIONAL SOUP MONTH
- No cook spoils the soup. Try it! Throw all your favorite ingredients in Broth, with a pre-made Spice mix add Cayenne for an extra kick. Or not. Slow cook. Cool. Purée. Add Butter. Salt. Voila! Soup is ready. Did you know anybody can cook Soup? And survive on Soup, if needed.
- You can never tell what’s in Soup and that’s a good thing. How else would mothers hide all those yucky nutritious Veggies kids turn up their noses at!
- Soup is a double-edged sword. Soup can work up an appetite when served at the start of a course, or stave off hunger when eaten as a meal, helping in weight management.
Festival of Sleep Day– always on January 3rd.
No, you are not dreaming but perhaps you should be. Festival of Sleep Day is today. An opportunity to sleep in, snooze, doze, nap, or catch 40 winks.
We feel this is the perfect date for Festival of Sleep Day. The Holidays are over. Weren’t they exhausting? It’s cold and snowy. Time to hibernate. Why not re-charge the batteries as a New Year of school and work begins?
Festival of Sleep Day is a favorite Holiday to catch up on a little sleep. Whether it’s all day, a full 8 hours, or just a power nap, enjoy the day sleeping. Cozy up in bed on the couch, or any other comfortable place. Don’t forget your favorite stuffed animal. It’s okay to sleep alone, or with someone else but we do not recommend group sleeps.
Sleeping at work is not recommended, today, or any day. The only exception is for mattress testers.
The Surgeon General has determined that sleeping is good for your health.
Fruitcake Toss Day– always held on January 3rd.
Fruitcake Toss Day is your opportunity to throw away old Fruitcake. After the Holidays are over, it’s time to bring in the new, and toss out the old. Today is the day that the Fruitcake goes.
There is no one way to toss out old Fruitcake. Why not make a game out of toss out the old Fruitcake? Gather up a few friends who are fortunate enough to have received Fruitcake for the Holidays. Go out to a field and see who can toss the Fruitcake the farthest. Do not toss the cake at anyone. This weighty steel-like mass of Sugar, Flour and Fruits could injure someone.
Fruitcake Tossing runs counter to the tradition of many people to pass the Fruitcake around from one person to the next. In this tradition, the person who is holding the Fruitcake on New Year’s, must store it away until the next Christmas season.
If you do not toss the Fruitcake today, you must keep the Fruitcake until next Christmas.
People are always saying bad things about Fruitcake. If Fruitcake is really that bad, why does Fruitcake appear on store shelves year after year!?
History and Origin of Fruitcake Toss Day:
Our research traced the origin of this Holiday back to 1995. The first Fruitcake Toss occurred in Manitou Springs, Colorado. We did not find the creator of this Holiday. However, we certainly can appreciate the reason for this Holiday.
Humiliation Day– always held on January 3rd.
Humiliation Day is not a day to humiliate someone. Rather, today should be viewed as a time to recognize the negativity of humiliating people.
Perhaps too many people associate humbleness with humility. They think today is a day to be humble. Being humble is good virtue. Humiliation is a negative impression placed upon someone. Which is not good.
Let’s all use this Holiday, to remind us to avoid humiliating anyone for any reason.
Today is also the perfect time to eat a little humble pie.
History and Origin of Humiliation Day:
Our research did not discover the originator, nor the reason for Humiliation Day on January 3rd.
We did discover a Canadian Humiliation Day on July1st. This was created in 1923 by Chinese Canadian immigrants in Canada to draw attention to the Canadian governments’ ban on immigration of Chinese to the country.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
