Good morning, welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays July 21st, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which one you most would like to celebrate and why.
David and Charlie say National Hot Dog Day and that we should have had Hot Dogs for dinner. For me though I would prefer a Chili Dog. How about you? Which is also the best way to celebrate National Junk Food Day.
Today is all about making a difference in the life of a vulnerable child. Today is National Be Someone Day a day all about protecting children.
According to Project Harmony, the Organization that created this day, the goal is to end child abuse and neglect. The Organization poses a challenge to each and every one of us. It’s the ten second challenge. You are challenged to take 10 seconds out of your day, today and every day, to make a difference in the life of a child.
Use those ten second to heighten awareness to potential child abuse and neglect. If you see abuse or neglect, do something about it. Report what you see and know to authorities who can help the child. Child abuse and neglect is so common, that you very well could find it during those ten seconds.
There are five steps to identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect:
- Learn the facts.
- Minimize potential opportunity for it to occur.
- Talk about it.
- Know the signs.
- React responsibly.
We encourage you to be someone today and to be a life saver to a child.
The History and Origin of National Be Someone Day:
This special holiday was founded and sponsored by Project Harmony. The Organization’s goal is to protect children and end the cycle of abuse and neglect it appears to have started in 2018.
National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday in July
Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog! Today is National Hot Dog Day, and on this date, we celebrate America’s favorite Summer sandwiches. It is only fitting that this dog gets its day.
Its Summertime and Hot dogs are center stage on the grill, and at picnics all across America. They are at the ballpark and they are sold from carts on street corners in every city. It’s not hard to find them. We consume hundreds of millions of Hot Dogs on the Fourth of July alone.
Enjoy National Hot Dog Day to the fullest and have a couple of Hot Dogs for lunch or dinner and, don’t forget to cook a few Hot Dogs on a stick at the evening campfire.
What’s in a hot dog? Don’t ask, and we won’t tell but it’s a Sausage, and that’s all we will say because sometimes, its best if you don’t know.
Happy National Hot Dog Day!
The companion for National Hot Dog Day is National Mustard Day
Other related days: National Chili Dog Day
How many Hot Dogs do we eat?
We consume so many hot dogs, in so many venues, that the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council hesitates to forecast consumption. But, it does report that each year we buy over 837 million packages of hot dogs at retail outlets, and over 24 million hot dogs at baseball stadiums alone.
The History and Origin of National Hot Dog Day:
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council created this Holiday and holds an annual Hot Dog lunch in Washington, DC. They established this special Holiday on the third Wednesday of the month.
We did not find any documentation confirming this to be a “National” day. There is no congressional records or presidential proclamation but, we firmly believe that there should be a National Day for America’s Hot Dog!
For some of us, every day is Junk Food Day and for the rest of us, National Junk Food Day is an opportunity to guiltlessly eat your favorite Junk Food.
Dietitians will tell you that Junk Food is any food that contains little Nutritional Value and we include foods that are high in Salts, Fats, and Sugars. In other words, Junk Food is all that tasty stuff that the Dietitians, and Mom, say is bad for us.
On Junk Food Day, you get to eat anything you want and you get to eat any amount that you want, too. Tomorrow, however, it’s back to a Healthy Diet.
Junk food may be hazardous to your Health and after all, mom knows what’s best for you. Do so eat all you want at your own risk. That risk includes Mom saying: “I told you so!”
History and Origin of National Junk Food Day:
Our research found lots of information on what Junk Food is and what isn’t Junk Food. We found no information on the origin of this day and it was most likely created by a diet conscious individual or group who desired to eat Junk Food, without guilt, at least one day a year.
Creating an official “National” day requires an Act of Congress or a presidential proclamation. We found no record of this while Congress may be accused of going on occasional junkets, we don’t believe they would support a National Junk Food Day.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
