Today is Monday, December 19th, 2011
National Hard Candy Day
Celebrate
National Hard Candy Day! Who doesn't love a piece of hard candy now and
again? Its sweet, sugary taste literally causes your mouth to water.
Today is a celebration of all types of hard candies—everything from
lollipops to candy canes to caramels. It's no wonder that hard candy has
remained so popular all these years!
Hard
candy can be traced back to Ancient Egypt, Arabia, and China.
Archaeologists in all of these regions have found traces of “candied”
fruits and nuts that had been dipped in honey, which is a preservative.
There is also evidence that people stuck sticks into their candy treats
to keep their hands from getting sticky as they ate them, just like our
modern lollipops!
Did
you know that the world's largest lollipop weighs 6,514 pounds? Ashrita
Furman and members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre made it in August of 2009
to break the Guinness World Record. To celebrate National Hard Candy
Day, enjoy a piece (or two) of your favorite hard candies!
December is
National Fruit Cake Month & National Egg Nog Month
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
for December 19 1843 - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published in England. 1871 - Corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones. 1917 - The first games of the new National Hockey League (NHL) were played. Five teams made up the league 1959 - Walter Williams died in Houston, TX, at the age of 117. He was said to be the last surviving veteran of the U.S. Civil War. 1980 - The film "9 to 5," with Dolly Parton, opened. 1984 - Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. 1997 - "Titanic," the highest grossing film ever made, opened in American movie theaters. |
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"To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment."
--George Edward Woodberry
--George Edward Woodberry
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