Sweetest Day - A Newer Holiday to Celebrate
A heart shaped flower I found. If you look you can find hearts like this in nature, I think its so cool.
Sweetest Day, a fun idea and holiday
What exactly is Sweetest Day, you ask? I was recently in a greeting card store, and saw a whole section featuring cards for Sweetest Day, to be celebrated on October 17th, this year. I wondered, what is sweetest day, and recalled hearing of it before, and wanted to look into it.
I found out that Sweetest Day is observed on the third Saturday in October every year, and mainly in the Northeastern United States. This may be changing throughout the years as its popularity grows.
Originally, it was a day intended to spread love and cheer to the less fortunate. Candies and sweets were a big part of this. I think that is a great idea, to spread love and cheer to the poor and needy in any community. It is now more common to spread the love and cheer to the love in your life. It is much more than that to many though, as it is a day to spread kindness to those in your life that you are thankful for.
It is not as popular as Valentine's Day is, naturally, but I am curious to watch where this holiday grows and spreads over time. It is not new, and one of the first mentioning of the day was back in 1921 in Cleveland Ohio. Evidently, 12 confectioners, along with candy maker C.C. Hartzell, planned a day on October 8. A committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy to orphans, the poor and many elderly people, etc.
I think it's a neat idea, and I love the whole spreading of kindness and love and cheer to the less fortunate. Despite its criticisms of being a "Hallmark Holiday" or encouraged by top candy makers in the country, I think the idea is still a great one. The cards I saw were really cute, as well. Why not spread a little love and cheer on this day, or just any other day? We all need a little more of that in our life, don't we? Happy Sweetest Day to you and yours :)
Sweetest Day Poll
Have you ever heard of Sweetest Day, or Celebrated it?
Cleveland Ohio, Where Sweetest Day Originated
As the story goes, this is where Sweetest Day originated, in Cleveland Ohio, USA.
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Comments
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Thank you for the visit and comment Homesteadbound. :)
Never heard of Sweetest day until I read a hub right before yours. I agree with something you said, I think it should be something we consider more often than once a year.
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Thank you Phoenix. I had been learning about Sweetest day, and wanted to share it with others.
Great hub idea!
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Thank you Anna, I thought it was cool too :) Thanks for stopping bye
that is so sweet i never heard of sweetest day. giving to the poor and needy now that rocks they need it the most in this life. thanks for sharing this wonderful hub ocean you so rock.
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