Daily Holidays - December 18

[Sherman A1]

National Fruit Cake Month While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday.

Love it, or love to loathe it - December is National Fruitcake Month!

So maybe you didn't manage to finish off that fruitcake Aunt Betty is always so kind to bring you for Christmas ... every single year. The good news is, you still have time to enjoy it!

Fruitcake gets its name from the variety of chopped candied fruit and nuts that stud the batter and exterior of the round. The earliest known fruitcake, discovered via an ancient Roman recipe, included pomegranate seeds, raisins and pine nuts. During the Middle Ages, innovative minds tossed preserved fruit, spices and honey into the mix. http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/12/06/national-fruitcake-month/

Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day https://www.facebook.com/pages/December-18th-is-International-Answer-the-Phone-like-Buddy-the-Elf-Day/157622724283075

Free Shipping Day http://www.freeshippingday.com

National Re-gifting Day National Regifting Day[1] is an annual observance held each year on the Thursday before Christmas. Many office holiday parties are held on this day, and research shows that 40 percent[2] of office party gifts are regifted—that is, something given to someone and then re-given to another person without use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Regifting_Day

Today's Birthdays: http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december18.html

[bigwillq]

1. Another friend's birthday!

Actually, the girl I took to the prom, who remains one of my best friends!

[Major Nikon]

2. Only 4 more shopping days till Festivus

[betsuni]

3. Anniversary of the first performance of "The Nutcracker" ballet

in 1892, Maryinsky Theater.

[femmocrat]

4. Happy Birthday, Paul Klee!

Paul Klee was a painter born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered to be a Swiss German. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Wikipedia
Born: December 18, 1879, Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
Died: June 29, 1940, Muralto, Switzerland
Nationality: German
Periods: Expressionism, Surrealism, Cubism, German Expressionism, Bauhaus style, Modern art, Der Blaue Reiter