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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays November 25
National Parfait Day In French, the word parfait means perfect, and in American English, the term almost exclusively refers to a sort of delicious, frozen dessert. If your idea of perfection involves ice cream, then youll have little trouble understanding the connection with the name. And why not have a day devoted to creamy, delicious indulgence? Shouldnt there be at least one day of the year where you can indulge in something so rich and celebrate rather than feeling guilty about it? https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/parfait-day/Flossing Day has been celebrated since the year 2000, to remind people of the importance of looking after their teeth. Flossing is an important component of this, and dental floss has been available since the late 1890s. Ironically enough, when Johnson and Johnson developed the first patented dental floss in 1898, toothbrushes were still quite expensive. Originally, floss was made from thin silk threads, but by the end of WWII nylon had become prevalent. While it did take 102 years to come up with such a day as Flossing Day, you shouldnt really overlook your oral hygiene for that long. If you did, youd lose all of your teeth long before that. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/flossing-day/
Buy Nothing Day was founded in Vancouver, Canada by artist Ted Dave in September of 1992. It is celebrated on the Friday after American Thanksgiving (the day also infamously known as Black Friday). And anyone who has ever seen what happens in North America during the Black Friday sales understands all too well why it was high time that we take a step back and look at ourselves, our behavior, and contemplate the meaning of all of the Black Friday madness. Soon after Buy Nothing Day was created, campaigns to have a similar day of reflection started appearing in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, France, and Norway. More than 65 nations currently participate in it. Adbusters, a company responsible for the inital promotion of Ted Daves idea for Buy Nothing Day, states that the day isnt just about changing your habits for one day but about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/buy-nothing-day/
Shopping Reminder Day Shopping Reminder Day falls roughly a month before Christmas, and as such its the perfect reminder to go ahead and get started on all of your holiday shopping. Yup, thats right, theres a day to tell you to shop so that you dont go and procrastinate on all of your holiday shopping right up until Christmas Eve (like my dad always did, but I dont think hes alone at all on this front). But in all of the commotion of promotions, sales, and Christmas shopping, maybe you forgot something important. Youve been running around like mad is there anything in your refrigerator? Or maybe you need to buy some things for the house? See, maybe it is a good thing that theres such a thing as Shopping Reminder Day even at this time of year. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/shopping-reminder-day/
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Daily Holidays November 25 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Nov 2016
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. K & R
Happy Buy Nothing Day!
I'll confess.... I had to go for some groceries because I did my Thanksgiving shopping a week ago. The store was empty!
malthaussen
(17,065 posts)2. Most of my days are buy nothing days.
I'm so un-American, I am a poor consumer.
-- Mal