Christmas Card Day!
Christmas Card Day is celebrated on December 09, 2014. It
honors Sir Henry Cole (1818 - 1874) of England, who created the first
commercial Christmas Card in 1843. A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as
part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between
people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season.
International Anti-corruption Day!
The United Nations’ (UN) International Anti-Corruption Day
aims to raise public awareness of corruption and what people can do to fight
it. It is observed on December 9 each year.
Today is National Pastry Day!
National Pastry Day is celebrated each year on December
9. Pastry is a name given to a large
variety of various baked goods which are typically made up of ingredients such
as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder and eggs.
Some people refer to the dough from which these baked
products are made as “pastry”. Pastry
dough is rolled out very thin and then used as a base for different baked
products. A few of the more common
pastry items include pies, tarts, quiches and pasties.
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