January

National Bloody Mary Day celebrates the drinking of the Bloody Mary cocktail, which is described by some as the perfect hangover cure–despite the fact that it happens to contain the very thing that made the person hung over in the first place: alcohol! Origin: Popular theory puts the Bloody Mary's birthplace in Paris in 1921,

National Buffet Day is a holiday that falls on January 2nd every year and invites everyone to head out to their favorite buffet or smorgasbord and enjoy Origin: In 1939, at the New York World's Fair exhibition

National Cream Puff Day is celebrated annually in the United States on January 2. Although the treat originated in France, it has been loved by Americans too. These light, airy, cream-filled desserts make our hearts sing. Originating in France, cream puffs are also known as profiterole and choux a la creme. Cream puffs are a

Let’s be honest: nobody really likes fruitcake, and nobody ever really eats it, either. Heavy, flavorless and always too sweet, fruitcake is one of our century’s biggest holiday jokes. So when Christmas is over, and you’ve taken the tinsel down, and thrown out the tree, what should you do with that old fruitcake that you’ve

U.S. National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day on January 3 is for celebrating that combo that just naturally seems to go together, cherries and chocolate. During the 1700s in England, cherries were enclosed in chocolate with a little kirsch (cordial) liqueur. After finding their way to the United States, Americans began delighting in the little bit