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The holiday of pranksters goes back centuries. In the 16th century, Pope Gregory XIII changed the standardized calendar from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar (the one we still use today). The Gregorian Calendar added more days to the year, so this effectively made the new year celebration on Jan 1st instead of at the end of March.
In the 16th century, news spread very slowly compared to what we are used to, so not everyone was aware of the change. And people would see others celebra...St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17th which is the anniversary of his death in the 5th century. Saint Patrick is credited with bringing Christianity to the people of Ireland after he escaped slavery. The Irish believed the shamrock (three leaf clover) was a sacred plant which symbolized that spring was coming. The first reported celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in America actually happened before the American Revolution. In a Spanish colony, where St. Augustine Florida is locat...
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Presidents’ Day has been celebrated for centuries but it wasn’t always an official holiday or known as Presidents’ Day.
The idea for celebrating Presidents goes back to the year 1800. George Washington died in December of 1799, and every year after that his February 22nd birthday was a day of remembrance. In the 1800s, Washington was known as the most important figure in American history. There was a big celebration for the centennial of his birthday, and the Washington Monument started to be bu...Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching! Here’s a list of fun facts about the holiday of love.
Conversation hearts were supposed to be medical lozenges. In the 1800s, pharmacist Oliver Chase from Boston invented a machine to make the lozenge production process easier. He ended up making the first candy making machine. Chase then went into the candy business and developed Necco wafers. People also give their pets Valentine’s Day gifts. As of 2021, people spend $1.7 billion for their pets for the...It can come off as a total mystery as to why the world looks to a groundhog to see if spring is around the corner. If the groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil comes out of his little burrow and sees his shadow and rushes back to his home we’ll have six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, spring is coming early.
- Like most modern traditions, it has roots with an old Christian holiday.
