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Sunday, December 30, 2018

CARDS: HAPPY NEW YEAR! w/Quote

Happy New Year cards complete with the quote, "Out with the old, in with the new: may you be happy the whole year through."







Monday, December 3, 2018

BANNERS: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (#Disability Day) | December 3

International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been observed with varying degrees of success around the planet. #InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilities #DisabilityDay



The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life. It was originally called "International Day of Disabled Persons" until 2007. Each year the day focuses on a different issue.



Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day!

Source(s): wikipedia

Monday, November 26, 2018

BANNERS: National CAKE Day | November 26 (#NationalCakeDay)

Today is the day to have your cake and eat it too - whether it's a Sponge cake, Pound cake, Pudding cake, Bundt cake, flour-less cake, layered cakes or even an ice-cream cake because today is National Cake Day! #NationalCakeDay



No one knows who created this unofficial holiday but let's celebrate this day by eating some cake - whether you make it yourself or otherwise.



Happy National Cake Day!


Source(s): nationaldaycalendar


Monday, November 19, 2018

BANNERS: World TOILET Day | November 19 (#WorldToiletDay)

World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 4.5 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation" and around 892 million people practise open defecation. Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to achieve sanitation for all and end open defecation. World Toilet Day exists to inform, engage and inspire people to take action toward achieving this goal.



World Toilet Day was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001. Twelve years later, the UN General Assembly declared World Toilet Day an official UN day in 2013.



Happy World Toilet Day!

Source(s): wikipedia

Friday, November 16, 2018

BANNERS: STAND UP to BULLYING Day (#StandUptoBullyingDay)

This semi-annual event takes place in schools, workplaces, and organizations in 25 countries around the globe on the third Friday of November to coincide with Anti-bullying week, and then again on the last Friday of February.

Did you know, the first International STAND UP to Bullying Day took place in February 2008. 236 schools, workplaces and organizations representing more than 125,000 students and staff registered to take a STAND against Bullying by signing and wearing a special pink pledge shirt.


Participants sign and wear a pink “pledge shirt” to take a visible, public stance against bullying.



Source(s): wikipedia

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

BANNERS: National PICKLE Day | November 14 (#NationalPickleDay)

Did you know, drinking pickle juice stops muscle cramps faster than drinking water? That's why some athletes drink it during a game!

Whether it's bread and butter pickles, gherkins, dill pickles, Polish or German pickles, cinnamon pickles, kool-aid pickles or even breaded pickles, today is the day to enjoy your favourite pickles even more on National Pickle Day!




A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada and a gherkin in Britain, Ireland, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles.



Happy National Pickle Day!

Source(s): nationaldaycalendar | wikipedia | cbc

BANNERS: National SPICY GUACAMOLE Day | November 14 (#NationalSpicyGuacamoleDay)

It's National Spicy Guacamole Day! 
The avocado-based dip, sometimes used as a spread or in salads, was first developed by the Aztecs in what is now Mexico. Not only is it popular in modern Mexican cuisine, but it has become part of international and American cuisine as well.


So kick that guacamole up a notch today by adding some spice!



Source(s): nationaldaycalendar | wikipedia



Monday, November 12, 2018

BANNERS: TODAY IS... (November 12)

What's going on today on this day, November 12th?



Saturday, November 10, 2018

BANNERS: REMEMBRANCE Day | November 11 (#RemembranceDay)

Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.



Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November in most countries to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918.



Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month", in accordance with the armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente between 5:12 and 5:20 that morning. ("At the 11th hour" refers to the passing of the 11th hour, or 11:00 am.) The First World War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.




Source(s): wikipedia

BANNERS: VETERANS Day | November 11 (#VeteransDay)

Celebrating and honoring the service of all U.S. military veterans...







Monday, November 5, 2018

BANNERS: National LOVE YOUR RED HAIR Day | November 5 (#NationalLoveYourRedHairDay)

Redheads - today is your day! Whether you're a strawberry-blonde, ginger, a deep burgundy or anything in between, today is the day to celebrate those locks! #NationalLoveYourRedHairDay



Happy National Love Your Red Hair Day!


Sunday, October 28, 2018

BANNERS: INTERNET Day | October 29 (#InternetDay)

The first internet transmission started off as an attempt to transmit the text 'login' but after the 'l' and 'o' was sent, the system crashed. An hour later, however, on October 29, 1969, the entire text, 'login' was sent successfully and the rest, as they say, is history. Where would we be without the internet today? #InternetDay



Did you know, the first transmitted text was sent just a few months after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?



Happy Internet Day!


Source(s): internetday | daysoftheyear

Monday, October 22, 2018

BANNERS: National COLOR Day | October 22 (#NationalColorDay)

Can you imagine a world without colours? How appetizing would food look without colour? How about clothes? Would it matter what it looked like or how it fit? It's unimaginable. #NationalColorDay




Did you know, there are millions of shades of colour and the human eye is able to pick out over 10 million of them?

The original image used in the banner below, contains one million pixels, each one a different colour.



When viewed in full size, the original image of the background used in the banner below, contains about 16 million pixels, each corresponding to a different colour on the full set of RGB colours




Happy National Color Day!

Source(s): nationaldaycalendar | wikipedia

BANNERS: International CAPS LOCK Day | October 22 ( #InternationalCapsLockDay)

IT'S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! Ok. I'll stop shouting but this parody holiday was created back in October 2000 by a mystery guy named Derek Arnold, to make fun of those who constantly have the caps lock on when they type. You know who you are. #InternationalCapsLockDay



Did you know, there's a second observation on June 28? It was added by Arnold in memory of American pitchman Billy Mays, (since he always appeared to be shouting in those infomercials).



International CAPS LOCK Day
T̶o̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶i̶s̶ ... TODAY IS... INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY! Ok. I'll stop shouting but this parody holiday was created back in October 2000 by a mystery guy named Derek Arnold, to make fun of those who constantly have the caps lock on when they type. You know who you are. #InternationalCAPSLOCKDay #CAPSLOCKDay Did you know, there's a second observation on June 28? It was added by Arnold in memory of American pitchman Billy Mays, (since he always appeared to be shouting in those infomercials). (Source: https://scgsmcovers.blogspot.com/2018/10/banners-international-caps-lock-day.html)
Posted by St. Catharines, the GREAT - SCG Niagara on Monday, October 22, 2018



Happy International Caps Lock Day!

Source(s): thenextweb | wikipedia

Friday, October 19, 2018

BANNERS: National SEAFOOD BISQUE Day | October 19 (#NationalSeafoodBisqueDay)

Bisque, a smooth, creamy, highly seasoned soup of French origin and classically based on a strained broth of crustaceans, can be made from lobster, langoustine, crab, shrimp, or crayfish. No one really knows who created this unofficial holiday but it is observed annually on October 19th. #NationalSeafoodBisqueDay







Happy National Seafood Bisque Day!

Source(s): foodimentary | nationaldaycalendar