Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is National Mutt Day. Mixed-breed dogs are available for adoption in shelters everywhere, and they are awesome! When you adopt a mutt puppy, you never know how big they’ll grow; you get to be surprised! It’s also Fritters Day. Bits of dough stuffed with fruit, vegetables, or other fillings, are deep-fried and delicious!

First comes Thanksgiving, then Black Friday. Well, today is Cyber Monday. It first started back in 2005, when people went back to work after the Thanksgiving holiday and shopped online using their fast internet connections. It’s the best day to buy gifts online because there are lots of special discounts. Did I tell you how much I love hats?

The largest deposit of gold ever, has been discovered in Central China. 40 gold veins lying more than a mile underground, are estimated to contain 1100 tons of gold, worth at least $83,000,000,000. Humans have prized gold for thousands of years, but it looks like there’s still plenty of gold for everyone.

A kindergarten in Japan, solved a mystery last month. Children store their indoor shoes in cubbyholes, but one night 15 shoes disappeared. The next night, 3 more shoes vanished. The school set up security cameras, and finally caught the thief in the act. A weasel had been sneaking in, and absconding with the footwear.

Today is Rosa Parks Day, commemorating the date she became a hero in the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955, for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. A statue in Montgomery Alabama, honors Rosa’s act of courage, and the fight for equality.

Today is Eat A Red Apple Day! Buy a whole bag and make an apple pie, since it’s also Pie Day! Pie rhymes with tie, and guess what! It’s the beginning of Tie Month. You can wear bow ties, string ties, fat ties, skinny ties, bolo ties, or light-up ties, all month long!

December is here, and so is Christmas Lights Day. The first tree lights were invented in the 18 80’s, by Edward Johnson. Before that, people used to decorate their Christmas trees with candles, which doesn’t sound safe at all! Now we have LED lights that stay cool, and color-changing lights that you can program.

Chef Nick DiGiovanni teamed up with Dunkin’, to create the world’s largest iced latte. The giant serving of coffee filled an 11-foot-tall plastic cup, with 276 gallons of espresso, milk, and ice. Since the straw was wider than his mouth, the drink was served to 300 people, in smaller cups.

A deer in British Columbia Canada, has been spotted wearing clothes. Someone must have wanted to make sure the deer wouldn’t get hit by a car, so they dressed it in a yellow reflective high-visibility vest. Maybe the deer is their friend, because it wouldn’t be easy to put clothes on a wild animal!

Today is Stay Home Because You’re Well Day. You can have more fun on your day off, when you’re not sick! For Personal Space Day, practice respecting people’s boundaries. Then celebrate Small Business Saturday by going shopping. Visit a small, family-owned business when you need something, because they need something too: your business!