Author: Lisa Mungovan

Workers dismantling the base, of a Confederate statue that was removed in Richmond Virginia, have discovered a 2nd time capsule inside the pedestal. Historical documents had mentioned the box, which should hold 60 artifacts from 18 87. The box is being studied by conservators, before it is opened. What will be inside?

Did you know, that some hummingbirds don’t migrate during the winter? If you still have hummingbirds coming to your feeder, you can attach it to a warm window, or wrap it in bubble wrap, or a string of incandescent lights, to help keep the sugar-water from freezing. You may be their only food source!

126 years ago, Auguste and Louis Lumière started the motion picture industry. The brothers showed 10 short films, to an audience of 33 paying customers, in Paris France. The moving pictures showed ordinary events, and each movie was less than 1 minute long, but the audience was amazed. Today, Short Film Day, commemorates that movie history moment.

Get your favorite deck of cards out, because today is Card Playing Day! Do you know how to play Crazy 8’s, War, or Rummy? Or try another card game, like Uno. It’s also Chocolate Candy Day, so you could also learn to play Poker, and bet with chocolate, then eat all your winnings!

Last year, only 200 Western monarch butterflies showed up, in California’s Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove. Park rangers track the butterflies’ migration each year, and they’d never seen so few arrive. This year however, the monarchs were back in spectacular numbers. 100,000 orange-and-black butterflies, quietly fluttered on every tree, like a beautiful living curtain.

Stop. Don’t take down your Christmas decorations yet. It’s only the 3rd day of Christmas! You could celebrate Twelve Days of Christmas, by giving a gift each day. Any late packages, could still technically arrive on time. Enjoy the holidays, by baking cookies, spending time with your family, and singing the 12 Days of Christmas.

Today is Fruitcake Day! Fruitcake has a bad reputation, but it’s really a delicious cake made with candied fruit and nuts. Ancient Romans used pomegranate seeds and pine nuts. Honey and spices were added in the Middle Ages. One family, keeps a fruitcake as a family heirloom. Their great-great-grandmother, Fidelia Ford, baked it in 18 78!

What do you do when it’s Visit The Zoo Day, but it’s the middle of a pandemic? You visit the zoo virtually! Many zoos have livecams, to watch animals from home. See the giant pandas, on National Zoo’s Panda-Cam, view Vancouver Aquarium’s hypnotic Jellyfish-Cam, or watch insects at work, on Houston Zoo’s Leafcutter Ant-Cam.

Today is Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day. Fold a square of paper in half, then in half again. Cut the corners off your folded square, then unfold it. See? The more cuts and folds you make, the fancier it will be! Look up a pattern online, to make a Mandalorian and Baby Yoda snowflake!