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February 15, 2015

National Gum Drop Day
The Invention of the Gumdrop
Homemade Gumdrops Recipe
The meaning and origin of the expression : Goody, goody gumdrops

Hippo Day
National Geographic: Hippopotamus


Singles Awareness Day
What and why is single awareness?
10 Tips On How To Stay Happy Living The Single Life

Candlemas Day
Huh. Apparently this is a Christian tradition.  Huh. Never heard of it and the labor and delivery room in which my mother birthed me was actually in the church nursery. *wink*
What is candlemass?
It's also known as The Feast of Purification

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