Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day   The Origin of Paper Snowflakes Here's how to make paper snowflakes Grab some scissors and some paper and make your own !         National Fruitcake Day   January 3 is National Fruitcake Toss Day. Click here to get the history of the fruitcake. Why? Why was it ever created?  It kinda looks like a brick of ick to me. Visit the Zoo   During the holidays a lot of zoos decorate for Christmas. So bundle up and go to your local zoo for the night lights of the season! Our local zoo, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, calls their holiday lights Electric Safari

Chocolate Covered Cherry Day A History of Cherry Cordials/Chocolate Covered Cherries Amish Chocolate Covered Cherries The Most Famous Brand of Chocolate Covered Cherries: Cella's Chocolate Covered Cherries I have never liked chocolate covered cherries.  I like cherries, chocolate periodically, but the two of them in the mixture that makes up chocolate covered cherries?  Nope.  And then I figured out why I don't really like them.  1) The liquid is gross, in my opinion.  It's so sugary and the texture of it is not appealing to me. But more than that, 2) maraschino cherries.  Most chocolate covered cherries are made with this kind of cherry. I just can't. Have you heard about this kind of cherry?  Let me enlighten you a bit... Here's the origin of the maraschino cherries Behold The Horrifying Way Maraschino Cherries Are Made BUT there are some options if you've got to have maraschino cherries for your sundaes and cocktails. If you aren't...