Daily Holidays - December 27

[Sherman A1]

National Fruit Cake Day Rome is believed to be the creator of fruitcake and one of the earliest recipes known comes from ancient Rome listing pomegranate seeds, pine nuts and raisins that were mixed into barley mash. Records indicate that in the Middle Ages, honey, spices and preserved fruits were added. Recipes for fruitcake vary from country to country depending on available ingredients and tradition. http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/latest-posts/

Visit The Zoo Day If animals are your passion then Visit the Zoo Day gives you a great opportunity to really get close to some of the most intriguing and engaging species on the planet. No matter where you live, your usually not far from a zoo, so why not go for a visit and find out more? Some people think of zoos only as cruel prisons where countless animals are kept, bored to death, from the moment they’re born till the moment they die. But these days zoos are at the forefront of much of the research which goes on into animal behaviour and how best to protect vulnerable animals from extinction. Many zoos have breeding programmes running, where they work with other facilities around the world to increase the numbers of endangered populations. In most of the better zoos around the globe, the enclosures the animals are kept in are relatively roomy and attempt to mirror an animal’s natural environment as closely as possible. Some zoos house indigenous species as well as or rather than those from further away. All in all, zos are fascinating (and often smelly) places where we can get a lot closer to nature than we would ever have the chance to otherwise, and that’s definitely worth trying at least once or twice in life. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/visit-the-zoo-day/

Make A Cut Out Snowflake Day A great way to celebrate the festive season and winter in general is by making your own snowflake decorations. Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day encourages you to get busy with paper and scissors to make your very own snowflake decorations!
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/make-cut-out-snowflakes-day/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december27.html

[bigwillq]

1. I think fruit cake is awful

[femmocrat]

2. Make a virtual snowflake:

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http://snowdays.me

This site is a lot of fun. I used to use it with my students.

And here is a cat snowflake!