Friday, June 4, 2010
National Donut Day!
Happy National Donut Day! Jared called me a few minutes ago from work telling me that we HAD to celebrate National Donut Day. If it wasn't for him I would have missed this phenomenal holiday. I did a little background research and found out that "National Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year and follows on the Donut Day event created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday celebrates the doughnut (a.k.a "donut") — an edible, torus-shaped piece of dough which is deep-fried and sweetened" (Wikipedia, 2010). I have also always been curious on whether doughnut should be spelled donut or doughnut. According to Yahoo Answers "both spellings are acceptable here in the United States." To celebrate this holiday both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts are giving away free donuts. For a random piece of trivia, according to Google "national doughnut day" is the 54th most popular search in the last hour (5:00 pm). For dessert tonight we are going to go find somewhere to get a tasty donut. I hope you do the same.
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Very informative, and now I want a donut. Thanks a lot!!
ReplyDeleteMy little sister has informed me that National Chocolate Pudding Day is coming up as well.. Holidays sure do make life worth living sometimes, don't they?
ReplyDeleteOh I wish I'd known about donut day! I love getting free stuff! I just found out that certain fast food places give away free food on halloween cause they don't get any business while everyone is out trick-or-treating. I'm gonna be all over that this october!
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