November 20, 2014 – NATIONAL ABSURDITY DAY – NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY – GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT DAY

 

                                         NATIONAL ABSURDITY DAY

National Absurdity Day is celebrated annually on November 20.
This day was created as a day to recall and note some of the totally and absolutely absurd things in history, in our country and in our lives.
National Absurdity Day is also a day to have fun and do crazy, zany and absurd things.  Everyone has an excuse today to let the absurd antics that are hidden inside of them out.   You can do things that you have wanted to do that make absolutely no sense at all and it will be okay because you will be celebrating National Absurdity Day.
Have fun today but remember to be careful and be safe!
NATIONAL ABSURDITY DAY HISTORY
Our research was unable to find the creator of National Absurdity Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Peanut Butter Fudge Day – November 20
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NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY

Peanut butter lovers and fudge lovers can come together today to celebrate as November 20 is National Peanut Butter Fudge Day.
On June 16, people across the United States celebrated National Fudge Day and today, they will all celebrate as they did then however, they will have the yummy taste of peanut butter as the fudge flavor and star of the show.
See: http://nationaldaycalendar.com/2014/06/15/june-16-2014-national-fudge-day/
Fudge originated in the United States.
Enjoy one of the following “tried and true” peanut butter fudge recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easiest-peanut-butter-fudge/
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-fudge-3
http://www.food.com/recipe/easiest-chocolate-peanut-butter-fudge-264611
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-peanut-butter-swirl-fudge/
NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Peanut Butter Fudge, an “unofficial” national holiday.

Great American Smokeout – Thursday before Thanksgiving
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GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT DAY

Each year on the third Thursday in November, the American Cancer Society sponsors the Great American Smokeout.
This is an annual social engineering event to encourage Americans to stop tobacco smoking.  The Great American Smokeout challenges smokers to stop smoking cigarettes for 24 hours with the hopes that this decision will continue on forever.
Evolving from a series of small scale initiatives, the first Great American Smokeout was held on November 16, 1977 in San Francisco’s Union Square.

• 1970 – Randolph, Massachusetts – Arthur P. Mullaney suggested people give up cigarettes for a day donating the money to a local high school.
• 1974 – Monticello, Minesota – Lynn R. Smith of the Monticello Times promoted a “Don’t Smoke Day”.
• 1976 – November 18, The California Division of the American Cancer Society successfully prompted nearly one million smokers to quit for the day.

Join millions of other smokers today and participate in the Great American Smokeout.