NATIONAL PFEFFERNUSSE DAY
December 23 of each year celebrates the delicious and loved by many across the country, pfeffernusse cookie as it is National Pfeffernusse Day.
Very popular around the holidays, pfeffernusse are fluffy cookies made with ground nuts and spices and covered in powdered sugar.
The exact origin in unknown however the Dutch believe that pfeffernusse (or pepernoten) are linked to the feast of Sinterklaas, which is celebrated on December 5 in the Netherlands and December 6 in Germany and Belgium. This holiday is when children receive gifts from St. Nicholas, who is partially the inspiration for the Santa Claus tradition.
Over time, many bakers have created their own pfeffernusse recipes. Traditional recipes included various nuts such as almonds and walnuts. Some modern recipes exclude nuts altogether along with the black pepper, retaining only cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom as flavoring. Molasses and honey are often times used to sweeten the cookie
To celebrate National Pfeffernusse Day, try one of the following “tried and true” pfeffernusse recipes:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pfeffernusse/
http://www.food.com/recipe/pfeffernusse-german-pepper-nut-cookies-79103
NATIONAL PFEFFERNUSSE DAY HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator or origin of National Pfeffernusse Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
National Roots Day December 23
NATIONAL ROOTS DAY
National Roots Day is celebrated annually on December 23 across the United States.National Roots Day encourages us to look into our heritage, families, family history and ancestry and as many people are gathering together at this time of the year, during the holidays, it is a good time to ask questions of other family members about ones roots. It is quite possible that a grandparent, parent , aunt or uncle has a family tree they could bring out to begin with.
It is often very interesting to learn about the lives of our ancestors; where they came from, their struggles, their accomplishments and etc. It is a combination of everyone that is on the family tree that makes us the person that we are today.
NATIONAL ROOTS DAY HISTORY
Our research was unable to find the creator and the origin of National Roots Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.
FESTIVUS
Festivus is held on December 23 each year. It was created as a response to the commercialism of the other December holidays. Its slogan is “A Festivus for the rest of us.”The Festivus celebration includes three major components:
The Festivus Pole.
During Festivus, an unadorned aluminum pole is displayed, apparently in opposition to the commercialization of decorated Christmas trees, and because the holiday’s creator, Frank Costanza, “Finds tinsel distracting.”The Airing of Grievances.
At the Festivus dinner, the celebrant tells their friends and family all of the instances where they disappointed the celebrant that year. Airing of Grievances WorksheetThe Feats of Strength.
The head of the family tests his or her strength against one participant of the head’s choosing. Festivus is not considered over until the head of the family has been pinned. A participant is allowed to decline to attempt to pin the head of the family only if they have something better to do instead. Feats of Strength Challenge CardOther Items
Instead of exchanging gifts with his co-workers, when George Constanza was given a gift he in turn gave his co-worker a card stating that a donation had been made in their name to a charity called The Human Fund when in fact this organization didn’t existFestivus Song by Danny Lutz
Festivus Song by Brett Houston
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