October 1, 2015 – NATIONAL HOMEMADE COOKIES DAY – NATIONAL FIRE PUP DAY

                               NATIONAL HOMEMADE COOKIES DAY

 

National Homemade Cookies Day is celebrated annually on October 1. If you are looking for an excuse to bake some homemade cookies, eat some homemade cookies, take homemade cookies to work or to the neighbors, look no further. 

 

Can you smell them now?  It may be chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal raisin, monster cookies, sugar cookies or any one of the many homemade cookies baking in the oven that gives the home the wonderful aroma that makes your mouth water.

 

Many of us have wonderful memories of coming home to warm homemade cookies waiting for us with a glass of cold milk or going over to Grandma’s house to a plate of fresh homemade cookies on the kitchen counter.  Those are wonderful memories that bring smiles to our faces.
OBSERVE

To celebrate National Homemade Cookies Day, try one of our “tried and true” cookie recipes:
Beth’s Spicy Oatmeal CookiesPeanut Butter Cup CookiesMonster Chip CookiesHomemade Lemon Sugar Cookies
Use #HomemadeCookiesDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Homemade Cookies Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

 

National Fire Pup Day – October 1

NATIONAL FIRE PUP DAY

National Fire Pup Day is observed each year on October 1.  This is a day designated to recognize our canine firefighters, the four-footed members of the fire department. In the United States, dalmatians are commonly known as firehouse dogs.

 

It all began when the use of dalmatians as carriage dogs was transferred to horse-drawn fire engines.  In the days of the horse-drawn fire carts they provided a valuable service, having a natural affinity to horses.  The dalmatians would run alongside the horses, in front of or beneath the cart axles and clear the way for safety.  Even though the horses are long since gone in the fire houses, the dalmatians, by tradition, have stayed.

 

The dalmatian today serves as a firehouse mascot and is sometimes used to educate the public in fire safety.

Dalmatians are often chosen as a pet by firefighters in honor of their heroism in the past.