Welcome to the June 9th edition of the Wannaskan Almanac. If you have enjoyed what you have read, please subscribe. The cost of subscription is zero dollars and zero cents, but you will be annoyed with the best in Wannaskan prose, scribbles, squibs, and sarcasm daily. That is easily worth the price!
This is the 161st day of 2020. There are 205 days left in 2020. Today is the 82nd day of spring. There are just 9 days till summer. If you were planning on getting that beach body (like I was) then hopefully you have been working on it. If not you will have to settle for the beach ball body (like I did) and you will just have to suck it in when people that you are trying to impress walk by.
No major, minor, or insignificant holidays are celebrated in America on this date. If today is your birthday you get to keep it all to yourself. Me, I was born on Boxing Day. My birthday is overshadowed by Christmas, New Year's, and tons of leftover Christmas turkey (Chinese food if you are Jewish). So if you were born on June 9, happy birthday, and thank your lucky stars that you get to keep that day to yourself.
Cakes have been used to celebrate holidays for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks celebrated their holy days with circular cakes that were hollow in the middle...you know...donut shaped...because they were cooked in Greece!
The first official birthday cakes are believed to have originated in Germany in the 1400's. Before that time cakes were usually reserved for weddings because they cost so much and were also excellent aphrodisiacs.
Up until the industrial revolution, birthday cakes were pretty much reserved for those who were rich. During the industrial revolution, cakes began to be made out of cheaper materials like mass produced flour and coal. A coal cake with cheap flour frosting was a delicacy that many a poor child enjoyed in the 1800's.
The tradition of putting candles on cakes goes back thousands of years. The ancient Greeks would put candles on the cakes (donuts, as shown above) brought to the Goddess of the hunt, Artemis. They believed the cakes would glow like the moon and the smoke would rise up to Artemis, causing her to bless their endeavors. Legend has it that the smoke actually made Artemis cough and her coughing extinguished the candles...and now you know the history behind that.
I hope that you have enjoyed this edition of fact or fiction. This edition of the Wannaskan Almanac should probably not be used as the basis for a history paper. Verify your facts with a reliable source...like Wikipedia or some guy in a bar.
This is the 161st day of 2020. There are 205 days left in 2020. Today is the 82nd day of spring. There are just 9 days till summer. If you were planning on getting that beach body (like I was) then hopefully you have been working on it. If not you will have to settle for the beach ball body (like I did) and you will just have to suck it in when people that you are trying to impress walk by.
No major, minor, or insignificant holidays are celebrated in America on this date. If today is your birthday you get to keep it all to yourself. Me, I was born on Boxing Day. My birthday is overshadowed by Christmas, New Year's, and tons of leftover Christmas turkey (Chinese food if you are Jewish). So if you were born on June 9, happy birthday, and thank your lucky stars that you get to keep that day to yourself.
The first official birthday cakes are believed to have originated in Germany in the 1400's. Before that time cakes were usually reserved for weddings because they cost so much and were also excellent aphrodisiacs.
Up until the industrial revolution, birthday cakes were pretty much reserved for those who were rich. During the industrial revolution, cakes began to be made out of cheaper materials like mass produced flour and coal. A coal cake with cheap flour frosting was a delicacy that many a poor child enjoyed in the 1800's.
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| Happy children with their coal cake! |
The tradition of putting candles on cakes goes back thousands of years. The ancient Greeks would put candles on the cakes (donuts, as shown above) brought to the Goddess of the hunt, Artemis. They believed the cakes would glow like the moon and the smoke would rise up to Artemis, causing her to bless their endeavors. Legend has it that the smoke actually made Artemis cough and her coughing extinguished the candles...and now you know the history behind that.
I hope that you have enjoyed this edition of fact or fiction. This edition of the Wannaskan Almanac should probably not be used as the basis for a history paper. Verify your facts with a reliable source...like Wikipedia or some guy in a bar.
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