Things to Celebrate in February by Poppy Flynn Every day of the month has some kind of official celebration and usually more than one! It might be big; it might be small…it might be wacky or downright bizarre! There are over 1500 National Days throughout the year, here’s just one observance of the many for each day in February 2021. loaves with a sweet paste he called Giandujot. But it wasn’t until 1951 that Ferrero made the paste into a spreadable form and later still, 1964, when Ferrero’s son Michele gave the creamy hazelnut and cocoa paste the name Nutella. February 6th - Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day Celebrated on the first Saturday in February. Enough said!
February 1st - Dark Chocolate Day Start the month off with a treat.
February 7th - Send a Card to a Friend Day Obviously created by a card company, but with so many of us in some kind of lockdown, perhaps it’s not such a bad idea.
February 2nd - World Play your Ukulele Day Ukulele is the Hawaiian word meaning ‘jumping flea,’ supposedly because when played well, it looks like the fingers are jumping around on the strings like a flea.
February 8th - National Kite Flying Day You need: A light breeze of 5-20 mph is optimal. Wide-open spaces. Don’t fly near power lines or trees. Don’t fly your kite in the rain. Have your back to the wind when you launch. Don’t let your line out too quickly.
February 3rd - The Day the Music Died Commemorating the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper in a plane crash in 1959. February 4th - Stuffed Mushroom Day Mushroom caps make the perfect little container for your favourite filling. February 5th - World Nutella Day In northern Italy, during the 1800s, they came up with the idea of adding hazelnuts to cocoa when the later was in short supply. After World War II, cocoa was once again difficult to come by so pastry maker, Pietro Ferrero, used the same trick to make - 26 -
