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I succumb to the most commercial joke of a holiday ever and wish my most beautiful, most intelligent, most excellent favoritest sweetest boy of all the sweetest prettyest smartest favorite boys there were a Happy Sweetest Day.
For those not familiar with this, and there are probably many of you, I will attempt to explain.
"Observed the 3rd Saturday in the month of October, Sweetest Day observance originated in Cleveland in 1922. Herbert Birch Kingston, a philanthropist and candy company employee wanted to bring happiness into the lives of orphans, shut-ins and others who were forgotten. With the help of friends, he began to distribute candy and small gifts to the underprivileged.
On the first Sweetest Day, movie star Ann Pennington presented 2,200 Cleveland newspaper boys with boxes of candy to express gratitude for their service to the public.
Another popular movie star, Theda Bara, distributed 10,000 boxes of candy to people in Cleveland hospitals and also gave candy to all who came to watch her film in a local theater.
Primarily a regional observance celebrated in the Great Lakes region and the Northeast, Sweetest Day is gradually spreading to other areas of the country. People tend to take the Sweetest Day tradition with them when they move. Ohio is the top state for Sweetest Day sales, followed by Michigan and Illinois. Texas, California and Florida are among the top 10 states in sales.
Over the years, Sweetest Day has evolved into a time to express romantic love and also to show appreciation to friends."
- http://www.theromantic.com/sweetestday.htm
That said. Happy Sweetest Day to my best girl arah whom I miss and hope to see very soon, and a Happy Sweetest Day to the very asdhjkashasdajlkfas hyporeal and to everyone else, my friends new and old, who have stuck by me and helped me out and been there for me and cheered me up and all the things that friends do for you. Just a day out of a year to say thanks for everything.
Oh, and....judging by the responses to the Would You.. poll....a lot of you are remarkably willing to let me do a lot of things with/to you. Heh. (And yes, I have a lot of numbers but call very, very, very few of them)
For those not familiar with this, and there are probably many of you, I will attempt to explain.
"Observed the 3rd Saturday in the month of October, Sweetest Day observance originated in Cleveland in 1922. Herbert Birch Kingston, a philanthropist and candy company employee wanted to bring happiness into the lives of orphans, shut-ins and others who were forgotten. With the help of friends, he began to distribute candy and small gifts to the underprivileged.
On the first Sweetest Day, movie star Ann Pennington presented 2,200 Cleveland newspaper boys with boxes of candy to express gratitude for their service to the public.
Another popular movie star, Theda Bara, distributed 10,000 boxes of candy to people in Cleveland hospitals and also gave candy to all who came to watch her film in a local theater.
Primarily a regional observance celebrated in the Great Lakes region and the Northeast, Sweetest Day is gradually spreading to other areas of the country. People tend to take the Sweetest Day tradition with them when they move. Ohio is the top state for Sweetest Day sales, followed by Michigan and Illinois. Texas, California and Florida are among the top 10 states in sales.
Over the years, Sweetest Day has evolved into a time to express romantic love and also to show appreciation to friends."
- http://www.theromantic.com/sweetestday.htm
That said. Happy Sweetest Day to my best girl arah whom I miss and hope to see very soon, and a Happy Sweetest Day to the very asdhjkashasdajlkfas hyporeal and to everyone else, my friends new and old, who have stuck by me and helped me out and been there for me and cheered me up and all the things that friends do for you. Just a day out of a year to say thanks for everything.
Oh, and....judging by the responses to the Would You.. poll....a lot of you are remarkably willing to let me do a lot of things with/to you. Heh. (And yes, I have a lot of numbers but call very, very, very few of them)