Halloween is a time of fun and superstition; a celebration of life and death falling on the eve of the day honoring dead ancestors, saints and martyrs. From the Gaelic festival of Samhain, when people wore costumes and lighted bonfires to ward off roaming spirits, the present-day Halloween has evolved. Today, it features child-friendly trick-or-treating […]
October 21 is Apple Day, a celebration that started in 1904 to help increase apple sales and promote awareness of and interest in apples and apple-related products. Throughout October, the apple industry holds promotional campaigns to remind people about the goodness and benefits of one of America’s most beloved fruits. Apples in American Culture Although […]
Patricia Bays Haroski registered “National Boss’s Day” with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. Working as a secretary for her father at the State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois, Haroski chose October 16th, as the holiday’s official calendar date. Haroski’s efforts were rewarded when in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner officially proclaimed Boss’s […]
A cigar is essentially a cylinder of dried and fermented tobacco, rolled in a variety of sizes and wrapped in a tobacco leaf for smoking. Cigars are bigger than the typical cigarette and take longer to smoke. Aficionados consider cigars the finest and best way to enjoy tobacco. Cigars come in various sizes and shapes. […]