NATIONAL TV DINNER DAY

National TV Dinner Day is observed annually on September 10th.  In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons changed the prepackaged meal business forever. Introducing the TV Dinner revolutionized frozen food.

In 1962, Swanson stopped using the name TV Dinner. However, in the United States, the term remains synonymous with any prepackaged dinner purchased frozen from a store and heated at home.

The first Swanson TV Dinner consisted of a Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread dressing, peas, and sweet potatoes. Originally, Swansons made the tray of aluminum. They separated each food item into individual compartments, too. At home, the cook heated the dinner in the oven. The cooking time was usually 25 minutes. Today, nearly all frozen food trays can be cooked in the microwave or a conventional oven. 

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When Swanson’s first sold TV dinners, they priced them at 98 cents. In the first year, production estimates reached 5,000 dinners. To their surprise, Swanson far exceeded that amount. In the first year, they sold more than 10 million of them.

TV Dinner Facts
  • 1960 – Swanson added desserts to a new four-compartment tray.
  • 1964 – Night Hawk name originated from the Night Hawk steak houses that operated in Austin, Texas, from 1939 through 1994. The original diners were open all night, catering to the late-night crowd. The restaurants produced the first frozen Night Hawk TV dinner in 1964.
  • 1969 – The first TV breakfasts were marketed. Great Starts Breakfasts and breakfast sandwiches followed later.
  • 1973 – Swanson markets the first Hungry-Man dinners. The meals included larger portions of its regular dinner products.
  • 1986 – Microwave-oven safe trays debut on the market. 
  • 1986 – The Smithsonian Institute inducted the original Swanson TV Dinner tray into the Museum of American History.

Much has changed since the original TV Dinner. They also remain a popular choice for a fast and convenient meal, fun to eat in front of the TV!

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HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalTVDinnerDay

Get out a TV dinner, pop it in the microwave or oven, and enjoy! Use #NationalTVDinnerDay to post on social media.

NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY

Each year on April 28th, National Superhero Day honors superheroes, both real and fictional.

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Spiderman are just some of the superheroes whose names we recognize. Star Wars, Star Trek,  Even though they are fictional, these superheroes are great role models for our children. They serve and protect while fighting evil. Your hero can come from another world or even time,if you fancy a certain Scottish Highlander from the 1700’s.

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Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. ~ Gerard Way

Our real-life superheroes may not have superpowers or wear capes, but they are also great role models who serve and protect while fighting evil.  Military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and teachers are just a few of the heroes who protect us on a daily basis.

Make sure first responders and medical personnel are included. As we have seen first hand in very recent times how hard they fight for us. Paramedics, nurses, Dr’s, and med-tech’s out there helping us beat Coronavirus.

HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalSuperheroDay

Take your favorite superhero to lunch and say thank you for all they do. Let them know that you appreciate them. Share what you think makes a hero. Take a picture with your favorite hero.

Post photos on social media using #NationalSuperheroDay.

NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY HISTORY

In 1995, Marvel Comics‘ employees created National Superhero Day. 

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NATIONAL STICKER DAY

National Sticker Day on January 13th recognizes all the ways stickers brighten up a page or send a special message. The day celebrates all things stickers, from the custom printing of them to sharing stickers. Every sticker has a story.

Historians credit the European merchants in the 1880s as the first to stick labels to their products, in an effort to promote their goods and wares to passersby.

These savvy, pre-industrial entrepreneurs used a gum paste to get the labels to adhere and, well, stick: hence “stickers.” By the 1900s a sticker-specific paste had been developed and was widely used, most notably on stamps, which dried and then would re-apply when moistened.

The observance is in honor of R. Stanton Avery, who was born on that day in 1907. Avery was the original creator of the adhesive label with removable backing.

NATIONAL STICKER DAY HISTORY

StickerGiant, a promotional sticker and product label company based in Longmont, Colorado, created National Sticker Day in 2015 to celebrate all the fun stickers bring to all ages.

HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalStickerDay

Buy or make some special stickers. Share your favorite projects, scrapbook or reward someone with a unique sticker. Stickers aren’t just for kids. Everyone enjoys a sticker. They’re functional as well as fun. They keep us organized, and they create colorful ways to celebrate, too! Share your sticker best!

Take photos of them to post on social media using #NationalStickerDay.

NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY

Each year on April 28th, National Superhero Day honors superheroes, both real and fictional.

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and Spiderman are just some of the superheroes whose names we recognize. Star Wars, Star Trek,  Even though they are fictional, these superheroes are great role models for our children. They serve and protect while fighting evil. Your hero can come from another world or even time,if you fancy a certain Scottish Highlander from the 1700’s.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. ~ Gerard Way

Our real-life superheroes may not have superpowers or wear capes, but they are also great role models who serve and protect while fighting evil.  Military personnel, police officers, firefighters, and teachers are just a few of the heroes who protect us on a daily basis.

Make sure first responders and medical personnel are included. As we have seen first hand in very recent times how hard they fight for us. Paramedics, nurses, Dr’s, and med-tech’s out there helping us beat Coronavirus.

HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalSuperheroDay

Take your favorite superhero to lunch and say thank you for all they do. Let them know that you appreciate them. Share what you think makes a hero. Take a picture with your favorite hero.

Post photos on social media using #NationalSuperheroDay.

NATIONAL SUPERHERO DAY HISTORY

In 1995, Marvel Comics‘ employees created National Superhero Day. 

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Halloween

Halloween gives us all permission to play dress up and induldge in some fun. You don’t have to buy a costume every year, in fact you may have what you need in the closet right now.

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Look online for popular costumes any girl can be a princess with a belled formal from the specialty section of your wardrobe. Delve deep, one of my favorites to bring out is red halter top blouse. Add a long black skirt and my favorite high heel boots, with the purhase of a horned head band and a red and black pitch fork (also a one time purchase) and you’ve got a really cute/sexy red devil.

Keep the boots fishnets, and skirt change the top to a whimsicaal bell sleeve an ad a classy withes hat. Faux leather leggings, frilly white blouse and red or black skirt (I like lace) add a peacoat style jacket and hat you just got a pirates lady.

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These same tricks work for children however in younger ages than pre-teen are probably going to want the character dujour that friends are wearing. This is also in my opinion to start teaching them to have thier own likes and opinions and i can.t think of a better platform to start encouraging them to think for themselves.
My mom would ask if our friends were jumping off a bridge/buildiing were we going to jump too? These instances taught us to think for ourselves and stand up to peer pressure later made us better adults. i’m also positive there were times in the grocery store she regretted that chioie, ha ha; however i know that as a young adult that ability allowed me to avoid several situations that could have been quite bad, the ability to think for myself and make cofident choices has seen me through quite a lot.
So i say encourage the halloween fun. i’ve seen more decorations in yards as the years pass. There aresome great ideas on sights lik Pintrest that are great fun, I can remember helping make ghosts and ghouly decorations when I was a girl. What a great way to give lasting memories not to mention great pictures to share and cherish. So this year get your Haloween on!

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