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March 24th National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

March Holidays

I’m not sure that chocolate covered raisins need a national day of their own to be celebrated. Yes they taste good and are fun to eat, they may even be a little better for you than most treats (Maybe). But do they really deserve a day of their own to be singled out?! Well, I guess that’s your choice. I mean Raisinets seem to be popular at the movies or as a bridge mix. And there is the old excuse that chocolate comes from a vegetable and raisins are a fruit so it is sold as being healthy.

How to celebrate – Have some chocolate covered raisins. Go to the movies. Learn how to make your own chocolate covered raisins. (Not hard to do, get some raisins and cover them in chocolate)

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December 28th Card Playing Day

December holidays

Playing cards is a great way to pass some time, either alone or with friends and family. Sometimes it’s not as much about playing cards as it is about the company you keep. There are so many card games to play, so many strategies that can be used and so many ways to play that no game ever comes out exactly the same. There are challenging games like Pinochle and Bridge, gambling games like poker, gathering games like Canasta and mindless games like Old Maid and War. Find some friends or family who like to play and form a regular card playing night, you won’t regret it!

How to celebrate – Find a card game you like to play. Make a party out of it with drinks and snacks. Invent a new card game that only you know the rules.

March 24th National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

March Holidays, Unboxing the Bizarre

I remember when I was a child my grandmother had a bridge day with her friends once a month. During her “party” she served Bridge Mix, which included Chocolate Covered Raisins. While we children were allowed to play, which I did not want to do anyway we were allowed to sneak in and steal some of the Bridge Mix. Later, I found the Chocolate Covered Raisins at the movie theater. Made from the coco bean, the chocolate is a vegetable and the raisin is a grape (Fruit) so it seems like it should be good for you. Alas, it is not… but don’t let that stop you from eating one or two… dozen.

How to celebrate – Get some chocolate covered raisins. When the theaters open again, get them at the theater. Start a Bridge date with others just so you can buy Bridge Mix.

March 24th National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

March Holidays

I remember as a child sneaking into my grandmothers drawing room, while she and her friends played bridge, and sneaking a handful of the candy left on the corner of the table. It was always chocolate covered raisins and nuts. They even call it, Bridge Mix. Back then, since I only saw the chocolate covered raisins when they played cards I didn’t think it was available unless it was a card day. The sweet chocolate and sweet raisins was a perfect combination and of most candies, probably the best one for you.

How to celebrate – Learn how to play Bridge. Go to the movie theater and buy some chocolate covered raisins. (Might as well see a movie while you are there.) Make your chocolate covered raisins.

March 24th National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day

March Holidays

Well, it seems like we tend to celebrate a lot of days that really aren’t all tat important. I don’t think i would put Chocolate Covered Raisins at the top of my list unless I were planning on playing Bridge today. Not that there is anything wrong with chocolate covered raisins, I do like them but I do not know that I would go as far as to actually celebrate them. On the other hand, they should, or could, be named a health food. After all, chocolate comes from the cocoa bean which is a vegetable and raisins are a fruit, so when we eat chocolate covered raisins we are eating our fruits and veggies! I just think the sugar involved here may sort of take it out of the range of most health foods. Still, it is a way to have something sweet and make the world think you are just being patriotic by eating them, after all it is national. Though I don’t think the government actually sees them that way.

How to celebrate – Have some chocolate covered raisins. Eat your fruit and vegetables. Play Bridge.

March 24th National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

March Holidays, Unboxing the Bizarre

If you grew up like I did, watching your parents play bridge with their friends, sneaking out and stealing some of the bridge mix which was made up of chocolate covered nuts and raisins. I know I always welcomed bridge night.

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What I didn’t realize is that I was eating healthy! You see, the cocoa plant, which chocolate comes from, is considered a vegetable. Of course, the original vegetable (Chocolate) is bitter and was served as a drink, not candy. Once it reached Europe sugar was added and it suddenly became candy. Of course, it became unhealthy as well.

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And then the raisins come from grapes and are fruit. never mind that they are dried up and shriveled. They add a sweetness to that bitter chocolate, which isn’t bitter anymore but that doesn’t matter. Double sweetness is twice as nice.

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So the next time someone tells you to eat your fruits and vegetables, show them your bag of Raisinettes! You might have to remind them that you are eating fruit and vegetables, and they may not even think you are being truthful, but you are. Just remind them of the source of your treat.

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Ho to celebrate – Have some chocolate covered raisins. Start a bridge club. Go to the movies.