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Texas Independence Day: 5 Facts on the Lone Star State's Big Celebration
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsBreak out the cowboy boots, today is Texas Independence Day. On March 2, 1836, Mexican Texas decided enough was enough with their Spanish amigos and signed a declaration of independence. And thus the Republic of Texas was born. To get you started for 24 hours as an honorary Longhorn, Surge Desk celebrates with five facts on the Lone Star State's big day. 1. This year is the terquasquicentennial That's 175 years of independence, in case you were wondering. 2. There's only one official copy of the independence document The original version is on display until April at the Texas Archives and ...
National Pancake Day 2011 and 11 Other 'Holidays' That Are Kind of Ridiculous
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsFor your information, March 1 isn't just Justin Bieber's birthday; it's also National Pancake Day, which IHOP celebrated by handing out free short stacks this morning. While Surge Desk is always happy to celebrate something -- and eat free pancakes -- we're a little skeptical of this "holiday" and other ones like it that have cropped up over the years. Here are 11 more that strike us as particularly ridiculous. 1. National Hug Day Celebrated on Jan. 21, National Hug Day promotes a nice, warm embrace between friends. 2. Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day The last Monday of every January has, for ...
National Margarita Day and 10 Other 'Holidays' That Are Kind of Ridiculous
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsDid you do your National Margarita Day shopping yet? Today commemorates that tequila-based cocktail immortalized by Jimmy Buffett. If Valentine's Day is a Hallmark holiday, does that make National Margarita Day a Jose Cuervo holiday? While Surge Desk is always happy to celebrate something, we're a little skeptical of some of the "holidays" that have cropped up over the years. Here are 10 of them that strike us as a little ridiculous. 1. Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day The last Monday of every January has, for 10 years, been celebrated by bubble wrap fans. 2. National Stuffed Mushroom Day Just ...
Erotic Pasta Aims to Spice Up Valentine's Day
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsIt's no secret that chocolate, strawberries and Champagne are potent aphrodisiacs, but what about pasta? Better yet, what if that pasta is shaped like a phallus? For several years, an erotic edible known simply as Penis Pasta has been on the market. It's just what it sounds like: little penis-shaped noodles in a ready-to-make box, ideal for a laugh at rowdy bachelorette parties. Though Penis Pasta has been around for a while, the kinky carbs recently got a boost in sales online. Chris Bick, co-owner of novelty retailer FredFlare.com, told AOL News that his company has been selling Penis ...
What Is Epiphany, and Who Is Celebrating It?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsToday's is a holiday is known by many names: Little Christmas, the Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings Day. While you may have already packed away your Christmas decorations, for many, the holidays are not quite over yet. Today officially marks the end of Christmastide. Different Christian denominations celebrate the Epiphany in different ways, and for slightly different reasons. According to Christian tradition, on Jan. 6 the Three Wise Men arrived to visit the baby Jesus, and this was also when Jesus was revealed to be the son of God. In the United States' Catholic dioceses, Epiphany is ...
Is National Whipped Cream Day Insensitive to World Hunger?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsNational Whipped Cream Day. Sounds pretty sweet. Many people in America are apparently celebrating the holiday, which was established sometime after 1954, in well-meaning and good-natured jest. But the obscure occasion being popularized today by the Internet's viral forces is also the subject of harsh criticism. Given all the starvation in the world, some argue, an American celebration of whipped cream is in bad taste. Take, for instance, the following two tweets. .bbpBox22679981100376064 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/85178557/Petrina1.jpg) ...
Secret Santa Pays Widow's Electric Bill
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsJust like good little girls and boys around the world, the employees of Socorro Electric Cooperative start looking for Santa come December. When she arrived this holiday season, she was even more generous than usual. A female customer who prefers anonymity drops by the New Mexico electric company every Christmastime and donates $100 towards the account of a struggling elderly customer behind on his or her payments. Employees of the company pick out the recipient; Secret Santa never sees them, and they never find out who she is. When Santa arrived for her annual donation, employees told her ...
Did You Know Today Is Pepper Pot Day?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThey call it "the soup that won the war." That's because legend has it that on Dec. 29, 1777, with the Continental Army exhausted and hungry from fighting through an exceptionally harsh winter at Valley Forge, Gen. George Washington turned to his army's chef, Christopher Ludwick, for a meal to boost morale and warm the troops. Ludwick gathered some tripe, meat and peppercorn, as well as other seasonings and ingredients, to create the first incarnation of "pepper pot soup." The hearty meal rallied the Continental troops, and, of course, the rest is Revolutionary War history. As the soup ...
Pilgrims, Clergy Come to Bethlehem for Christmas
By not in system - AOL NewsBETHLEHEM, West Bank - The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town. Officials said the turnout was shaping up to be the largest since 2000. Unseasonably mild weather, a virtual halt in Israeli-Palestinian violence and a burgeoning economic revival in the West Bank all added to the holiday cheer. By nightfall, a packed Manger Square was awash in red, blue, green and yellow Christmas lights. Merrymakers blasted horns, bands ...
Awful Christmas Gift? Learn to Love It Through Hypnosis
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsEveryone is bound to unwrap an awful gift or two on Christmas, but your reaction to that gaudy reindeer sweater from grandma doesn't have to be as bad as the gift itself. According to Australian comedy hypnotist Matthew Hale, there's a way to use self-hypnosis to elicit a natural, happy reaction from yourself during the Christmas gift exchange -- even if the present you're unwrapping is a nose hair trimmer, a scale or something equally offensive. Hale, who's been a traveling stage hypnotist for years, said his "Christmas happiness technique" is quite simple. In fact, with the right focus ...
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