An Apple A Day…..November Holiday

So I had all these awesome pictures to post online with this fun holiday post but none of them are working, and the computer freezes up and goes black every time (have tried it at least a dozen times) and I am done attempting… so here is the post — pictureless (which I hate). ENJOY.

“HOW ‘BOUT DEM APPLES?”

November is the National Apple Month.
All information posted here is from a monthly holiday resource: HERE

When is National Apple Month?
“National Apple Month is a restricted-fund (financially self-supporting) program of the U.S. Apple Association. Originally founded in 1904 as National Apple Week, it was expanded in 1996 to a three-month promotional window from September through November.”

A Slice of Apple Pie
A survey by the American Pie Council and Crisco found that apple pie is the favorite flavor among one out of four Americans, followed by pumpkin, chocolate, lemon meringue, and cherry.

Terminology
The term “as American as apple pie” traces back to 14th century England. The Pilgrims brought their pie-making skills, along with the apple seeds to America. As the popularity of apple pie spread throughout the nation, the phrase grew to symbolize American prosperity.

“An Apple a day helps keep the doctor away”
• The health benefits of apples and apple products were first recorded as early as medieval times, giving rise to the old English saying “Ate an apfel avore gwain to bed Makes the doctor beg his bread” and its more recent variation, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
• Rotten apples used as a poultice is an old Lincolnshire remedy for sore eyes, that is still in use in some villages.
• A cosmetic dentist at New York University says apples are the perfect teeth cleaning and whitening tool.
• Australian Researchers Report Apples May Reduce Asthma Risk.
• Apples May Melt unwanted Pounds Away Faster. Adding apples and pears to your daily diet may melt pounds away faster, according to new research from Brazil published in March 2003. Overweight women who ate just 300 grams of apples or pears lost more weight on a low-calorie diet than women who didn’t add fruit to their diet.
• Apples Provide Whole-Body Health Benefits.

Apple History
“Though some historians are in dispute over exactly who first cultivated the wild apple, many believe it was the Romans who discovered they could cultivate these wild apples into fleshy, sweet, and juicy fruits. Some historians report the apple’s origins were rooted in Southwestern Asia, just south of the Caucasus Mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Others note that apple seeds found in Anatolia were carbon dated 6500 BCE. Archeologists even found a fossilized imprint of an apple seed from the Neolithic period in England…..”

Apple Fun Facts
• Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, yellows.
• Two pounds of apples make one 9-inch pie.
• Apple blossom is the state flower of Michigan.
• 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States.
• 7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.
• 100 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States.
• Apples are grown commercially in 36 states.
• Apples are grown in all 50 states.

If APPLES just dont get you excited enough, in NOVEMBER we can also CELEBRATE——-

Setting clocks BACK one hour. (Spring forward/Fall back)

Adoption Awareness Month
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
Apple Month (US National)
Child Safety and Protection Month
Christmas Seals Month
Diabetes Month
Drum Month (International)
Epilepsy Month
Hospice Month
Native-American Heritage Month

Some other Bizarre monthly holidays:::FROM THIS SITE
November 1 is Plan Your Epitaph Day
November 2 is National Deviled Egg Day
November 3 is Sandwich Day and Housewife’s Day
November 4 is Waiting For The Barbarians Day
November 5 is Gunpowder Day
November 6 is Saxophone Day and Marooned Without A Compass Day
November 7 is National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day
November 8 is Dunce Day
November 9 is Chaos Never Dies Day
November 10 is Forget-Me-Not Day
November 11 is Air Day
November 12 is National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
November 13 is National Indian Pudding Day
November 14 is Operation Room Nurse Day
November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16 is Button Day
November 17 is Take A Hike Day
November 18 is Occult Day
November 19 is Have A Bad Day Day
November 20 is Absurdity Day
November 21 is World Hello Day and False Confessions Day
November 22 is Start Your Own Country Day
November 23 is National Cashew Day
November 24 is Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
November 25 is National Parfait Day
November 26 is Shopping Reminder Day
November 27 is Pins And Needles Day
November 28 is Make Your Own Head Day
November 29 is Square Dance Day
November 30 is Stay At Home Because You’re Well Day