September 20th 2023  - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Agapitus (Western Christianity)
  • Eustace (Western Christianity)
  • Evilasius
  • Fausta of Cyzicus
  • Glycerius of Milan
  • Jean-Charles Cornay (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
  • John Coleridge Patteson (commemoration, Anglicanism)
  • José Maria de Yermo y Parres
  • Korean Martyrs, including Andrew Kim Taegon and Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert
  • Theodore, Philippa and companions
  • Vincent Madelgarius (Maelceadar)
  • September 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Nepal)
• Independence Day of South Ossetia (not fully recognized)
• National Youth Day (Thailand)
• Oil Workers' Day (Azerbaijan)
• Universal Children's Day (Germany)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Fun Observances

Punch Day

September 20 is Punch Day. Celebrate this unofficial holiday of unknown origins by drinking a tall glass of this delicious party beverage.

Typically made by mixing a variety of fruit juices, a punch can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Food historians believe that the beverage originated in India - its name comes from the Hindi word paanch meaning five. It is thought that the original punch in India included five ingredients.

From India

In the 17th century, the drink made its way to England via those who worked for the British East India Company and then spread all over Europe, soon becoming a popular drink served at parties and family gatherings. While no longer a popular drink, punch is still served occasionally at college parties and large events.

Punch is served in a large bowl called a punch bowl. In 17th and 18th century Europe, punch bowls were a common household item. Many bowls came with ornate stands and were passed down as heirlooms.

How to Celebrate?

• Make your favorite punch and share it with family and friends.
• Experiment with flavors of your punch - try new combinations of alcoholic and non-alcoholic additions to the beverage.

Did You Know...

...that a similar sounding drink, punsch, is a traditional liqueur in Sweden? Unlike punch, which is a mixture of multiple fruit juices and alcoholic beverages, punsch is made from arak - the fermented sap of coco palm or rice. Arak was brought to Sweden by the Swedish East India Company through Indonesia. Like punch, the name punsch also comes from the Hindi word paanch meaning five.

 

 

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After hearing a sermon on Psalm 52:3-4 (lies and deceit), a man wrote the IRS, “I can’t sleep knowing that I have cheated on my income tax.

Enclosed is a check for $150.

If 
I still can’t sleep, I’ll send the rest.”

 

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E-mail Addresses It Would Be Annoying To Give Out Loud

 

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These words are so joining our vocabulary in 2016!

Chairdrobe (n.): piling clothes on 
a chair in place of a closet or dresser.

Epiphanot (n.): an idea that seems like an amazing insight to the conceiver but is in fact pointless, mundane, stupid, or incorrect.

Internest (n.): the cocoon of blankets and pillows you gather around yourself while spending long periods of time on the Internet.

Textpectation (n.): the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to 
a text.

Unkeyboardinated (adj.): when you’re unable to type without repeatedly making mistakes.

 

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If a company’s most valuable 
resource is its people, how come 
the employees aren’t locked up, 
but the toilet paper is in a 
reinforced steel box with a lock, bolted to the stall?

 

 

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