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A Visit From St. Nicholas Day - published for the first time on this day in 1823 in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel (now the Record). The poem we know as The Night Before Christmas or A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore, was published anonymously under the newspaper editor’s title, Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas.
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National Sangria Day
Underdog Day
Good Deal Day - The United States finally took possession of the Louisiana Territories from France on this day in 1803.
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Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
International Migrants Day
New Jersey Day - 1787 - This is the day when New Jersey was counted as the third state to enter the United States of America. Where is old Jersey, you ask? Well, in 1664, when the British colonized the area, they named New Jersey after Jersey, one of the British Channel Islands.
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Free Shipping Day
Wright Brothers Day
A Christmas Carol Day - 1843 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in London and immediately sold out. He wrote the story in just two months, beginning in October, 1843 and finishing at the end of November. It was the first of five Christmas books by Dickens. Its successors were The Chimes (1844), The Cricket on the Hear
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National Chocolate-covered Anything Day
Peter Rabbit Day - on this day in 1901, the famous story, Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time, complete with Potter’s watercolor illustrations.