Author: Lisa Mungovan

Have you ever seen a gingerbread house, made of lights? Sky Elements Drone Shows and UVify joined forces to create the world’s largest gingerbread village in the sky, using 4,981 drones. The show also displayed images like children building a snowman, a forest of pine trees, and Santa in his reindeer-drawn sleigh.

A man in New York, spotted 2 giant mastodon teeth, hidden under some plants in his backyard. He found 2 more teeth a few inches deeper, and decided to call the New York State Museum. Professionals uncovered an entire mastodon jaw. Mastodons were relatives of elephants, that lived during the Ice Age.

The World Snow Sculpting Championships, will take place next month in Stillwater Minnesota. Snow-sculpting teams from 12 countries, will carve massive works of art during a week-long festival. Last year’s winners, from Canada, sculpted a sea-monster cow. Practice your snow-sculpting skills this winter, and maybe someday you’ll compete in the world championships too!

You know what’s great, when you’re running late? Oatmeal muffins! It’s Oatmeal Muffin Day, so bake your breakfast into a tasty and convenient package. Add fruit, like bananas, raisins, or blueberries, if you want to make it even tastier. You could also add cinnamon, nuts, chocolate chips, or maybe even salsa!

Today is Hard Candy Day! Most hard candy is made by boiling sugar syrup, adding flavorings, then pouring it into molds to cool and harden. The first lemon and peppermint candies were prescribed for stomach ailments. It’s also Look For An Evergreen Day. Evergreen plants like pine trees, holly, and bamboo, stay green all year!

Snowflakes form in the clouds, when water vapor condenses into ice crystals, around a particle of dust. No 2 snowflakes are alike! Today is Flake Appreciation Day, so take a close look at some flakes if you’re lucky enough to have snow. If not, you can make your own out of paper.

Today is Bake Cookies Day! I’ll tell you my favorite recipe, for peanut butter cookies. Mix one cup of sugar, and one cup of peanut butter, with one egg. Press balls of dough with a fork, to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for 10 minutes! Don’t forget to save some for me!

Today is Wear A Plunger On Your Head Day, first celebrated by Vern Halsey, and his pet Komodo dragon, Felix. A plunger with a big rubber suction cup works best, especially if you’re bald! I suggest you buy a new one, since they’re cheap at Dollar Tree. Used ones would be gross.

The Indian martial arts group Bir Khalsa, performed the most slices of a cucumber held in a person’s mouth, by a blindfolded person, with a chainsaw, in one minute. A third person replaced the cucumber each time it got down to the lips. They managed 71 slices, and 0 injuries.

10 years ago, Shawn and Bruce Carpenter planted 5,000 pine trees on their Indiana farm. They are now selling 1,000 trees for Christmas, to help pay for their grandchildren’s college education. Their 8 grandkids will each get some money for school, and a thousand families will get lovely Christmas trees!