Celebrate Your Loved Ones Tomorrow!
Sweetest Day is celebrated each year on the third Saturday of October- that’s tomorrow! Sweetest Day is a day meant to celebrate all the people who make your life special. It’s an occasion to make your loved ones feel happy and appreciated – and an excellent excuse to eat candy. Sweetest Day is an original American holiday that is not based on any single group’s religious sentiment or on a family relationship. It’s simply a reminder that a thoughtful word, deed or small gift enriches the life of the recipient as well as the person giving it.
Sweetest Day was founded around 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio by Herbert Birch Kingston who was a local candy company employee. Kingston sought to bring cheer and some happiness to the lives of those who were often forgotten. With the help of his friends, he began distributing candy and small gifts to children living in orphanages and those stricken with illness or disabilities.
During the early years of the holiday, movie star Ann Pennington presented 2,200 Cleveland newspaper boys with boxes of candy to express gratitude for their service to the community. Thedra Bara, another movie star of the period, also helped in establishing the holiday by giving away 10,000 boxes of candy to people in hospitals and to those individuals who came to watch one of her films at the Playhouse Square Theaters in Cleveland, Ohio.
Within a decade, the simple idea had gained such popularity that the city of Cleveland officially declared the third Saturday of October Sweetest Day. Sweetest Day is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Great Lakes region and the northeast. States that have the greatest observance of the holiday include Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Celebrate the holiday and touch the lives of those special to you!
