I didn't realize this was regional. There were commercials on tv reminding us of it here lol.
I celebrated by sitting at home by myself watching netflix while H went out with a huge group from work to dinner and haunted houses. We both got to do what we wanted, so I suppose it's a version of celebrating lol.
"Sweetest Day is a holiday celebrated in the Midwestern United States, and parts of the Northeastern United States, on the third Saturday in October.[1] Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a "concocted promotion" created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of sweets.[2] It is also a day to bestow romantic deeds or expressions.[citation needed] Eleven states and parts of two states observe Sweetest Day: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and areas of both New York and Pennsylvania west of the spine of the Appalachian Mountains."
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Haha, my mom always used to get me something for sweetest day, and my first year in Iowa with h I got him something, and he had no idea what sweetest day was. We don't do anything for it.
I've been in Ohio for 8 years and I don't think I've ever heard of it. Dh is from Iowa and has heard of it, but doesn't think it's something to celebrate.
Post by starshine1977 on Oct 19, 2014 15:47:28 GMT -5
I did celebrate Sweetest Day. My husband is a big romantic and loves any reason to get me presents and take me out to dinner. He got me not 1, but 3 presents for Sweetest Day. He's too cute sometimes
Post by RoxMonster on Oct 19, 2014 16:04:29 GMT -5
Ha no, we didn't. I think we exchanged cards on the first Sweetest Day we had together when dating. Every year since, I haven't even been aware of when it is.
My great grandfather invented it, so I feel a sense of obligation to celebrate it.
Hmmmm mmmmm
If her great grandfather is C. C. Hartzell, then I suppose. (according to wiki). But I did find it fascinating to learn it was invented by a bunch of candy makers. Brilliant.
Okay, so can you clarify the intention of the "holiday"? I've heard a few stories.
He was an ad exec and his biggest account was Sanders Chocolate. They wanted to increase sales in the fall, since their type of candy doesn't traditionally participate in the Halloween boost (it's fancier and more like boxes of chocolate than what you would give to trick or treaters). He came up with and started marketing Sweetest Day based on a similar holiday in Denmark (where his mother immigrated from).
Seems like there are multiple stories otn how the holiday came to be, so this could completely be something my grandma exaggerated or that her father exaggerated to her. I just never had reason to doubt it and ask her while she was alive.
It looks like even if he didn't come up with it, he played a role in expanding it and promoting it, so keep your story. Everyone should have a good family legend.
From Wikipedia: The popularity in Detroit was greatly perpetuated by the Sanders Candy Company. Frederick Sanders of Detroit, MI was a large promoter of the holiday.
I did celebrate Sweetest Day. My husband is a big romantic and loves any reason to get me presents and take me out to dinner. He got me not 1, but 3 presents for Sweetest Day. He's too cute sometimes