Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day
Unless a blizzard crept up on you and you are tired of snow, spend some time making cut-out snowflakes. Use them to decorate windows, doors or mirrors. All you need is some white paper (use some from the recycling bin), a pair of scissors and some time to play Edward Scissorhands.
* Learn how to fold and cut paper for snowflakes
* Or make virtual snowflakes
Louis Pasteur Birth Anniversary
"I was born to a tanner. He was a worker but was always eager to learn. He was my first teacher and it was he who inspired in me the love for work, as a direction for my work, instilled in me the love for my country. May your work also be governed by these two passions." -- Louis Pasteur
Pasteur, born on Dec. 27, 1822, developed the pasteurization process for dairy foods. He also developed some of the first vaccines, discovered how yeast made bread rise, and developed the theory that diseases were spread through airborne microbes.
National Fruit Cake Day
It may be one of the most cringe-worthy holiday desserts. But is the fruit cake really so bad or does it suffer from a bad reputation? On National Fruit Cake Day, host a family challenge to come up with most edible and tasty fruit cake. Try going tropical or made it tasty with chocolate.
Fruit cake is a bit of a misnomer since the fruit cake is more like a dense bread baked in a loaf ban. Banana and pumpkin breads baked in a loaf pan that can be either light or dense, and both are popular and not loathed. What makes them so different than the traditional fruit cake? It's probably the absence of dried fruit, a staple in fruit cake dating back to ancient times, according to Food Timeline.
Radio City Music Hall Anniversary
The Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., opened its doors on Dec. 27, 1932. On "the speakeasy belt" in Manhattan sat a $91 million, 24-year lease piece of property owned by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The location had been earmarked for a new Metropolitan Opera House. The plans fell through after the stock market crash of 1929.
Rockefeller "made a bold decision that would leave a lasting impact on the city's architectural and cultural landscape. He decided to build an entire complex of buildings on the property -- buildings so superior that they would attract commercial tenants even in a depressed city flooded with vacant rental space. The project would express the highest ideals of architecture and design and stand as a symbol of optimism and hope," according to Radio City Music Hall.
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