Posted
on November 28, 2016
First
there was “Black Friday” - the semi-official start of the
Christmas shopping season in the United Sates, a day when stores open
ridiculously early and shoppers line up even more ridiculously early
for bargains and sales and even a wee bit of hysteria.
Black
Friday is traditionally (since the early 1930s) the Friday after the
U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving.
Then
there was Cyber Monday – held the Monday after Thanksgiving – a
marketing scheme to get people to shop for Christmas gifts online.
Once again, it's seen as a day to get great prices (if you're a
shopper) and loads of sales (if you're selling stuff).
Cyber
Monday made its debut in 2005.
Now
there's Cider Monday. Also on the Monday after Thanksgiving, Cider
Monday is a chance to step away from our computers and maybe even
from bargain hunting – a chance to slow down and warm up – a
chance to support the arts and local businesses.
Specifically,
we are urged to go to independent book sellers – actual bookstores
with walls and shelves of books to handle and leaf through and read
the back covers. Some bookstores are offering free hot cider – and
if you're lucky enough to be sipping the warm, fruity/spicy stuff,
hopefully you'll take the time to scan the shelves for the next great
book to read!
Apple
cider is a kind of apple juice – the really yummy kind! It's
unfiltered, unsweetened, and often heated and mulled. To be mulled is
to be heated with slices of orange and lemon, and with spices such as
nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
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on this date:
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