Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Number 38: Create your own holiday and celebrate it every year

The American people celebrate a number of obscure, non-nationally recognized holidays each year. Some I've heard of, for instance, December 1 is World AIDS Day. Some are far more bizarre. A simple google search produced the following finds for the month of December alone, December 4: Wear Brown Shoes Day, December 8: Take It In the Ear Day (it doesn't specify what "it" is), and my personal favorite, December 30: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, which celebrates the many uses of baking soda.

So Sunday night marked the night of a new holiday in Allston. I know the blog says to celebrate the holiday every year, but we like it so much we'll probably celebrate it every month. And my holiday is... drumroll please...

CHAMPAGNE SUNDAY!!!

Champagne Sunday is pretty easy holiday to celebrate and I encourage you to try this one at home. Here's what you need for it to be successful:
- At least one (1) bottle of cheap champagne. For our inaugural event, we chose a bottle of Peach Passion Andre, valued at around $6.

- Some friends. This event consisted of myself and my two lovely roommates.
- Pre or post champagne food. (I'll be honest, we chose both.) But seriously, if you want to avoid what a friend cleverly called Hangover Monday, pick up some snacks to compliment the champagne. We chose Red Velvet Cupcakes. :)

The result? A lovely, buzzy, peach tasting evening of laughs, sing-a-longs and sugar highs. I declare the first, ever Champagne Sunday to be a success. I look forward to next month's!