Tuesday 11/22/22
Celebrate:
Go For a Ride Day
Humane Society Anniversary Day
National Cranberry Relish Day
National Housing Day (Canada)
National Stop the Violence Day
Start Your Own Country Day
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The average American expects to gain five-and-a-half pounds between now and January 1st. So about a pound a week . . . and many of us are FINE with it.
42% admit they use the holidays as an excuse to eat whatever they want. And most people start right about now. 60% said they stop worrying about it by mid-November. Here are five ways we go overboard around the holidays . . .
1. Eating more than one dessert after a meal. 41% of us will do it.
2. Eating the same meal more than once a day. Like Thanksgiving leftovers for lunch AND dinner. 35% said yes.
3. Eating more than three meals in a day, 35%.
4. Bigger late-night snacks, 26%.
5. Eating so much we feel sick, 17%.
It also found diets and exercise will be two of the top New Year's resolutions again. But 24% of us are still carrying around extra weight from the holidays LAST year. So it might just be pie-in-the-sky.
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Is there anyone in your family you wish you could BAN from all holiday get-togethers this year? If your answer is yes, there's a good chance it's one of these four people . . .
52% of us have at least one person we'd uninvite if we knew there wouldn't be any blow-back. And the top four people we'd ban are . . . an aunt, uncle, nephew, or cousin. (Not in-laws?)
Most people expect at least some drama this year. And just over half of us think we know WHO we'll be blaming for it. Here are the top five things that can cause family drama over the holidays . . .
1. Lingering or unresolved family issues. 15% said it's the #1 cause, which was good enough for first place.
2. Personalities that clash, 12%.
3. Beliefs or values that don't line up, 11%.
4. Politics, 9%.
5. Alcohol, also 9%.
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"Jingle Bells," the classic Christmas song written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, wasn't meant to be about Christmas. Originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh," the ditty was meant to be sung on Thanksgiving. When it was reprinted in 1859, however, the name was changed to "Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh," and was prescribed for Christmas.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Shrapnel is named after Henry Shrapnel, a major general in the British Army. In the late 1700s, he invented an exploding shell with lead pellets inside.
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