The Sweetest Day: Quotes, Poems, Ideas, History All at a Single Place
October 12, 2011
News Worldwide – The Sweetest Day is mostly observed by Midwestern United States on third Saturday of October each year. The day is said to have an importance from social perspective. On a sweetest day people tend to honor their wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, friends, family and colleagues by offering to them bouquets, gifts, greeting cards, baked products, and by other gestures of warmth. 
A lot of people are ignorant of many holidays in the calendar. If someone would come to know of this day he would ask “Where did this day come from? Or when is the sweetest day celebrated? Or what day is the sweetest day in October this year? And whole bunch of stuff like that. So I am going to answer most of such questions briefly.
When and What Day is the Sweetest Day this Year?
It would be Saturday, October 15th, 2011. Don’t forget to buy some sweets, flowers and candies for your loved one no matter how busy you are.
Where did this Day come from?
Tradition of celebrating this day came from the efforts of 12 confectioners to express their love towards residents of Cleveland hit by hard times such as orphans and financially poor old folks. The first sweetest day was introduced in Cleveland Plain Dealer’s edition of October 8, 1921. With the help of some of the biggest movie stars of that time such as Theda Bara and Ann Pennington, the confectioners distributed around 20,000 boxes of sweets and candies to the intended audience. The confectioners throughout United States declared a National Candy Day on October 8, 1922. Attempts were made to associate the sweetest day with other favorite holidays such as Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and Valentine’s Day. A lot of children and local charity institutions had been given over 15,000 boxes of sweets and candies by October 17, 1940.
So what do I do on the Sweetest Day?
Well there are many sweetest day ideas you can benefit from. Typical activities would be to take your love for a ride, or if he or she would like you can give them a box of sweets, candies or my favorite “a pack of the finest Swiss chocolate” or dinner at her or his favorite café perhaps.
Are there any Sweetest Day Quotes to help me out?
Believe me that by whispering your heart out into her ear while you cuddling in the kitchen, lounge, or in privacy would do wonders. But if you aren’t very good at expressing yourself you can always use a few of my favorite sweetest day quotes listed right here:
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love. Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-, Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher)
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others and others love to us. Thomas Traherne (1636-1674, British clergyman, poet, mystic)
Love talked about is easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible. Stan Mooneyham
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than love. Kindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy. Randolph Ray
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965, German born medical missionary, theologian, musician, and philosopher)
Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. Remy De Gourmont (1858-1915, French novelist, philosopher, poet, playwright)
What if I want to sing a poem to my husband?
There are many sweetest day poems out there you can sing to your loved ones. I read this poem once somewhere on this internet and I sang it to my girlfriend:
Sometimes in this lifetime,
we meet a special soul,
who fills our very essence,
to almost overflow,
we drink the cup of friendship,
it tastes like ruby wine,
and you know within your heart,
this meeting was Divine.
This soul that lives within your heart,
no distance can prevail,
an inner spark, within the heart,
becomes a Holy Grail,
the starting of a journey,
in which you both shall be,
a reflection of each other,
for all eternity.Copyright © 2011
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under World news
