United States Edition
Dia del Nino leads today's complete edition for United States.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
Every kid gets a present and the day off from school if the school is feeling generous. The real tradition is parents buying way too much cake and the kids running on a sugar high until midnight. Bolivian children are spoiled on this day and that is exactly how it should be.
You encounter forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, and forest buffalo in the dense rainforests and savannas of this central African nation. You see that people primarily keep dogs, cats, and goats as domestic animals, with chickens also being common. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You shop for Coca-Cola bottled in South Africa, Distell wines like Nederburg, and De Beers diamonds that carry the country's geological and industrial legacy. You understand that these brands and products represent South Africa's role as a major global supplier of luxury goods, beverages, and precious stones.
In Wisconsin, this is practically a sacrament. The grilled cheese sandwich is the simplest food in America: bread, butter, cheese, heat. It is also the best food in America when it is made correctly, which means American cheese on white bread cooked in a skillet until the bread is golden and the cheese stretches when you pull it apart. Anything else is a melt. A grilled cheese with ham is a ham and cheese melt. A grilled cheese with tomato is a tomato melt. The grilled cheese purists will die on this hill.