Daily Holidays - May 6

National Crêpes Suzette Day This is a typical French dessert, that was invented for the Brits!
French dessert crepe Suzette consists of fresh crepes and sauce of butter, sugar, orange juice, zest and liquor like Grand Marnier or orange Curacao. The ingredients for the sauce are put on top of the crepes and then served flambe. The ignition of crepes makes the dramatic presentation (by the way, the dessert is made in front of the customers) and also results in evaporating of alcohol. The thick sweet sauce covers crepes, so you can enjoy your dessert.

Crepe Suzette was invented by Henri Carpentier, head waiter at the Café de Paris in Monte-Carlo. He prepared a special crepes at the tableside for the future Kind Edward VII. He flambéed crepes, covered in sauce of orange juice, orange zest and orange liquor. The prince named the crepes after his lady friend, Suzette.

Sometimes this story is disputed, because Henri Carpentier couldn't make the dish, as far as he was just a 14-year old waiter assistant, but not maître d'hôtel. And assistant couldn't serve the prince instead of the head waiter, because he would have been too young.

No matter what's the story, you can celebrate this holiday at the nearby French restaurant. Order crepes Suzette to try this unusual dessert. https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1006

International No Diet Day an annual event that focuses on body acceptance and healthy lifestyle with an emphasis on health at any size. It was first celebrated in the United Kingdom in 1992. INDD is observed on May 6.
International No Diet Day was created by the director of the group “Diet Breakers” Mary Evans Young. After struggling with an eating disorder (anorexia nervosa), she wanted to help people accept and appreciate the body they have.

She introduced the first No Diet Day in 1992. Originally it was intended to be National No Died Day observed in the UK only, but then Young decided to try and make it an international observance. In 1993, Young's idea was supported by feminist groups in many more countries such as the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Israel, India. The symbol of the observance is a light blue ribbon.

INDD aims at raising awareness of weight discrimination, fat phobia, sizism and potential dangers of commercial diet plans, honoring the victims of weight-loss surgery and eating disorders, promoting body acceptance and body shape diversity. It is supposed to be a day free of diets and unhealthy obsessions about body weight and shape. https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1970

No Homework Day Here’s one you may wish to hide from your children! Although if they don’t know about it, then there would not be many folks left to celebrate No Homework Day!

That’s right, this is the day where children can tell their teachers and parents in complete honesty that they will not be doing their homework, in order to mark this special day. Spend some long hours on that favourite video game, go and hang out at the mall with friends, or just go to bed and catch up on needed sleep! Whatever is decided, children, university students, and even some of you mature students with impending homework deadlines can take a well-deserved break.

This is probably not a popular holiday with teachers and parents! But it is a day nevertheless to say put down the books and relax. (Unless, of course, you have a big exam or paper due the next day!) https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/no-homework-day/

Nurses Day This holiday is also known as National RN Recognition Day and it begins the National Nurses Week.
The date for National Nurses Day hasn't been chosen randomly. May 12, that is the end of National Nurses Week, is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, English social reformer and the founder of modern nursing. She is known for serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, when Russia fought an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. Due to her habit to make rounds at night she was called “The Lady with the Lamp”.

National Nurses Day was established in 1953, when Dorothy Sutherland, an employee at the United States Department of Health, sent a letter to President Dwight D. Eisenhower asking for a holiday, that would honor nurses and their contributions to the life of the society. However, the official proclamation wasn't made, but the following year people began celebrating the holiday on their own.

National Nurse Day was made an official holiday only by President Richard Nixon and the very first National Nurse Week was proclaimed in 1974. In 1981 Nurses in New Mexico initiated the celebration of holiday on May 6, that was declared as National Recognition Day for Nurses. ANA Board of Directors promoted the proposal and the next year the U.S. Congress decided May 6 to be National RN Recognition Day, that was expanded in 1990 to a week-long celebration. https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1971

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