| Tuesday 16 December 2014 |
Subject: Tuesday 16 December 2014 by captmike13 on 2014/12/16 12:15:31 Good morning gang. Looks like rain today with temps in the upper 40's and cooling off later tonight. Back to cold weather starting tomorrow. Word of the Day Tuesday, December 16, 2014 subfuscous \ suhb-FUHS-kuhs \, adjective; 1. slightly dark, dusky, or somber. Origin: Subfuscous entered English in the mid-1700s from the Latin subfuscus. Today is NATIONAL CHOCOLATE COVERED ANYTHING DAY If you are a chocolate lover, December 16th is your day! So if you could cover anything in chocolate, what would it be? There are so many foods that are improved by covering them in chocolate we do not have time to list them all. So go ahead, indulge, as this day is a chocolate lovers dream come true. CHANUKAH Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. |
