Sweetest Day officially began more than 80 years ago, when a Cleveland man, feeling his city's orphans and shut-ins too often felt neglected, conceived of the idea of showing them they were indeed remembered. He did this with sweets and other small gifts, distributed with the help of friends and neighbors on the third Saturday in October.
On the first Sweetest Day in 1921, movie star Anne Pennington supplied more than 2,000 Cleveland newspaper boys with boxes of candy as a token of gratitude for the service they were providing to the public. Later, another then popular movie star, Theda Bara, reportedly gave 10,000 boxes of candy to people confined in hospitals and those who came to the local theater where her movie was playing.
Kindness caught on. Over time, the idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged was broadened to include others, and the occasion grew to embrace a week long period of giving. Although still primarily a regional holiday, Sweetest Day is widely recognized throughout much of the Midwest and Northeast, as well as Texas, Florida, and several other states. In recent decades, the holiday has taken on a decidedly romantic tone, celebrated as a sort of "Autumn Valentine's," with flowers, candies, and cards exchanged happily by millions of spouses, sweethearts, and close friends. Have they all been duped?
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bedroom-secrets@hotmail.com
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A Tempting Treasures representative.
