Tie One On Day

November 25 is Tie One On Day! Tie One On Day is always celebrated the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. And Tie One On refers to the apron, not a night carousing the town! This holiday was originally intended to honor the apron and the generations of women who have worn them while preparing food. Nowadays we have lots of men donning aprons and helping prepare meals too. To celebrate the day in a generous way, wrap a baked goodie and a handwritten note or prayer in an apron and deliver it to someone who could use some cheer.

 

Romans 15:13  Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

~N

National Cake Day

Sweet Potato Bundt Cake, A Louisiana Christmas, page 140

November 26 is National Cake Day. The first cakes were bread made with honey and dried fruit or nuts. The word cake dates back to the thirteenth century, but modern cakes with sugar and processed flour weren’t made until the mid-eighteenth century. Now we eat cake for all kinds of celebrations from birthdays to weddings to showers. Celebrate today by baking a cake or having a piece of your favorite kind. And if you’re worried about getting enough vegetables, try carrot cake or sweet potato Bundt cake.

Proverbs 24: 13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

~N

Pudge Heffelfinger

On November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger received $500 to play in a football game and went down in history as the first pro football player. I bet he never imagined how that $500 would multiply through the years as professional football became big, big business. At the time Pudge was playing, football was very different. He played for Yale. For some teams, uniforms would consist of pullovers with rags stuffed around the shoulders for padding. Some players wore leather helmets; many were bare headed. Whatever he wore on field, William Walter “Pudge” Heffelfinger was an outstanding football player, and that’s why one day he was paid to play in a game and kicked off the start of the NFL. He went on to be a head football coach for University of California, Berkeley; Lehigh in Pennsylvania; and University of Minnesota. A story in the Atlantic  in 2012 says this about Pudge. He was “a man who gave his life to the game passionately believed that college football players didn’t need and shouldn’t get special favors—they should be treated the same as all other students. He was absolutely against lowering scholastic standards for athletes.”

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 1 Corinthians 9:24