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December 17: National Maple Syrup Day, and Wright Brothers Day.

🌳National Maple Syrup Day! It is usually from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple or black maple trees that maple syrup is made from although it not limited to those maple species. These trees, in cold climates, store starch in their trunks and in their roots. In the spring, the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap. The maple trees are then tapped by boring holes into their trunks and the released sap is collected. After the sap is collected, it is processed by heating to evaporate much of the water, leaving the concentrated syrup. A maple syrup production farm is called a sugarbush or a sugarwood. Sap is boiled in a sugar house which is also known as a sugar shack, sugar shanty or a cabane à sucre. Maple syrup was first collected, processed and used by the indigenous peoples of North America. The practice was then adopted by the European settlers who gradually refined production methods. In the 1970s further refinements in the syrup processing were made with technological improvements. Up until the 1930s the United States led in maple syrup production, now Canada is the world’s largest maple syrup producer. The U.S. state of Vermont is the largest producer of maple syrup in the United States.

✈️Wright Brothers Day! The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 17, 1963, as amended (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C. 143), has designated December 17 of each year as “Wright Brothers Day” and has authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation inviting the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. The Wright brothers were American brothers, inventors and aviation pioneers: Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948), Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912). Wright Brothers Day is an annual United States national observation. It is codified in the US Code and Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Maple syrup is good with a fluffy pancake to go with it. The Wright Brothers proved that 'the way the crow flies' is quicker.😀

Flying maple syrup hugs!🍁🐶💕🎄💕