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January 2nd: National Buffet Day, National Cream Puff Day, National Personal Trainer Awareness Day, and National Science Fiction Day.

🍱National Buffet Day! Buffets are a system of serving meals, where food is placed in a public area to be easily viewed and selected, by people serving themselves. Buffets are useful for feeding large groups of individuals at one time and are offered at a variety of places including hotels, restaurants and conventions. It was during the expansion of the railroads throughout Europe that the smorgasbord buffet increased in popularity. Originally, the smorgasbord table was a meal where guests gathered before dinner for a pre-dinner drink and was separate from the formal dinner that followed. In 1939 at the New York World’s Fair exhibition, the Swedes used a smorgasbord to showcase the best of the Swedish food to the large number of visitors attending the fair. It was in the second half of the 20th century after the Swedes had popularized the smorgasbord in New York, where the word buffet became popular in the English-speaking world. The term buffet originally referred to the French sideboard furniture where food was served from.

🍩National Cream Puff Day! Originating in France, cream puffs are also known as profiterole and choux a la creme. Cream puffs are a French dessert pastry filled with whipped cream, pastry cream, ice cream or custard. They may be served plain or are sometimes decorated with chocolate sauce, caramel sauce or dusted with powdered sugar. Borrowed from the French, the word “profiterole” has existed in English since 1604. The “cream puff” has been found on United States restaurant menus since around 1851. To prepare cream puffs, a pastry chef pipes a choux paste through a pastry bag or dropped with a pair of spoons into small balls onto a pan, then baked to form hollow puffs. After cooling, the cream puffs are injected with a filling using a pastry bag and narrow piping tip or by slicing off the top, filling the puff and then reassembling.

🍁National Personal Trainer Awareness Day! One of the most common New Years resolutions is to “get into shape,” “eat better and work out more,” “to get fit and get healthy.” National Personal Trainer Awareness Day was designed to remind people that professionals are available to help make their New Years resolutions promises, a reality. Personal trainers play a crucial role in helping people achieve their health and fitness goals.

👽National Science Fiction Day! The date of January 2 was chosen for National Science Fiction Day as it corresponds with the birth date of famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. American author and Boston University professor of biochemistry, Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov on January 2, 1920. He was best known for his works of science fiction and his popular science books. Isaac Asimov, whose works are followed by many, died on April 6, 1992. Considered a master of hard science fiction, Asimov, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the “Big Three” science-fiction writers during his lifetime. The Foundation Series is regarded as Asimov’s most outstanding piece. His other major series are the Galactic Empire Series and the Robot Series. Some of the successful television shows that are recognized by science fiction fans include Star Trek-The Next Generation, The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone. National Science Fiction Day is recognized by the Hallmark Channel and the Scholastic Corporapyy

Save me a cream puff. I have to go get warmed up again. Tomorrow there's a funny theme.

Sending warm hugs!😷🐶💕❄️💕