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National Themes For June 25: National Strawberry Parfait Day, National Catfish Day, and National Leon Day.

🍓National Strawberry Parfait Day! Parfait is French for perfect. The traditional parfait is a dessert of ice cream or frozen custard layered in a tall stemmed glass with fruit and topped with whipped cream. Today, the ice cream is often replaced with yogurt or pudding and additional layers of granola are added. Strawberries are in season during the month of June, so it is a good time for National Strawberry Parfait Day.

🐟National Catfish Day! In the United States, this national observance celebrates the value of farm-raised catfish. A diverse group of ray-finned fish, catfish are named for their prominent barbels, which resemble cat whiskers. Catfish are nocturnal. They don’t have scales. Catfish are a good source of Vitamin D. In the United States, the most commonly eaten species are the channel catfish and the blue catfish. A favorite dish of many Americans, this fine finned fish can be prepared many different ways. A traditional preparation method in the United States is to coat it with cornmeal and fry it. In 1986, catfish comprised the third highest volume of finned fish consumed in the United States. President Ronald Reagan designated June 25 as National Catfish Day in 1987 by Presidential Proclamation after Congress called for the day to be established by Joint Resolution 178.

🎄National Leon Day marks June 25th as six months away from Christmas day. Leon is Noel spelled backward and is a day some crafters begin planning their homemade gifts and decorations. It can also be a day for those who miss the winter holidays to have a mini winter celebration in June.

I prefer my ice cream, peanut with layers of hot fudge parfait. I'm sending my strawberry parfait to my nephew who adopted me, Bixby. I know how he loves strawberries and him going through his allergies last week he deserves it. I love fried catfish. We've been experimenting with coating it with a little Cajun mix and cornmeal. It's good. Half way to Christmas already. I better be getting my thinking cap on.

Warm hugs!💕🐶🐶☁️⛈