But Sweetest Day has roots dating to Herbert Birch Kingston, a Cleveland candy company employee and philanthropist, and others used the holiday to distribute candy and small gifts to orphans, seniors, and the poor.
You can celebrate family members, significant others, and even coworkers. Sweetest Day is typically celebrated on the third Saturday in October. In , the National Confectioners Association made an effort to have the holiday federally recognized, but it eventually fell flat. The Sweetest Day is a holiday which is celebrated in several parts of the United States—particularly in the Midwest and the Northeastern portion of the country.
It is a day in which couples are supposed to give each other candy and do romantic acts for each other, although it originated as a holiday with more philanthropic roots. While some people celebrate this holiday faithfully, it is often criticized by some as a holiday that was just created by the candy industry to increase the sale of candy and other sugary confections.
This holiday is traditionally celebrated on the third Saturday in October. It was started by philanthropist Herbert Birch Kingston as a way to do something nice for the less fortunate.
During this year, he passed out candy and gift to orphans, the elderly and the disabled. During the s, movies stars such as Theda Bara and Ann Pennington distributed through newspaper boys and to patients in Cleveland hospitals. Several candy manufacturers attempted to nationalize this holiday in some areas but it never really caught on nationally. It is celebrated by some people in Missouri, but not on a widespread basis.
According to National Today, Sweetest Day was first celebrated in Cleveland in , where multiple candy companies distributed more than 20, boxes of candy to the city's vulnerable, including "newsboys, orphans, old folks and the poor. Hallmark also attributes Sweetest Day's start to Herbert Birch Kingston, a Cleveland candy company employee "who wanted to bring happiness to the lives of those who often were forgotten.
Ann Pennington distributed candy to 2, Cleveland newspaper boys, and Theda Bara gave candy to theater-goers and patients in Cleveland hospitals," Hallmark's website says. In , the National Confectioners Association launched a movement to rank Sweetest Day with other nationally accepted holidays like Mother's Day, Father's Day and Valentine's Day, but the effort fell flat.
No, the day is not federally recognized but is observed by people in states and regions around the U. In the U. It's most popular in Cleveland and Detroit.
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