July 25 Holidays

National Hot Fudge Sundae Day celebrates the combination of warm chocolate fudge sauce poured over vanilla ice cream — a variation of the standard sundae that C.C. Brown’s ice cream parlor in Hollywood is credited with perfecting in the 1920s. Culinarians Day was established to honor the professional cooks, chefs, bakers, and culinary workers who constitute the backbone of the restaurant industry — which employs more than 15 million Americans. Feast of St. James is the Catholic feast of James the Apostle, martyred in 44 AD under King Herod Agrippa — venerated as the patron saint of Spain, whose remains are believed to rest at Santiago de Compostela and whose pilgrimage trail draws more than 400,000 walkers annually. Carousel Day celebrates the merry-go-round — the amusement park ride that evolved from a medieval cavalry training exercise in which riders attempted to catch a ring while mounted on a wooden horse. Warm fudge, a chef’s knife, a pilgrim’s boot, and a gilded horse.