While today we celebrate Stir-Up Sunday on the last Sunday before first Advent Sunday, on November 23 this year, by making delicious Christmas puddings with family, this wasn’t the original meaning of the day! As it’s a Sunday leading up to Christmas, it’s religiously important to Christians, who mark the day with specific Bible readings. However, since the Victorian era, it has been a day of family celebration and cooking! Traditionally, family members would stir pudding and make wishes for the new year on this day. Besides delicious family bonding, the day offers a chance to get ahead and cross off at least one item on your Christmas to-do list — pudding!
National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
National Peanut Butter Fudge Day on November 20 is when we try our hands at making a delicious batch of fudge. There is a wide range of viable peanut butter fudge recipes to be found on the internet and elsewhere, but what they all have in common is a quick prep time (a matter of minutes, in some cases), and a short list of simple ingredients that most of us probably already have in our kitchens. As a bonus, peanut butter fudge is much easier to make than chocolate fudge, because it doesn’t involve melting the chocolate to a specific temperature measured by a special thermometer.
Black Consciousness Day
Black Consciousness Day on November 20, is a preeminent day in Brazil, set aside to commemorate Zumbi’s death — the pioneering leader of resistance to slavery — and to reflect on the tragic injustices imposed on the Black community and African descendants since the beginning of time. This day is a social movement, dedicated to recognizing the worth and unmatched contributions of the Black people in the country, by honoring their existence, and protesting against racial discrimination on a massive scale. Black Consciousness Day is a public holiday in and around hundreds of cities in Brazil. While we observe this day in full consciousness we must address the issue of education among Black people and support them to pursue their dreams by giving them access to Black student scholarship resources.