September 14 Holidays

National Cream Filled Donut Day celebrates the filled doughnut — a pastry tradition documented in European bakeries since the 18th century, modernized by Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ with cream, jelly, and custard variants that now account for the majority of specialty donut sales in the U.S. National Coloring Day celebrates the coloring book as a creative activity — a practice used in occupational therapy, stress reduction, and education, whose adult coloring book revival in 2015 sold more than 12 million books in the U.S. alone. National Eat a Hoagie Day celebrates the Philadelphia hoagie — the Italian cold-cut sandwich on a long roll whose name is attributed to Italian immigrants working at Hog Island shipyard who called their sandwiches “hoggies,” later contracted into “hoagie.” Gobstopper Day celebrates the Willy Wonka-immortalized hard candy that takes hours to dissolve, changing colors and flavors as it diminishes. Custard, coloring books, Philadelphia, and an indestructible candy.