Welcome to December 27, 2021 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate being nutty as a fruitcake and starting something new. 

The holiday cheer may be fading fast but one treat is still alive and celebrating: the fruitcake. That’s because they are built to last. In the early 1700s these dense cakes were baked during harvest time and loaded with nuts and fruits. But they were saved until the following year to ensure the next season’s bounty. Fruitcakes also had quite a reputation for being sinfully rich. Queen Victoria was said to have waited a whole year after receiving one for her birthday before eating it, just to show proper restraint and dignity. But if your fruitcake has become a holiday joke, that gets re-gifted only to get tossed, perhaps you haven’t tasted a truly delicious one. On National Fruitcake Day, make a pledge to find a good recipe for next year.   

Marlo: While this month is nearly gone, it’s never too late to start something new. In case you didn’t know it, Anna it’s Learn a Foreign Language Month.

Anna: How are you going to learn a new language in only four days, Marlo?

Marlo: I didn’t say I was going for fluency. Just starting a new habit is what matters.

John: Tim Ferriss, the entrepreneur actually has a blog post about how if you learn the 100 most used words in any language you can achieve functional fluency very quickly.

Anna: I think I could do that!

Marlo: I could do that too.

Anna: You've got three days. Go!

I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day.

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