National Ice Cream Day

National Ice Cream Day

When: National Ice Cream Day - 3rd Sunday in July

Ice Cream Day - December 13

When you get the urge for a snack on a hot, humid summer night, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right....Ice Cream! Therefore, it's only fitting that ice cream be given it's own special day. On this day, we hope you enjoy an ice cream cone, a sundae, or a milk shake. Set the diet aside and splurge a little...have one of each!

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month.

Ice cream is nutritious. A little heavy on the sugar and calories, ice cream is otherwise good for you. Its base ingredient is milk, which is loaded with healthy vitamins and minerals.

Did you know? Charles E. Minches of St. Louis, Missouri is credited with inventing the ice cream cone. On July 23, 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis, he filled a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream to make the first ice cream cone. There is some controversy over this claim. Italo Marchiony of New York City filed a patent for the ice cream cone months before the fair opened. And, he was selling lemon ice in comes as early as 1896.

About Ice Cream Day in December: There is also a celebration of Ice Cream Day on December 13th. We found no factual information about this day. We suspect that it evolved from some local event. Perhaps a school ice cream social somehow took on an undocumented, national recognition as a special day.

Source: http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/icecreamday.htm

Lee Wardlow's We All Scream for Ice Cream: The Scoop on America's Favorite Dessert is a fascinating book.

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More Information:

July is National Ice Cream Month from the International Dairy Foods Association

Ice Cream History and Folklore

http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/ice_cream.htm History

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/icecreamprint.htm Social

http://geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/icecream.htm Theme Resources

http://crafts.kaboose.com/coffee-can-ice-cream.html Coffee Can Ice Cream Recipe

http://sendicecream.stores.yahoo.net/makicecreami1.html Making Ice Cream in Can

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/science/icecream051999.html Ice Cream in Baggies