Today, August 30, is National Marshmallow Toasting Day.
Seriously.
If you missed it there is a National Toasted Marshmallow Day Countdown Clock that shows the number of days, hours, minutes & seconds until the next gooey event.
Relatedly, there is an opinion expressed by the editorial board in one media publication that recommends school not start until after Labor Day.
There are several reasons given in the piece by which to extend summer but not mentioned was perhaps the most important one of all: National Toasted Marshmallow Day.
How, in the name of all that is idyllic about this time of year – camping trips, family outings, “Summertime, an’ the livin’ is easy” – can National Toasted Marshmallow Day occur on the calendar after – after – all the little marshmallow toasters have gone back to school?
It’s not right.
Somethin’s gotta give.
My opinion?
Give S’mores time for fathers around the campfire to tell stories.
After all, that’s the best thing about toasting marshmallows.
When my son and daughter were young they were both in Indian Guides. First my son, then my daughter. Four years each. Over eight years I went to sixteen Indian Guide Camps at Camp Seymour. I really can’t face another marshmallow.
David & Larry,
Your letter and comment, respectively, brought waves of memories tumbling back
I was able to have a complete “kid-hood” because I had many opportunities growing up to roast marshmallows including s’mores. David, in the old days we roasted our marshmallows. We did not toast them. Same thing though, I am sure.
When my grandchildren come over it is laways one of their favorrites when Papa Joe fires up the fire pit and Grandma brings out the marshmallows and graham crackers.
Great idea David.
Larry, I have emphathy for your current position in life of not being able to look at another marshmallow. I too have OD’d on marshmallows.
As for when school starts. Back in the 1950s anyone who started school in August we thought was committing a cheap “commie” trick in an effort to create unrest in order to topple America. Anyone in a responsible position who steals even 1 summer day from the kids in Washington State is a bureaucratic child abuser.
Joseph Boyle – A guy with an opinion on almost every subject.