Sweetest Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, was created in Cleveland, Ohio, by candy-maker and philanthropist, Herbert Birch Kingston. The very first Sweetest Day, which was originally called “Sweetest Day of the Year”, was pronounced as October 8, 1921. Kingston created this day to give something or to do something nice to those less fortunate than oneself. A “Sweetest Day of the Year” committee was formed. Kingston and the committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy and small gifts to “newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor” in Cleveland, Ohio.
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