Valentine's Day friend"), which is a game similar to the Christmas tradition of Secret Santa. In Brazil, the "Dia dos Namorados" (lit. "Lovers' Day", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, probably because that is the day before Saint Anthony's day, known there as the "marriage saint", when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called "simpatias", in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. Couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards, and flower bouquets. The February 14 Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all because it usually falls too little before or too little after the Brazilian Carnival — that can
Waffle Day until the 19th century. Since the 17th century Swedes were creating waffles over a fire with a waffle iron. In the India, National Waffle Day is celebrated July 19. In the United States, National Waffle Day is celebrated August 24, the date of a U.S. patent on a waffle iron. Waffle Day Waffle Day is a tradition that is celebrated in Sweden, and to a lesser extent elsewhere, on March 25. Waffles are typically eaten on this day. The name comes from "Vårfrudagen" ("Our Lady's Day"), which in vernacular Swedish sounds almost like "Våffeldagen" (waffle day). Our Lady's Day is