{"id":47077,"date":"2014-02-02T00:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=47077"},"modified":"2014-02-02T00:09:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T08:09:13","slug":"for-every-season-there-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47077","title":{"rendered":"For every season, there is …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tChocolate. I promise.<\/p>\n

Cross my heart.<\/p>\n

I am NOT deliberately<\/i> trying to derail your New Year’s resolutions.<\/p>\n

Honest!<\/p>\n

It’s just that I think you should know \u2026<\/p>\n

There are chocolate holidays on the horizon.<\/p>\n

Sure, there’s Valentine’s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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And Mother’s Day follows shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n

But sometimes, a woman needs more excuses to succumb to her urges\u2014no, let’s call them “instincts.”<\/p>\n

Your intuition knows<\/i> when you need a nibble.<\/p>\n

And quite frankly, a couple of heart-shaped-box holidays are not enough.<\/p>\n

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Photo by John Hritz via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

After all, there is new science<\/a> cropping up all the time, telling us how fabulous chocolate can be for body and spirit.<\/p>\n

So get out your calendars and mark down these days (they appear throughout the year!) as reasons to celebrate chocolate with abandon.<\/p>\n

February 1: National Dark Chocolate <\/a>Day<\/p>\n

February 5: National Chocolate Fondue Day<\/p>\n

February 19: National Chocolate Mint Day<\/p>\n

February 25: National Chocolate-covered Nuts Day<\/p>\n

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March 19: National Chocolate Caramel Day<\/p>\n

March 24: National Chocolate-covered Raisins Day<\/p>\n

April 21: National Chocolate-covered Cashews Day<\/p>\n

May 15: National Chocolate Chip Day<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

June 7: National Chocolate Ice Cream Day<\/p>\n

June 26: National Chocolate Pudding Day<\/p>\n

July 28: National Milk Chocolate Day<\/p>\n

August 10: National S\u2019mores Day<\/p>\n

September 12: National Chocolate Milkshake Day<\/p>\n

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September 13:\u00a0 International Chocolate Day<\/p>\n

September 22: National White Chocolate Day<\/p>\n

October 28: National Chocolate Day<\/p>\n

November 7: National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day<\/p>\n

December 16: National Chocolate-covered Anything Day<\/p>\n

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December 28: National Chocolate Day<\/p>\n

If you have any deep, dark secrets about how to best commemorate any of these delicious days, do tell.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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