World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day, sometimes referred to as International Chocolate Day,[1][2] is an observance that occurs globally every year on 7 July.[3][4] Celebration of the day includes the consumption of chocolate.[4] It has been stated that 7 July 2017 marks 467 years since chocolate was introduced to Europe."[5][1] In 2017 the research nurses at Alder Hey Children's Hospital celebrated the event by successfully encouraging the British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance study to buy chocolates for every UK hospital recruited to the study in July.[6]

As the United States celebrate National Chocolate Day on 13 September, Chocolate Ice Cream Day is observed on 7 June. Various other more specific chocolate-themed days are celebrated throughout the world and on various dates, including Milk Chocolate Day on 28 July.

References to World Chocolate Day being observed on 7 July have been recorded as early as 2009.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "International Chocolate Day the sweetest day of the year". Mercury. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chappaqua's Sherry B Celebrates International Chocolate Day". The Chappaqua Daily Voice. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "World Chocolate Day: What your chocolate says about you". NewsComAu. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 Claire Healy (7 July 2014). "World Chocolate Day: Five things you didn't know about Ireland and its grá for chocolate". irishmirror. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2010/07/0707chocolate-introduced-europe/ Wired, July 7, 2010
  6. ↑ "British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance Study - World Chocolate Day". BOSS Study. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Ginger Carter-Marks (1 February 2009). "The 2009 Weird & Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide". book. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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