April 18·Every year

National Animal Crackers Day

The circus-themed cookies that have outlived most actual circuses. Introduced commercially by Stauffer and later Nabisco in 1902; the string on the box was originally a Christmas-ornament loop.

Category: Food
Observed in: United States

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