read Pudding Day

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, the Baron’s fiancée, and the Baron often discussed the advantages and disadvantages of being responsible for the welfare of all of Lilliland. The Baron indicated that most of the time it was very rewarding to try to keep everything peaceful and enjoyable for the citizens and visitors to Lilliland.

However, there were times when some traditions seemed silly, the Baron added. Take July 14, for example. In Lilliland it was always Bread Pudding Day. No other country in the world had a Bread Pudding Day, so why should Lilliland have one? That really was silly. In France, July 14th was Bastille Day. It was the day of freedom dating back to 1789.

Lady Angela reminded the Baron that since Lilliland had always been a neutral country, there were no declarations of war or armistice days to celebrate. “Therefore, we have days like Bread Pudding Days instead,” she said.

The Baron asked his chief advisor, Professor Hamblin, to trace back in Lilliland’s history the true beginning of Bread Pudding Day to see if there was some way of quietly stopping it.

The Baron said that Bread Pudding Day was just an excuse to get rid of some stale bread. All bread pudding consisted of stale bread copped up in little pieces with some milk, eggs, salt, sugar, fruit juice, vanilla, nutmeg, raisins, etc. It was not really anything special except for some old stale bread.

The Professor made his report about the origin of Bread Pudding Day. It was founded nearly 1,000 years ago by an earlier baron who wanted to feed the people something in a festive manner because so many of the people were hungry that first year due to a bad harvest.

The bread pudding was presented in a very attractive manner and it was to represent the sharing of food with neighbors in the spirit of community goodwill.

The Baron realized from the Professor’s that he had missed the main point entirely. It was not the ingredients of the bread pudding, but the spirit of goodwill among the citizens of Lilliland that it represented.

The Baron decided to join in the festivities of the event and helped serve the bread pudding, along with Lady Angela, in Lilliland’s Public Park.

The Baron said that now that he knew the true meaning of Bread Pudding Day, it was far more meaningful than just old stale bread. It was symbolic of love, sharing, and caring.