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Waffle Day ( sv, våffeldagen , no, vaffeldagen, da, vaffeldag) is a tradition that is celebrated in
Waffle Day ( sv, våffeldagen , no, vaffeldagen, da, vaffeldag) is a tradition that is celebrated in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, and Denmark
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, on 25 March, which is also the Feast of the Annunciation
The Feast of the Annunciation, in Greek, Ο Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου, contemporarily the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and also called Lady Day, the Feast of the Incarnation ('), or Conceptio Christi ('), commemorates the ...
, upon which waffle
A waffle is a dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression. There are many variations based on the type of waffle iron and recipe used ...
s are typically eaten. The shift from the religious celebration to Waffle Day occurred because the Swedish ''Vårfrudagen'', meaning "Our Lady's Day" (the Feast of the Annunciation), sounds similar to ''våffeldagen'' ("waffle day") in faster speech, and so over time Swedes began calling it Waffle Day and celebrating by eating waffles.
Waffle Day has recently begun to be celebrated in other countries as well, often ushered in by restaurants and cafés specialising in waffles, as in India, where the Belgian Waffle Co. in 2018 declared that they would celebrate National Waffle Day in July, or in Norway, where Waffle Day was all but unknown until producers of waffle irons, milk and flour started to promote waffle day in the mid-2010s. In the United States, National Waffle Day is celebrated in August to commemorate the date of a U.S. patent on a waffle iron; however the celebration is described as "at best a 'bizarre' or 'unique' holiday – the fluff stuff of radio DJ commentary", a frequent criticism of food celebration days. Some people love the occasion and think of it as a real festival whereas others don't really like or understand it.{{Cite news, url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/22/tripe-day-waffle-day-nutella-day-when-did-food-get-so-needy-jay-rayner, title=Tripe Day, Waffle Day, Nutella Day – when did food get so needy?, last=Rayner, first=Jay, date=2018-02-22, work=The Guardian, access-date=2019-01-30, language=en-GB, issn=0261-3077
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