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Tell a Fairy Tale Day

Tell a Fairy Tale Day is held on February 26. This event in the third decade of the month February is annual.
Research claimed the popular Beauty And The Beast story could be 4,000 years old. And a folk tale called The Smith And The Devil, about a blacksmith selling his soul in a pact with the Devil in order to gain supernatural abilities, was estimated to go back 6,000 years to the Bronze Age. French writer Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy populated the expression 'fairy tale' in 1697. Perrault's version of Red Riding Rood was more gruesome than the original story.
In the broader definition of the genre, the first famous Western fairy tales are those of Aesop (6th century BC) in ancient Greece. The original stories were passed down orally for thousands of years so it's impossible to tell who started them. However, some of the first Fairy Tales that were written and published were by French Authors Charles Perrault and Madame d'Aulnoy.

Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts

Pistol Patent Day on February 25 (Samuel Colt invented the pistol. He received Patent # 138 for it on this day in 1836. The patent was for the Colt Revolver with a rotating chamber containing six bullets);
Inconvenience Yourself Day on February 25 (is celebrated on the fourth Wednesday of February of every year);
Personal Chef Day on February 26;
Carnival Day on February 26;
For Pete's Sake Day on February 26 (if there’s a Pete in your life, why not do something for his sake?);
No Brainer Day on February 27 (This day was created by Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith, 'America's Premier Eventologist' - per Insight Magazine - Washington, DC - August, 1995, and 'The Premier Eventologist in the History of the World - per The Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Il - January 2001);
Floral Design Day on February 28 (Massachusetts Governonr William F. Weld proclaimed this day in 1995);
Public Sleeping Day on February 28;
Tooth Fairy Day on February 28;
Open “That Bottle” Night - Open That Bottle Night on February 28 (A comic holiday is celebrated on the last Saturday of February)
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