While Christmas is just over and we are gearing up for the New Year Celebrations, there is just four days left for January 1, 2023.
However before this year ends lets have a look on the speciality of today , December 28. This day is known as a day of several occasions.
Firstly December 28 is- National Call a Friend Day! While we all are busy with our regular chores and life , lets pause for a moment and keep aside your hectic schedule , now spare some minutes and pick your phone not to waste browsing time on the internet but instead to give a call to one such friend or friends with whom probably you have lost touch with. This is what basically National Call a Friend Day! reminds us to do before the new year starts . And what could be a better occasion than these last days of a year to reconnect with your lost friend and start afresh from the new year. So on this day get back with your good old memories, take effort from your side and make the move, call the friend and start the bond again.
December 28 is also known to be as National Chocolate Candy Day– Even if we don’t have a sweet tooth but we all still love to have chocolates. We hardly say no if someone offers us chocolates unless you are sugar freak. So let’s get indulged in chocolates and end this year and start the new year with a sweet note. Chocolates or chocolate candy can serve as a best gift for all age group if you want toad sweetness to your bonds.
National Short Film Day is celebrated on December 28 every year. The day commemorates the event when a public audience viewed a series of short films for the first time. A short film means any film that is too short to be considered a feature film.
If you are not a fan of long feature films, than short films can be better option for you since short films come with a range of varieties, style , genres. Short films are not just entertaining but also informative as it includes documentary topics as well as presents a visual delight of real-life stories.
National Short Film Day signifies the day the motion picture industry was born when the Lumiere brothers projected a programme of short films to a public audience for the first time. According to nationaltoday.com it was the Lumière brothers who presented moving pictures through a projector for the first time to a paying audience of 33 people in Paris, France in 1895. The contraption used for playing the films was their own invention, the ‘Cinématographe’, which was a 3-in-1 camera, projector, and printer. 10 short films were projected, each of them just under a minute in length. National Short Film Day was initiated by Film Movement on December 28, 2019. Established in 2002, Film Movement is the distributor of many award-winning indie films set in New York City.
Apart from these three occasions December 28 is known as National Download Day, Card Playing Day and Holy Innocents Day etc .
