How Was Your Ice Cream Cone Today?
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121604)
Gainesville, Florida
July 17, 2016 7:27pm CST
Were you aware that today was National Ice Cream Day here in the United States? That's right, the third Sunday of July every year is set as the big day to celebrate all things ice cream!
The holiday was created in 1984 by a declaration of then President Ronald Reagan, who was trying to boost support for the nation's dairy farmers (up to 10% of the nation's dairy supply is used in the making of ice cream). President Reagan encouraged Americans to do their duty and pay tribute to ice-cream with "appropriate ceremonies and activities." And so the holiday was born.
Although the original intent of the holiday was to get Americans to buy more ice cream, these days the holiday is all about finding those businesses who give away free ice cream!
I found an amazing little locally owned ice cream shop here in my city that was giving away free ice cream today, so I stopped by and enjoyed a nice scoop of chocolate ice cream topped with sprinkles! Did you enjoy some ice cream today?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
19 Jul 16
Does frozen yogurt count? I did have a cone, but it wasn't ice cream. Can't digest that anymore, but glad I'm able to eat the alternative.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul 16
I'm like you, I can't really digest ice cream anymore. Usually, I look for places that offer almond milk ice cream, or--as in your case--frozen yogurt. Luckily, there are a few places in my town that have frozen yogurt and almond milk ice cream. So, yes, I will count frozen yogurt! lol
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
28 Jul 16
@moffittjc Frozen almond milk? Never have seen that, but then, I haven't been to one of those shops in years.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Jul 16
@ElizabethWallace TCBY offers almond milk ice cream. And we have a local shop here called Sweet Dreams Ice Cream that also offers almond milk and coconut milk ice cream!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Jul 16
Well, when summer rolls around again in Australia, you should eat ice cream every day! Just because you can!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul 16
@moffittjc Good idea. I'll be sure to do that.
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@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
18 Jul 16
Though we do not have it here in my country, you made me crave for one!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Jul 16
Every day is a good day to have ice cream!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Jul 16
Ooh, orange ice cream sounds delicious! I don't think I've ever tried that flavor before! In fact, I don't think I've ever seen that flavor available anywhere! You would think that where I live here in Florida, orange ice cream would be quite popular, since citrus is our primary agricultural crop!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
18 Jul 16
@moffittjc Surprised that you do not have that orange ice cream.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul 16
@marlina Maybe it is available, and I've just never paid enough attention to notice! I'll make sure to keep an eye out for orange ice cream next time I stop to get some!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul 16
Chocolate is my favorite flavor too! Chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles, chocolate chips, and chocolate syrup! And topped off with hot fudge! lol As you can see, I'm a chocoholic!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Jul 16
@just4him I think we have a Dairy Queen on the other side of the city from where I live. I should check it out. I used to love their Blizzards!
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jul 16
@moffittjc True. But I've come close to that much chocolate since, just not that much. I like Dairy Queen's Brownie Blast, I think they call it.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
26 Aug 16
Was in Geneva on Wednesday to get a travel visa, after i was done, l had an ice cream from a street ice cream van,cost me CHF 8.50 which is more or less $9.00.
I was furious l did not ask or check the price before i ordered, i don't pay $9.00 for street icecream.
So ice cream day has not been around so long? seems this national day that national day is coming up every day.Will start my own national day.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 16
Let me know what "national" day you create, so that I can help you celebrate it!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Aug 16
@miniam I'm pretty sure there aren't any free days left on the calendar! Usually, when I look at the National Day calendars, each day has three or four things to celebrate.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
27 Aug 16
@moffittjc
Im still working on it,l have to find a date that is still free so it will belong only to my day
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 Jul 16
Free ic cream is even better! I enjoy a small come almost everyday.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Jul 16
If I wasn't lactose intolerant, I would eat ice cream every day too! I'm pretty sure my waistline is thanking me right now for being lactose intolerant! lol
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@patgalca (18370)
• Orangeville, Ontario
18 Jul 16
I didn't know it was National Ice Cream Day either. Not sure whether it was just the U.S. but usually days like that are continent wide. I was parked right across the street from an ice cream store today. I was tempted to go and get a single scoop but opted to preserve my waistline. LOL!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Jul 16
I generally don't eat ice cream, because I am lactose intolerant, but there is one locally-owned ice cream shop here that serves non-dairy ice cream, so every now and then I indulge myself in its deliciousness! But I'm like you, I need to be careful so that I preserve my waistline. I gain wait just from looking at ice cream! lol
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@allknowing (136541)
• India
19 Jul 16
I agree with @Koalemos. Not fair really when all I did was just drool reading your post.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul 16
I was drooling just reading everyone's comments! lol
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul 16
i vote that national ice cream day can be on any day you would like it to be! As long as you have some delicious ice cream to enjoy, then I think it should count as ice cream day!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
28 Jul 16
Well, even if you didn't get any free ice cream, I feel that on any day you eat ice cream you should be able to call it National Ice Cream Day!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Jul 16
That reminds me of an experience I had at Disney World a few years ago. My kids and I were standing in line to buy some ice cream at the theme park, and there was a woman in line in front of me. When it was her turn to order, she asked the cashier, "How many calories does this ice cream have?" With a smile on his face and clearly joking to the lady in response, he said, "Ma'am, there are no calories in any of the ice cream at Disney World! That's why this is the happiest place on earth!" Not realizing he was joking, the woman--in all sincerity--looked at the cashier and said, "That Walt Disney fella sure was a genius! How come they don't sell this kind of ice cream in stores?"
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@JESSY3236 (19942)
• United States
19 Jul 16
I didn't eat any ice cream on Sunday, but I will on Friday. So for me the ice cream day is extended until then. 
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul 16
I think this is one of those cases where ice cream day can be chosen on any day of the year you want it to be on! And nobody will argue with you about it! lol
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
18 Jul 16
@moffittjc I didn't know. Now that I do know I'll have to go and have an ice cream cone. It's a great time of year for it.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jul 16
Yes! And at this time of year, it is never too late to go get an ice cream cone, even if you did miss national ice cream day! What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Jul 16
@HazySue I was such a huge fan of strawberry when I was a kid, but for some reason I don't like it now that I'm an adult.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
19 Jul 16
@moffittjc I pretty much love them all but if I have to name one...Strawberry.
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
28 Aug 16
Nope ! I'm in india but yeah really glad to heard that and definitely it encourages dairy business of the country.Thank you for making familiar of this occasion.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Jul 16
Well I hope you find that one special little ice cream shop with a plethora of flavors!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Jul 16
@ramapo17 An ice cream farm? I've never heard of that! Can you explain further?
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
27 Jul 16
@moffittjc Me too and hopefully on my trip to New Jersey this week I will return to my old favorite ice cream farm. They have something like 20+ flavors.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
12 Sep 16
@moffittjc ummmmm and you didn't invite me to come have some ice cream because?
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Sep 16
You have an open invitation to come eat ice cream with me any time you would like!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Sep 16
@VivaLaDani13 We might get a little messy, but we'll have fun eating ice cream together!
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