7月15 Fun Holiday – Gummi Worm Day
Held annually on July 15, Gummi Worm Day celebrates and honors these chewy and yummy creepy crawly sweet treats.
Celebrate gummi worms, the popular childhood candy.
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Remember gummi worms? Yes, those delicious sour and sweet candies of your childhood that resembled worms? Remember how you ate them by the fistful just to gross out other adults? Well, now you can do that again once a year on Gummi Worm Day.
German Origins
Gummi worms are gelatin-based candies that look like colorful worms. They were first created and marketed by German candy company, Trolli, and are just one of the many gummi candies available in the market.
The first gummi (or gummy) candies were created in 1922 by another German candy company called Haribo. These were in the shape of bears and are now popularly known around the world as gummi bears.
How to Celebrate?
- Treat yourself with a big bag of gummi worm candies.
- Bring gummi worms to work and share them with your co-workers.
- Learn how to make them at home from scratch.
Did You Know...
...that the word gummi comes from the German word gummi, meaning rubber?
Gummi Worm Day Observances
| Fun Holiday: Gummi Worm Day Observances | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Weekday | Date | Name |
| 2025 | 火曜日 | 7月15日 (火) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2026 | 水曜日 | 7月15日 (水) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2027 | 木曜日 | 7月15日 (木) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2028 | 土曜日 | 7月15日 (土) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2029 | 日曜日 | 7月15日 (日) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2030 | 月曜日 | 7月15日 (月) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2031 | 火曜日 | 7月15日 (火) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2032 | 木曜日 | 7月15日 (木) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2033 | 金曜日 | 7月15日 (金) | Gummi Worm Day |
| 2034 | 土曜日 | 7月15日 (土) | Gummi Worm Day |
