This year we get an extra day as 2020 is a leap year with tomorrow being February 29th. So what does this really mean? Well it means that a leap year baby (a Leapling) born 80 years ago is actually turning 20 tomorrow, talk about extended youth, haha.
I can’t help but think about the movie with Amy Adams, “Leap Year”, where so is off to ask her love interest to marry because he had not popped the question. Well apparently that is not just a movie, there are actually fines in place for any guy that says “NO”. That’s right guys, if you say no to a proposal tomorrow, it will cost you a skirt, or 12 pairs of gloves…..
Leap Year Traditions and Superstitions
Now when it comes to celebrations around this ‘extra day’, those exist as well. They even created a drink back in 1930 in the Savoy Cocktail Book, …
“Leap Day cocktail with Craddock’s original recipe:
1 dash lemon juice
2/3 gin
1/6 Grand Marnier
1/6 sweet vermouth
Shake, serve, garnish with a lemon peel, and enjoy the flood of bittersweet flavors. It’s like a marriage, in your mouth!”
Here are some more facts about leap year that might come in handy tomorrow, February 29, 2020, aka leap day.
https://www.rd.com/culture/february-29th-leap-year-facts/
