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Sunshines Party Characters Etc, Palestine, TX (2025)

04/07/2024

What a beautiful day it was at Palestine Trade Days Kids day today! Bubba had such a good time seeing old friends and making new ones!

05/06/2023

Yall come on out to Palestine Trade Days and see Bubba the Bull dog and his crew this morning!

01/03/2023

Happy New Year everyone! You may have noticed things got quiet around here over the holidays. Bubba, Bebe & all their family and friends had to spend sometime getting well, staying warm, & making new plans to see all their new little friends. When you see this video take a moment and say hi to Bubba, he would love to hear from you!

10/30/2022

Today is Sunday October 30, 2022 & it is National Treat Your Pets Day! It’s the day to allow our beloved pets to indulge in their favorite snacks or treats! While we should always feed our animal friends a healthy diet, there’s no harm in giving them an extra treat at least once in awhile. So, it’s about time to make their taste buds happy! From pet-friendly cookies, kibbles, seeds, fruits, biscuits, etc, you have a wide range of treat selections for your best friend.

Did you know that dog treats were invented by accident? In 1880, a butcher in London was trying to expand his business by baking a new biscuit recipe for his customers to enjoy. Unfortunately, the end product tasted so awful that he couldn’t consume it himself. He didn’t want it to go to waste so he gave it to his dog instead. And guess what? The dog loved it. This gave the shop owner the idea to bake treats for dogs, which he eventually did. Once he started baking the same biscuit recipe in the shape of a bone, it started selling quickly. By 1908, an American businessman bought his recipe and introduced it to the United States.

It was F.H. Bennett Biscuit company that started producing and manufacturing dog treats in the U.S. By 1911, the recipe was granted patent and went by the name Milk-Bone® by 1915 — a nod to cow’s milk, which was one of its ingredients.
In the 1960s, Nabisco Biscuit Company acquired the Milk-Bone® brand and soon dominated the market. Not only was it marketed as a delicious treat for your pets, but it also promoted healthy benefits like cleaning your dog’s teeth and fresher breath.

When the 1970s came, several companies produced their branded dog treats, which caused the competition to quickly rise. Today you can walk into almost any store and find some kind of dog treat. Whether it's an Original Milk Bone, a chewy piece of dried beef, a homemade treat you took the time to fix yourself, or even some doggie ice cream which is a personal favorite of Bubba & Bebe's!

Fun Facts

- Before dog biscuits were invented, ‘dog’s bread’ was commonly referred to as snacks for dogs.
- The longest dog biscuit ever made was a record 19 ft long and 3.8 ft wide dog biscuit was baked in 2011 in the U.S.
- Most dog treats are only 10% in calories.
- Apple-flavored dog treats are the ones that dogs enjoy the most.
- The world’s best-selling dog treat is Whimzees Dental Treats
- According to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1925 ‘dog biscuits’ was a military slang for army mattresses.

10/28/2022

We want to take this evening to reach out and say Happy National First Responders Day to ALL the first RESPONDERS, not only in our area, but those everywhere that put their lives on the line each and every day. Thank you for your hard work & dedication!

10/28/2022

Today is Friday October 28, 2022 and is also National Chocolate Day! Sorry Bubba & Bebe, as much as we would love to let you have some, chocolate is not good for pups like you, and I'm pretty sure Sparkles the Unicorn doesn't need any either. Remember friends, always keep your chocolate to yourself or safely put away, and not share with your pets as it could make them very sick.
Did you know that chocolate was discovered by the Aztecs more than 2500 years ago? Talk about an ancient recipe! The Aztecs used a liquid form of chocolate & loved it so much, that they thought it was given to them by Quetzalcoatl. Cacao seeds acted as a form of currency. And this was back in the “bitter” chocolate days — before they added sugar! Once chocolate turned sweet — in 16th-century Europe — the masses caught on and turned chocolate into a powerhouse treat.
Several present-day chocolate companies began operations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Cadbury started in England by 1868. Milton S. Hershey, 25 years later, purchased chocolate processing equipment at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago He started the company by producing chocolate-coated caramels. Nestlé, dating back to the 1860s, has grown into one of the largest food conglomerates in the world.

The National Today data science team surveyed 1,000 people
about their chocolate-eating habits.
79% surveyed have chocolate at least once a week — talk about a sweet tooth!
59% of respondents pick milk chocolate over dark or white.
41% of people surveyed pick Hershey's as their go-to brand.

When it comes to flavor more men than women prefer milk chocolate & white chocolate, however, more women than men prefer dark chocolate.

All facts were sourced from the internet*
-Chocolate is the most popular type of candy in the world.
-The Cadbury Dairy Milk Bar is the most popular candy Bar in the world.
-Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are the most popular candy bar in North America.
-Worst candy bar in the world Turkish Delight
-Worst candy bar in North America, Hershey Bar.
-Because Chocolate comes from the cacao bean, which grows on the cacao tree, that makes it a veggie! Does that mean it's health food?
-As it contains no cocoa solids, white chocolate isn’t chocolate.
-Chocolate can lower stress! One study showed that people who ate chocolate compounds had better cognitive performance and reported less mental fatigue than the control group. This may have something to do with how the chemicals in chocolate interact with our brain: releasing serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins and giving us a good dose of antioxidants.

And finally the numbers

-$10,000 — the price of Swarovski-studded chocolates.
-$260 — the price of a 1.76-ounce To’ak chocolate bar.
-400 — the number of cacao beans it takes to make one pound of chocolate.
-8 — the number of years it took to perfect the recipe for milk chocolate.
-90 million — the number of chocolate Easter bunnies manufactured every year.
-36 million — the number of heart-shaped chocolate boxes sold every Valentine’s Day.
-1847 — the year when British confectioners invented the first chocolate bar.
-20% — the percentage of all dark chocolate consumed in the U.S.
-1700s — the decade when chocolate milk was created in Jamaica.
-22 pounds — the amount of chocolate that would need to be eaten to kill a person.

*sourced from the internet using news articles, candy sites, & holiday reference pages.

10/24/2022

Bebe and her small human companion walked in the Hot Pepper Festival parade yesterday. We aren't sure who drew more attention, Bebe or her spirited little companion, We are pretty sure she could have walked 4 more parades 🤣

10/23/2022

There were many of the hard working officers from the Palestine Police Department on hand at the Hot Pepper Festival yesterday to make sure everyone stayed safe and had a great time. It's great to know that we live in a community where the officers take the time to stop for a photo op with those around them, whether they are human or great big Fluffy pups! A great big thank you goes out to all the officers in our area for all the hard work that they do on a daily basis!

10/23/2022

Bebe had so much fun yesterday at the Hot Pepper Festival. There were so many things to see and lots of new friends to meet. She even got to meet Sparky from Elkhart TX VFD Thank you to all the firefighters in our area for the hard work you put in daily!

10/21/2022

We are in the final hours, & making the last preparations, to be ready for Bebe the Bulldog to walk in the Hot Pepper Festival Parade tomorrow morning and check out all the fun stuff afterwards! She is so excited, she is especially hoping for an opportunity to meet Pena the Pepper. Yall make sure to come out and see what you can find!

10/20/2022

Well it's official, after yipping & yapping as pups (especially twins) in an argument tend to do, it has officially been settled... Bubba's twin Bebe the Bulldog will be walking in the Hot Pepper Festival parade & enjoying the fun for awhile afterwards. When you see her say hi!

In the meantime, did you know that today, October 20th is International Sloth day?
Sloths are slow-moving mammals often found in Central and South America. The two major types are the two-toed and three-toed sloths. Although sloths look like some kind of furry monkey bear, their closest relatives are anteaters and armadillos.

Sloths spend their lives in the tropical rain forests. They move slowly — covering about 40 yards per day, munching on leaves and twigs. Sloths have an exceptionally low metabolic rate and spend 15 to 20 hours per day sleeping. These long-armed animals are also excellent swimmers. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there are two different types of sloths — two-toed and three-toed — and a total of six species: Pygmy three-toed sloth,
Maned sloth, Pale-throated sloth, Brown-throated sloth, Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, & Hoffman’s two-toed sloth.

Their health depends on our tropical rainforests — which remain at risk. Without them, sloths & many other animals, birds & reptiles, will lose their shelter and food source.

Sloths rarely make their way to the ground. That’s partially due to the fact that their limbs are adapted only for hanging and grasping, not for supporting their weight. Muscles make up only 25 to 30 percent of their total body weight — compared to 40 to 45 percent for other mammals.

Animal traffickers pose yet another threat — despite the fact that sloths do not make for good pets.

- Facts about Sloths -

1. Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet.
2. Sloths are three times stronger than humans.
3. Sloths are legally blind.
4. Sloths can fall 100 feet without getting hurt.
5. It takes sloths 30 days to digest 1 leaf.
6. Ancient sloths were the size of elephants.
7. Sloths are strong swimmers.

Have a blessed day & be kind to those around you.

10/14/2022

Pardon the inter-ruff-tion, we just wanted to let you know that today is October the 14 and it is National Dessert day. What a sweet way to kick off the weekend! What is your favorite dessert & do you have a special place you like to get it from? The twins Bubba & Bebe both love dessert, Bubbas favorite is a Vanilla Pupcake from LuLu & Kakes, Cupcakery and Sweet Shoppe They make him happier than puppy tummy rubs! Bebe on the other hand loves the Banana Blueberry Pie from Oxbow Bakery she thinks they are Crust Pawsome. The twins best friend Sparkles the Unicorn would much rather have SnickerPoodles from Palestine Painted Cookie her love for cookies is a-dough-able.

Yes we are feeling a bit punny around here today, dessert always puts us in a pawsitive place 😂 Last one we promise! Take time this weekend to get out and visit your local businesses, they are the true lifeline of the community. Have fun stay safe and if you see Bubba out and about come up and say hi! Be on the lookout, Bebe has decided she doesn't want to stay home anymore, she will be making a public appearance soon! 🐶

Here are a few yummy stats for National Dessert Day

DESSERTS BY THE NUMBERS

2,520 square feet — the length of the world’s largest gingerbread house.
35.8 million — the number of calories in the length of the world’s largest gingerbread house.
9,000 pounds — the weight of the world’s biggest chocolate bar made in Armenia.
150,000 gallons — the amount of water mixed with chocolate and cream to create the chocolate river in the movie “Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.”
2001 — the year when Jell-O was declared Utah’s official snack.
$700 million — the worth of the pies sold every year.
18 pounds — the amount of chocolate eaten by the average Swiss citizen.
10,000 - the number of bars the average American will eat in their lifetime.
2 hours 45 minutes — the waiting time for buying a cronut in 2013.
87,000 — the number of drink possibilities at Starbucks.

10/12/2022

Happy Farmers Day from Bubba & all the crew here at Sunshines Party Characters Etc.

WHAT IS FARMERS DAY?

Farmers Day is celebrated every year on October 12! The profession of farming began around 12,000 years ago with the domestication of livestock as hunter/gatherers settled down and started to plant their own food. In short, farming is one of the oldest jobs around. So let‘s take a moment to give some love to all the farmers who work tirelessly to feed us year round.

You can thank farmers right here locally every weekend at Palestine Farmers Market

Stats for Farmers Day:

2 million – the number of farms in the U.S.
$1 trillion – The contribution of agriculture to the US economy.
1.3% – The percentage of the U.S. labor force made up by ranchers.
90% – The percentage of U.S. crop losses caused by extreme weather
50,000 – The number of jobs available in agriculture in the U.S each year.
40% – The percentage of crop cash that is generated by corn and soybeans.
166 – The number of people the average U.S farm feeds each year.
25% – The percentage of food that Americans throw away every month.

Thank you for all your hard work farmers!

10/08/2022

Bubba will be exploring the Frankston Square Fair today disguised as a HUMAN! If you recognize Bubba, don't be shy, come say "HI!" Here's a hint, Bubba has pink hair 😉

10/03/2022

It's MEAN GIRL DAY! You won't find any mean girls around here though. Bubba's sister Bebe the Bulldog and their friend Sparkles the Unicorn are both super sweet girls! We can't wait for yall to meet them!

10/01/2022

Bubba the Bulldog had so much fun today, and made so many new little friends. He even got to meet the sheriff, a warden, several good cooks, & many many talented people! Bubba was so excited to take this picture with the sheriff & his granddaughter!

09/30/2022

Come on out and meet Bubba the Bulldog & recieve a treat while they last at Palestine Trade Days tomorrow Saturday October 1, 2022. Located at 823 W Oak St, Palestine, TX 75801.

09/18/2022

Welcome to my page, I am a small party/event business just getting started so bare with me as I jump in and get my feet wet. Watch closely for more updates and a public appearance from Bubba the Bull Dog (pictured)

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