What Is The Sadie Hawkins Day Celebration and How Did It Get Started?Added on 01/16/2007 to Articles Directory / Holidays & Celebrations / Hallmark holidays / Sadie Hawkins Day (Saturday that follows November 9)
The Sadie Hawkins Day is celebrated on the Saturday following November 9th. This day was called this after a girl whose name was Sadie Hawkins. Al Capp, whose famous comic strip Lil Abner started this holiday in Lil Abner's fictional hometown of DogPatch. Sadie Hawkins was the ugliest girl in all of DogPatch, so every year known as Sadie Hawkins Day, all the girl's in town get to switch the tables on the guy's, they chase until they catch one and force him across the finish line, afterwards he is made to become married to her.
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