There were many things on earth Kara Zor-El Danvers enjoyed and appreciated.

These included but were in no way limited to: Alex, take-out, Eliza, potstickers, Lena, pizza, Winn, ice cream, James, Eliza's chocolate pecan pie, J'onn, crullers, Cat, buffets, Kal, bacon, Lois, pancakes, movie nights, sticky buns, Game nights, doughnuts, Sister nights, cupcakes….

The list was endless and only seemed to be growing as each day passed.

Alex groaned.

Lena glanced over. "Something wrong?"

The two were in one of the DEO labs, going over some alien technology.

"Just Kara being her annoying alien self," Alex mumbled.

Lena quirked an eyebrow, allowing herself a short laugh. "I'm not sure I understand what you mean."

Alex sighed, turning her full attention to the Luthor. "Kara has this obsession with just about everything to do with earth."

"Except kale," Lena quipped.

Alex nodded. "Yeah. And probably Max Lord too."

Lena chuckled lightly.

"And now, she's found another earthly thing to celebrate,"

"Which would be…?"

Alex held up her phone. Lena laughed out loud.

Kara had sent her sister a text, in all caps, with plenty of emojis to last 1000 years in the Phantom Zone.

Kara: ALEX! HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS?! 3

Below the text was a meme of a several cartoon doughnuts skipping in a circle. Above their sugary heads, bubbly letters declared, "Happy National Doughnut Day!"

Alex shook her head, returning her phone to her pocket. "If I told her every food-related holiday there is, we'd be celebrating non-stop. You should have seen her when Mom mentioned Pi day."

Lena smiled. "Surely that couldn't too bad," She teased.

Alex shot her a look. "Watch it, Luthor, just because your sister's best friend and we've working on this alien technology together, doesn't mean you're my best friend."

Lena raised an eyebrow. "Really? I thought having Kara as a friend would put me in your good graces. Helping with this would just be the cherry on top."

Alex groaned. "Ugh, I think Kara's been rubbing off on you."

"Wow," Ruby observed. "You really like holidays."

Kara popped up from behind the counter where she'd been rummaging around for a pan. "Yep!"

Ruby frowned, flipping back to the front of the calendar in order to read every scribbled in holiday. "Whoa, there's a buffet day?"

Kara grinned, putting the pan on the counter. "Yeah. January 2nd."

"Do you have all of these holidays memorized?" Ruby asked.

Kara blushed. "Not all of them. I just added five yesterday."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Ruby turned over the pages of the calendar. "Do you really celebrate all of these?"

Kara frowned, as if wondering what kind of question had just been asked. "Uh, yeah?"

"What's your favorite one?"

"Um…."

Ruby laughed. "Okay, what's one of your favorites?"

Kara narrowed her eyes in thought. "I...I don't know. They're all my favorites. I can't just single out one, what about all the rest of them?!"

Ruby shook her head. "I wish I was a Kryptonian, then I could eat all the food I wanted to without worrying about being healthy."

"That is nice," Kara agreed. "But you'd probably have to get a job. Food costs money."

"Yeah, I know."

Kara turned, putting the pan on the stove to warm while she cracked some eggs. "Actually," She said after a long minute. "I think I do have a favorite one."

Ruby looked up. "Yeah?"

"Yeah," Kara nodded. "January 21."

Ruby quickly found the date and scanned the words scribbled on the page in black ink surrounded by small red hearts. She looked up, smiling. "I like that one too."

Ruby trudged out of her classroom, lamenting her heavy homework load for the weekend.

Her phone beeped, indicating a message had just come in. She unlocked her phone and glanced at the message.

Kara: hey, Ruby! Happy Hug Day!

Ruby frowned. Was it really? Already?

She glanced at the date. January 21.

Ruby smiled remembering the conversation she and Kara had had a few months ago when Kara had revealed that National Hugging Day was her favorite holiday.

Ruby: thanks, Kara!

After sending the text, Ruby attached a gif of a a kid bowling over a friend with the force of their hug.

Kara quickly responded with a plethora of heart and laughing emojis.

"Hey, kiddo," Sam said as her daughter hopped into the car. "Good day?"

Ruby nodded. "Yeah." She leaned across the seat to wrap an arm around her mom's shoulders. "Happy National Hugging Day, mom."

Sam happily returned the hug but frowned. "What?"

"National Hugging Day," Ruby explained. "It's an annual holiday."

"Did you learn about that in school today?"

"Nope. Kara told me months ago and she sent me a text today," Ruby showed her mother her and Kara's text exchange when Sam pulled up at a stop sign.

Sam nodded. "That's why Kara was so much more huggy today."

Ruby grinned. "She said it's her favorite holiday."

Sam raised an eyebrow. "Even more than Christmas?"

"Yep."

Sam glanced over at her daughter. "Well, that sounds pretty special then."

Ruby nodded. "Definitely. I think it's my favorite too."

"I have to say I agree with you," Sam said. "Especially when it's a hug from you."

"Mom…" Ruby whined.

But they both knew she loved it.

Author's Note:

So we all know how much food plays a part in Kara's life and it's always fun to think about that (hence the food holidays).

I remembered learning about national mint chocolate day or something like that and I realized, "hey, there's probably other food holidays floating around so I ended up looking up food holidays and some other holidays that I thought might interest Kara.

Not that anyone needs this, but I included the ones I searched for below. I didn't include ones that I looked up and do not have holidays (like, they don't have a potsticker day).

Doughnut Day - June 1

Hug Day - January 21

Pizza Day - November 12

Chocolate Pecan Pie Day - August 20

Sticky Bun Day - February 21

Buffet Day - January 2

Cupcake Day - December 15

Bacon Day - September 1

Ice Cream Day - July 15

Pancake Day - (Shrove Tuesday) (Pancake Breakfast)

Waffle Day - March 25 (Swedish holiday)

Family Day - March 4 (not nationwide, as in USA; South America, parts of Canada, and Arizona and Nevada)

Sister Day - August 5

Sibling Day - April 10

Cousin Day - July 24

I will never cease to be amazed at what holidays there are. Like Talk Like A Pirate Day, that one's cool but also a little random when you think about it.

Anyway, thanks for reading and sticking with me, college is crazy. (But good, if you want to go to college, don't let me discourage you.)