Elwood City Strawberry Festival

"It's the biggest holiday of the year... Well, at least the biggest holiday this week." – David Read, How the Cookie Crumbles

The Elwood City Strawberry Festival is an Elwood City celebration that takes place anually, first appearing in How the Cookie Crumbles. There are many different events during the festival, including a parade.

David Read had described it as "the biggest holiday of the year" until D.W. started asking questions. He then changed it to "of this week." It was revealed by Grandma Thora that the festival had always been David's favourite holiday. She had also said that there were always as many strawberries as you can eat.

The Strawberry Dessert Contest takes place at the Sugar Bowl. Muffy had desired winning in How the Cookie Crumbles because last year, others had said that she only won because her dad was the judge. She wanted to prove that she won fairly and not because of her dad, this statement had put a lot of pressure onto her. Muffy did eventually win again, thanks to her friends who had jokingly made a batch of cookie dough.

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  First Bag for Muffy's Cookies

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  Huge Strawberry on top of Sugar Bowl

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  Previous Year

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  Barber Shop Quartet from festival

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  Part of the festival

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  Snake float from Bill's (Jack's) Joke Shop

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  David on a float

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  New bag for Muffy's cookies

Trivia

• If what Buster said in the opening of Binky Rules is true, then Elwood City is known as "The City of the Strawberries", explaining the historical significance of the festival.