(Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThis is not the first time Krispy Kreme has jumped on the Friday the 13th bandwagon. In 2024, the donut chain offered a dozen original glazed donuts for only 13 cents.<\/p>\n
To obtain the deal, customers needed to purchase a full-priced box of donuts or a 16-pack of minis and use the promo code \u201c13\u201d when ordering in-store or online via the app or website. There was a limit of one box of 13-cent donuts per person.<\/p>\n
The store\u2019s offer was called \u201cLucky Friday\u201d amid the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number and that Friday the 13th is viewed as an unlucky date. <\/p>\n
Friday the 13th superstitions originate with the Last Supper, which was attended by 13 people \u2014 Jesus Christ and his 12 disciples \u2014 on Maundy Thursday, the night before his crucifixion by Roman soldiers on Good Friday.<\/p>\n
The number 13 is therefore associated with Judas Iscariot, Christ\u2019s betrayer, and is regarded as imperfect when compared with 12, which represents the number of months in a year. Most years have two Friday the 13ths \u2014 and sometimes three.<\/p>\n
Famous indicators of bad luck associated with the day include a black cat crossing your path, breaking a mirror, walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella indoors and saying the name of Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cScottish play\u201d in a theatre.<\/p>\n
Krispy Kreme fans who aren\u2019t superstitious can choose to celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day with the chain\u2019s four new donuts for the holiday \u2014 the \u201cI Love You a Choco-Lot Donut,\u201d the \u201cYou’re Berry Sweet Donut,\u201d the \u201cTeddy Bear Cookies & Kreme Donut\u201d and the \u201cSprinkled with Love Donut.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each one is festively decorated for the love-themed day, which falls the day after Friday the 13th, whether that be the donuts themselves being shaped in a heart, frosted with special red and pink frosting, or adorned with heart-shaped sprinkles. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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