Dairy Queen is treating you to free ice cream on March 20 for first day of spring

On the first day of spring, thoughts turn to love.

Of ice cream.

Dairy Queen is well aware of this and is offering everyone a free ice cream cone Tuesday, March 20, spring’s official debut.

Dairy Queen's free ice cream

There are rules, as there are with everything. It’s one small vanilla cone per person at participating, non-mall locations. No chocolate dipping or other treat-related enhancements.

And DQ would appreciate it if you had just one free cone for the day, not that the soft ice-cream giant is tracking your whereabouts. That anyone knows of.

Fortunately, the Valley is awash in participating, non-mall Dairy Queen locations, with outlets from Anthem to Queen Creek, from Maricopa to Carefree.

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First day of Spring 2018

Also be happy you’re in the desert, one of the few places in the country with spring-like weather. And be sure to thank the sun, since its location directly over the equator marks the vernal equinox, i.e. the first day of spring.

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What about the first day of winter?

Does this mean that on the first day of winter, Dairy Queen will give everyone a free Blizzard? Probably not, but it's worth putting in the suggestion box.

Details: www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Promotions-US/?localechange=1&

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