Nov. 1 All Saint's Day. / Dia De Los Muertos (Mexico & Haiti) The Day of the Dead / Plan
Your Epitaph Day (U.S.) / World Vegan Day / Daylight Savings Time ends / It was on this
day that Claudius poisoned Hamlet's dad by poring poison in his ear. Starting a trend
making November a particularly good month for conspiracies.
Nov. 2 National Deviled Egg Day (U.S.)
Nov. 3 Housewife's Day (U.S.) / Bunka no hi (Japan) Culture Day for promotion of culture
and love for freedom and peace. / Sandwich Day (U.S.)
http://www.wordsources.info/words-mod-sandwich.html
Nov. 4 Ludi Plebeii (Ancient Rome) The "Plebeian Games." Start / Student Day or Death to
America Day (Iran) Apparently that's what they call it, only in Farsi or whatever. However
after all these years all it's used for is an excuse to put mattresses on sell, sort of
like Washington's Birthday here. / It was on this day 1871 that Alice went through the
looking glass. / in 1954 Gojira premiers in Japan, an anti atom bomb film in
which the bomb is metaphorically represented by a 150 foot tall fire breathing monster.
This message, along with over 20 minutes of content were removed and replaced with footage
of Raymond Burr when it appeared in America in 1956 as Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
Nov. 5 Guy Fawkes Night (England & New Zealand and this is important in NZ because?)
Remember, remember, the 5th of November the Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holloa boys, Holloa boys, let the bells ring
Holloa boys, Holloa boys,
God save the King!
Hip hip Hoorah!
Hip hip Hoorah!
A penny loaf to feed ol' Pope,
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down,
A faggot of sticks to burn him.
Burn him in a tub of tar,'
Burn him like a blazing star.
Burn his body from his head,
Then we'll say: ol' Pope is dead
Nov. 6 Saxophone Day (U.S.)
Nov. 7 Mayan Day of the Dead. Which eventually became the Day of the Dead celebrated
earlier, and it does seem to be a theme for this month as to the Finnish November is
known as Marraskuu which means Month of the Dead. November is not a month for sunny holidays.
Nov. 8 Fuigo Matsuri (Shinto) Festival in honor of Hettsui no Kami Goddess of the kitchen
range.
Nov. 9 / Quatuor Coronati (Freemason) / Kristallnacht Night (1938) The night of the Nazi
attacks on Jewish homes, synagogues, and shops in Germany started, which today has been
turned into a night for meditating on the evil of all religion based hatred. / Chaos Never
Dies Day (U.S.) Yet another of those "holidays" about which I can find no information.
Nov. 10 Tree Festival (Tunisia) / Day of Remembrance of Ataturk (Turkey) First president
of Turkey. / Festival for the Goddesses of Reason, Liberty & Philosophy (Revolutionary
France 1793) which some say never really happened but was just disinformation spread by
pro-royalists.
International Tlerance Day November 16th
Nov. 11 Remembrance Day (Canada, England and others) The tradition is to observe a minute of
silence at 11:00 am on this day to remember the dead of World War I. / Veterans Day (U.S.) / Pepero Day (South Korea) Started in 1994 by girls in a middle school it's sort of like
Valentine's Day, named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on this date, since "11/11"
resembles five sticks of the candy, the holiday is observed mostly by young people and
couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, & gifts. / Martinmas (Old Scotland)
The feast of St. Martin. A day to "enjoy" a dish of haggis. To quote Mike Myers character
in So I Married An Ax Murderer "I think most Scottish cuisine started out as a dare." But
seriously, just where are the haggis frozen dinners in my local grocery? My guess would be
right under the liver & onion dinners. / Halloween under the old calendar. / Fast for Balder
held through to the 17th (Old Anglo Teutonic) marking when Hod (God of Darkness)
unintentionally killed Balder (God of Light), and his true love Nanna (Goddess of Flowers)
dying of a broken heart. The dead were honored during this time. What did I tell you about
November not being a time of sunny holidays back on the 7th?
Nov. 12 Tesuque Feast Day (Native American) / Lha Bab Duchen (Tibetan Buddhist) Day to
celebrate the Buddha's descent from heaven after teaching the Dharma there. / The start of
November under the old calendar.
Nov. 13 Festival of Jupiter (Ancient Rome) / as well as Iovis Epulum, the feast day of
Feronia, a minor rural Roman Goddess of woods and springs.
Nov. 14 Children's Day (India) / World Diabetes Day / Operation Room Nurse Day (U.S.) /
Which reminds me, do you know what the 5 levels of cleanliness are?
5. Guy clean.
4. Girl clean.
3. Mom clean.
2. Operating room clean
& 1. Grandmother clean.
Nov. 15 Shichigosan '7 - 5 - 3' (Japan) Children's festival. / National Teddy Bear Day (U.S.)
I've read that more people are killed each year by teddy bears (button eyes stuck in throats, allergic reactions to materials) than by real bears, of course real bears don't kill a lot of people. / It was on this date in 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia that two young couples reported to Mason County sheriff's department that they have had a curious encounter with a something or other that would come to be called the Moth-Man.
Nov. 16 International Day for Tolerance / Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland) Icelandic
Language Day
Nov. 17 Queen Elizabeth's Day (England) / Day of Penance (Germany)
Nov. 18 Occult Day (U.S.). Look as I might the meaning for this day
remains......
wait for it.......
........................... occult.
Nov. 19 International Men's Day (India, Trinidad & Tobago) Like children's day isn't EVERY
day men's day in some parts of the world? / Pencil Day. The modern pencil first appears in
1895. Before the rubber eraser was invented people erased mistakes on paper using a stale
bit of bread. / Pop Tarts are 44 years old today, I hear they will be coming out with a
Banana Split flavored Pop Tart soon, don't worry they'll probably health it up with calcium
or something so it's "good for you." / World Toilet Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Toilet_Day
Nov. 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance / Universal Children's Day or National Children's Day
(Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt and Pakistan) / Zumbi Day (Brazil) / Teacher's Day (Vietnam)
Nov. 21 Presentation of the Virgin Mary (Catholic) / World Television Day / World Hello Day.
The object is to say hello to ten people on the day. By greeting others, the message is for
world leaders to use communication rather than force to settle conflicts, which sounds like
a fine idea… but which also has me worried about what the meaning of yesterday's "Toilet Day" might really mean.
Nov. 22 Remember, remember, the 22 of November, The Daly Plaza Treason and plot; I know of
no reason why the Daly Plaza Treason should ever be forgot. But I'll tell you this right
now about that shot, It will be long forgot before we hear a reasonable reason. /
Poseideon Noumenia (Ancient Greek) Festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses. /
Tomb of Tutankhamen opened by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvor.
Nov. 23 Kinro kansha no hi 'Labor Thanksgiving Day' (Japan) A national holiday for honoring
labor. / National Cashew Day (U.S.)
Nov. 24 Feast of the Burning Lamps (Egypt) / Evolution Day. It was on this day, in 1859
that The Origins of Species by Charles Darwin was first published.
Nov. 25 Feast of Oya (Yoruba / Santeria) Feast of Oya, Orica of Wind, Storm, and Sudden
Change. / Feast of Aphrodite and Eros (Ancient Greek) Day to honor love and passion. /
International Men's Day (Canada) / National Parfait Day (U.S.) "I don't know nobody who
don't like a parfait, I think it's the perfect food!" Donkey from Shrek.
Nov. 26 Festival of Lights (Tibetan) / Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) And for breakfast that first
Thanksgiving the Pilgrims served boiled eel, explaining the popularity of Thanksgiving
D I N E R
Nov. 27 Pie in the Face Day (U.S.) Sorry, ate them all yesterday.
Nov. 28 Day of the New Dance (Tibetan) / Bodhisattva White Tara Day. (Buddhist) Time for
meditation on White Tara, who guides the dead to Buddha Amitabha's Pure Land, where all
will find salvation.
Nov. 29 First Sunday of Advent. / Square Dance Day (U.S.)
Nov. 30 Andres Bonifacio Day (Philippines) / Official end of the Hurricane season
The only question now is are you ready for the holiday season to go into full swing?
I'm not.
On the magazine racks 50 years ago this November
