Eric Snyder's Blog – November 2009 Archive (8)

Nov 30: St. Andrew's Day (Scotland)

St. Andrew's Day is Scotland's National Day, designated as a bank holiday in 2006.

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Nov 27: Buy Nothing Day (USA/Canada)

Check out my Black Friday / Buy Nothing Day "tweetgrid"

Source: http://www.buynothingday.info/main.html

BUY NOTHING DAY 2009

Why do you buy?

Once upon a time, we used to buy what we needed, period.

Now that we have all we need, we buy for other reasons: to impress each other, to fill a void, to kill… Continue

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Nov 25: St. Catherine's Day -- France

Are you an unmarried woman over 25? Then according to an old Quebec tradition, you'd be a "Catherinette!" But don't worry… put on your apron and start pulling some taffy!

But where does this custom come from? Here!

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Nov 23: Kinro Kansha No Hi (Japan)

Kinro Kansha No Hi (Japan)

This is the Japanese Labour Thanksgiving Day when people express gratitude to each other for their labours throughout the year.

http://www.multiculturalcalendar.com/ecal/index.php?s=ste-fc

Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日 Kinrō kansha no hi?)…

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November 20: Universal Children's Day (UN)

Universal Children's Day

20 November

By resolution 836(IX) of 14 December 1954, the General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children's Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children. It recommended that the Day was to be observed also as a day of activity devoted to promoting the ideals and objectives of the Charter and the welfare… Continue

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Nov 7: Joni Mitchell's 66th birthday

November 7, 1943: Joni Mitchell - Great Canadian songwriter / singer born Roberta Joan Anderson.

http://twitter.com/CalendarWallah/status/5504967642

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Nov 5: Guy Fawkes Day (U.K., England)

05 nov 09

Guy Fawkes Day (UK, England)

This is also known as Bonfire Night. Guy Fawkes was a leader of a group of Catholic men who, on this day in 1605, were plotting to blow up the king and Parliament but were arrested in time. The English and Irish burn bonfires topped by a figure known as the guy. West Indians from the Bahamas and Barbados celebrate it as well.…