October 24th: Labour Day in New Zealand

October 24th: Independence Day in Zambia

...my parents' 35th anniversary!

...my parents' 35th anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to your parents!

October 25th: Constitution Day in Lithuania

October 25th: Retrocession Day in the Republic of China

October 25th: Armed Forces Day in Romania

October 26th: National Day in Austria

October 26th: Angam Day in Nauru

October 26th: Feast Day of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki

October 28th: Feast day of Simon the Zealot (Western Christianity)

October 29th: Republic Day in Turkey

October 30th: Mischief Night in some areas of the United States

October 30th: Thevar Jayanthi in Tamil Nadu, India

October 30th: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)

October 30th: BST (British Summer Time) ends and the clock (have now) gone back one hour.

October 30th: Mischief Night in some areas of the United States



that will be tomorrow night.

October 30th: BST (British Summer Time) ends and the clock (have now) gone back one hour.


ours is in 2 weeks.

ours is in 2 weeks.
Previously it has been just one week difference.

October 31st: Halloween

October 31st: Samhain begins

October 31st: Reformation Day in Protestantism

October 31st: Halloween


Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween
Why is it "happy" when sad and ghostly things are going on? 

November 1st: All Saints' Day in Western Christianity

November 1st: Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda

November 1st: Rajyotsava (Formation Day) in Karnataka, India

November 2nd: All Souls' Day in Western Christianity

November 2nd: Day of the Dead in Mexico

11/02/2011... a palindromic date (when you write it in the American standard)!

November 2nd: All Souls' Day in Western Christianity

November 2nd: Day of the Dead in Mexico
Ah yes... Dia de los Muertos.

I actually remember learning about it in one of my Spanish classes; we even did a little project for it.

11/02/2011... a palindromic date (when you write it in the American standard)!
So it is, I have been writing the date the British way (02/11/2011) all day and never noticed.

So it is, I have been writing the date the British way (02/11/2011) all day and never noticed.

That's right; you had your palindromic date on February 11th instead. ;)

The next one for the U.S. format will be Groundhog Day in 2020.

11/02/2011... a palindromic date (when you write it in the American standard)!


Oh Wow that's weird.  :o

November 3rd: Independence Day in Dominica

November 3rd: Culture Day in Japan

That's right; you had your palindromic date on February 11th instead. ;)

The next one for the U.S. format will be Groundhog Day in 2020.


2/2/2020

2/2/2020
02/02/2020 ?

02/02/2020 ?

Yes, that is it. Can't forget the placeholder zeroes!

Yes, that is it. Can't forget the placeholder zeroes!


That's right, the zeros.

November 4th: Flag Day in Panama

November 4th: Unity Day in Russia

November 7th: October Revolution Day in Belarus and other various regions of the former Soviet Union

11 7 11

11 7 11
Not here, it is 7 11 11, but properly it is 07/11/2011.

Not here, it is 7 11 11, but properly it is 07/11/2011.


sometimes the month goes in the middle.

sometimes the month goes in the middle.
Sometimes, it is all the time over here.

November 8th: St. Demetrius' Day (Coptic Church and Serbian Orthodox Church)

Election Day.

Not here, it is 7 11 11, but properly it is 07/11/2011.

Yes, that's how it gets written over there. At least this Friday it will be 11/11/11 everywhere!




Election Day.

That's true, but since this is an odd-numbered year, there aren't elections everywhere. However, some areas have local elections.

November 9th: Inventors' Day in Austria

November 9th: Independence Day in Cambodia

November 9th: Muhammad Iqbal's Day in Pakistan

...a night of a Full Moon.

...a night of a Full Moon.


better watch out or...

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better watch out or...

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Start howling now!

November 10th: Heroes' Day in Indonesia

11/11/11!!

November 11th: Armistice Day in Europe

November 11th: Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth

November 11th: Independence Day in Angola

November 11th: Veterans Day in the United States

11/11/11!!


a very odd day.

November 11th: Veterans Day in the United States


Happy Veteran's Day.

a very odd day.

The only date whose shorthand form can be written with six of the same digit, and only that digit.

November 12th: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, a holy day in the Bahá'í Faith

November 13th: Feast Day of Saint John Chrysostom (Christianity)

November 13th: Remembrance Sunday

November 13th: Remembrance Sunday


Is this a U.S. thing? ???

Is this a U.S. thing? ???
In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women (principally members of the Royal British Legion), members of local armed forces regular and reserve units (Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines and Royal Marines Reserve, Army and Territorial Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment and Royal Auxiliary Air Force), military cadet forces (Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Force and Air Training Corps as well as the Combined Cadet Force) and youth organisations (e.g. Scouts and Guides). Wreaths of remembrance poppies are laid on the memorials and two minutes silence is held at 11 a.m. Church bells are usually rung "half-muffled", creating a sombre effect.

November 14th: World Diabetes Day

November 14th: Children's Day in India

November 14th: Day of the Colombian Woman in Colombia

November 14th: World Diabetes Day


gotta watch your blood sugar.

November 15th: Republic Day in Brazil

November 15th: Shichi-Go-San in Japan

November 16th: Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)

November 18th: Independence Day in Latvia

November 18th: National Day in Oman

November 19th: International Men's Day

November 19th: Liberation Day in Mali

November 19th: International Men's Day
The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day include focusing on men's and boys' health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models.

November 20th: Teachers' Day in Vietnam

November 20th: Teachers' Day in Vietnam

November 20th: Stir-up Sunday

November 20th: Stir-up Sunday
Stir-up Sunday is an informal term in Anglican churches for the last Sunday before the season of Advent.

The term comes from the opening words of the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and later (a translation of the Roman Missal's collect "Excita, quæsumus"):

    Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 and later, this collect is listed for "The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Trinity", with a rubric specifying that this collect "shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent". This reinforced the significance of this day as forming part of the preparation for the season of Advent. The rubric is necessary because the last Sunday before Advent does not always fall on the twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity: Trinity Sunday is a moveable feast and the Advent season is fixed, so the number of weeks in between varies from year to year.

Thus, this collect always was read just before Advent. Since most recipes for Christmas pudding call for the mixture to stand for several weeks before cooking, the day subsequently became connected, in countries which used the Book of Common Prayer, with the preparation of Christmas puddings in readiness for Christmas. Supposedly, cooks, wives and their servants would go to church, hear the words 'Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord...', and be reminded, by association of ideas, that it was about time to start stirring up the puddings for Christmas.

In recent years most provinces of the Anglican Communion have adopted the practice of the Roman Catholic Church in observing this Sunday as Christ the King (sometimes under the name The Reign of Christ). Popular attachment to the Stir up collect has, however, caused it to be retained (in contemporary language) in the liturgies of several provinces. The Church of England's Common Worship uses it as the Post-Communion prayer, with a rubric stating that it "may be used as the Collect at Morning and Evening Prayer during this week".

In the Episcopal Church, USA, the collect appointed for the Third Sunday of Advent in the Book of Common Prayer (1979) begins with the phrase "stir up your power O Lord." Thus, in many Episcopal Churches, the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as Gaudete (rejoice) Sunday, is referred to as "stir-up Sunday." Marion J. Hatchett in his definitive work Commentary on the American Prayer Book, notes that in the Pre-Reformation English Sarum Rite, collects for four of the last five Sundays before Christmas began with the word excita or "stir up." A similar collect to the one appointed in the BCP 1979 appears in the recent book authorized for use in the Church of England, Common Worship, appointed for the Second Sunday of Advent, but the phrase "raise up" is used instead.

My Grandmother's Birthday,She's 92.  :)

My Grandmother's Birthday,She's 92.  :)
Happy Birthday to your Grandmother!

November 21st: Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh

Happy Birthday to your Grandmother!


Thanks.  :)

November 22nd: Alphabet Day in Albania

November 22nd: Independence Day in Lebanon

November 23rd: St George's Day in Georgia

November 23rd: Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan

November 23rd: Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan


Our Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

Our Thanksgiving is tomorrow.
Have a nice day!

Have a nice day!


Thanks.

November 24th: Feast day of Vietnamese Martyrs

November 24th: Teachers' Day in Turkey

November 24th: Thanksgiving in the United States

November 24th: Thanksgiving in the United States
Whose had they turkey yet?

Whose had they turkey yet?


I did and boy am I stuffed!  :P

November 24th: Thanksgiving in the United States

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I did and boy am I stuffed!  :P

Me too; when I got home I needed to chillax for at least an hour! It was all good...

November 25th: National Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina

November 25th: Teachers' Day in Indonesia

November 25th: Independence Day in Suriname

November 25th: Black Friday

November 25th: Black Friday
Happy Shopping everyone!

Happy Shopping everyone!


Don't get hurt in the crowds.

November 25th: Black Friday

Don't get hurt in the crowds.

I am staying away from it all! Huge crowds, long lines, fighting for parking spaces...I can do without all that. I do not need to urgently buy anything anyways.

I am staying away from it all! Huge crowds, long lines, fighting for parking spaces...I can do without all that. I do not need to urgently buy anything anyways.


you can always shop online to avoid crowds.

you can always shop online to avoid crowds.

Absolutely! Many people do that sort of thing nowadays, especially if they know specifically what they want and don't need to actually go into the store to see it in actuality. Saves them a trip.

I am staying away from it all! Huge crowds, long lines, fighting for parking spaces...I can do without all that. I do not need to urgently buy anything anyways.
Especially after I what saw on the news, people jumping queues and violence took over.

Especially after I what saw on the news, people jumping queues and violence took over.


and someone pepperspraying a crowd in order to get through.  :o

and someone pepperspraying a crowd in order to get through.  :o
That was disgraceful!

Especially after I what saw on the news, people jumping queues and violence took over.

All the more reason to stay out of those crowds...at least in my opinion.

That was disgraceful!


and a grandfather got pushed through and wound up with a bloody face.

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November 27th: Maaveerar Day

November 27th - First Sunday of Advent (in Christianity).

November 27th - First Sunday of Advent (in Christianity).
...it will soon be Christmas before we know it.

...it will soon be Christmas before we know it.

Four more weeks!

And because Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, there are four full weeks of Advent. This last happened in the year 2005, and will happen again in the year 2016.

November 28th: Independence Day in Albania

November 28th: Independence Day in Mauritania

November 28th: Independence Day in Panama

November 28th: Navy Day in Iran

...it will soon be Christmas before we know it.


and New Years too.

November 29th: Liberation Day in Albania

November 30th: Independence Day in Barbados

November 30th: Bonifacio Day in the Philippines

November 30th: Saint Andrew's Day in Scotland

the final day of November.

December 1st: World AIDS Day

December 1st: Great Union Day in Romania

December 2nd: National Day in the United Arab Emirates

December 3rd: International Day of People with Disability

December 4th: Navy Day in India

December 4th: Proclamation Day in Tonga

December 4th: Miners' Day in Poland

December 5th: Day of Ashura (Islam)

December 5th: St Nicholas's Eve in various European countries

December 5th: Father's Day in Thailand

December 5th: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

December 6th: Independence Day in Finland

December 6: Constitution Day in Spain

December 7th: Día de las Velitas in Colombia

December 7th: Día de las Velitas in Colombia

December 7th: Día de las Velitas in Colombia
Día de las Velitas (English: Day of the little candles) is one of the most observed traditional holidays of Colombia. It is celebrated on December 7, on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, which is a public holiday in Colombia. This day is the unofficial start of the Christmas season in the country.

On this day, people place candles and paper lanterns on their windows, balconies, porches, sidewalks, streets, parks and squares, in short, everywhere they can be seen, in honor of the Virgin Mary and her immaculate conception.

December 7th: Armed Forces Flag Day in India

The 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor

December 8th: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic Church)

December 8th: Bodhi Day in Japan

December 8th: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic Church)

Something I am quite knowledgeable about. There are special services in the church today honoring that.

December 9th: Independence Day in Tanzania

December 9th: Army Day in Peru

December 10th: Human Rights Day

December 10th: Human Rights Day; Constitution Day in Thailand

December 11th: Republic Day in Burkina Faso

12 11 11 could this be a palindrome?  ???

12 11 11 could this be a palindrome?  ???
To be palindromic it has to read the same forwards as backwards.

12 11 11 could this be a palindrome?  ???
The next true palindromic date will be in the UK on 21st February 2012, reading as 21/02/2012.

December 12th: Independence Day in Kenya

December 13th: Saint Lucy's Day

December 13th: Republic Day in Malta

December 14th: Day of the Children Killed During the War in Abkhazia

December 14th: Day of the Martyred Intellectuals in Bangladesh

December 14th: Monkey Day

December 14th: Monkey Day
Monkey Day is a holiday celebrated internationally on every year December 14. Hallmark Cards describes it as the "one day when monkey business is actually encouraged." The holiday was started in 2000 by Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin, then artists of the popular comic Fetus-X, and first celebrated by Lansing residents and art students at Michigan State University. Since then, Monkey Day has been celebrated internationally, across countries like the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

December 14th: Monkey Day

Monkey Day is a holiday celebrated internationally on every year December 14. Hallmark Cards describes it as the "one day when monkey business is actually encouraged." The holiday was started in 2000 by Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin, then artists of the popular comic Fetus-X, and first celebrated by Lansing residents and art students at Michigan State University. Since then, Monkey Day has been celebrated internationally, across countries like the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Never heard of it!

December 15th: Kingdom Day in Aruba

December 15th: Kingdom Day in Curaçao

December 15th: Kingdom Day in the Netherlands

December 15th: Kingdom Day in Sint Maarten

December 15th: Zamenhof Day

December 15th: Zamenhof Day
Zamenhof Day, also called Esperanto Day, is celebrated on 15 December, the birthday of Esperanto creator L. L. Zamenhof. It is the most widely celebrated day in Esperanto culture.

December 16th: National Day in Bahrain

December 16th: Independence Day in Kazakhstan

December 16th: Independence Day in Kazakhstan

It is now the middle of the month! :o Where does all the time go?

It is now the middle of the month! :o Where does all the time go?
such as life!

December 16th: National Sports Day in Thailand

December 17th: National Day in Bhutan

December 18th: Republic Day in Niger

December 18th: National Day in Qatar

December 19th: Liberation Day in Goa

December 20th: Hanukkah begins at sunset

December 20th: Hanukkah begins at sunset


time to light the menorah.

December 21st: It is one year till the...

The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, notably used by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization among others, completes a "great cycle" of thirteen b'ak'tuns (periods of 144,000 days each) since the mythical creation date of the calendar's current era.

December 21st:  Winter Solstice



sure doesn't feel like winter.

sure doesn't feel like winter.
It does here.

It does here.


How much snow?

How much snow?
No snow, just cold and overcast.

December 22nd: December Solstice

December 22nd: Mother's Day in Indonesia

sure doesn't feel like winter.
Yesterday was the earliest day that Winter Solstice can fall on.

Yesterday was the earliest day that Winter Solstice can fall on.

It is the day of the year with the shortest period of daylight.

December 23rd: The Emperor's Birthday in Japan

December 23rd: Festivus

December 23rd: Festivus
Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to celebrate the holiday season without participating in its pressures and commercialism. It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, as part of a comical storyline on the show. The holiday's celebration, as shown on Seinfeld, includes an unadorned aluminum "Festivus pole", practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles". Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as "a Festivus for the rest of us", a saying taken from the O'Keefe family traditions and popularized in the Seinfeld episode to describe Festivus' non-commercial aspect.

December 23rd: Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag day (in Sweden)

It is the day of the year with the shortest period of daylight.


and it goes down like quarter to 5.

Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to celebrate the holiday season without participating in its pressures and commercialism. It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld, as part of a comical storyline on the show. The holiday's celebration, as shown on Seinfeld, includes an unadorned aluminum "Festivus pole", practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles". Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as "a Festivus for the rest of us", a saying taken from the O'Keefe family traditions and popularized in the Seinfeld episode to describe Festivus' non-commercial aspect.
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December 24th: Christmas Eve

December 24th: Christmas Eve



Happy Christmas Eve.  :)

Happy Christmas Eve.  :)
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas


Merry Christmas to you too.

Merry Christmas to you too.

And to everyone, a safe and joyous holiday season. :)

December 26th: Boxing Day

December 26th: Boxing Day
... in Commonwealth countries

December 26th: St. Stephen's Day (Western Christianity)

December 26th: Twelve Holy Days begin (Esoteric Christianity)

December 26th: Kwanzaa begins (United States)

December 26th: Kwanzaa begins (United States)
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States honoring universal African-American heritage and culture, observed from December 26 to January 1 each year. It features activities such as lighting a candle holder with seven candles and culminates in a feast and gift-giving. It was created by Maulana Karenga and was first celebrated in 1966–1967.

And to everyone, a safe and joyous holiday season. :)



Thanks.

December 27th: St. Stephen's Day in Eastern Christianity

December 28th: Hanukkah ends at sunset (Judaism)

December 28th: Day of the Holy Innocents (Western Christianity)

December 29th: Independence Day in Mongolia

December 30th: Rizal Day in the Philippines

December 30th: Rizal Day in the Philippines

The second-to-last day of the year!

The second-to-last day of the year!



and tomorrow is the final day of 2011.