Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for December. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links. |
1 | Aids Awareness Day Scrabble game trademarked (1948)
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3 | Day of the Disabled Person (International) Roof-Over-Your-Head Day Fritter's Day
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4 | Santa's List Day Wear Brown Shoes Day | |
5 | Volunteer Day (International) Animator Walt Disney's Birthday (1901) Bathtub Party Day
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6 | St. Nicholas Day Put on Your Own Shoes Day
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7 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Letter Writing Day Cotton Candy Day
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8 | Brownie Day | |
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Pastry Day Ball-bearing roller skates patented (1884) First Christmas Seals issued (1907) | |
10 | Human Rights Day – Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Nobel Peace Prize Awarded Poet Emily Dickinson's Birthday (1830) Dewey Decimal Day
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11 | UNICEF established (1946)
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12 | Poinsettia Day Ding-a-Ling Day
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13 | Cocoa Day
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14 | South Pole discovered (1911) First miniature golf course opened (1929)
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15 | Bill of Rights adopted (1791) Underdog Day Lemon Cupcake Day
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Boston Tea Party (1773) Los Posada (Christmas tradition in Mexico) Classical musician Ludwig van Beethoven's Birthday (1770) Chocolate Covered Anything Day Maple Syrup Day | |
17 | Wright Brother's first flight (1903)
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18 | Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
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19 | Look for an Evergreen Day Go Carolling Day Oatmeal Muffin Day
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First Day of Winter/Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) Humbug Day Look at the Bright Side Day | |
22 | Forefather's Day (pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock - 1620) First Christmas lights for sale (1882) Date Nut Bread Day
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23 | Roots Day Economists Day
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24 | Christmas Eve Egg Nog Day
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25 | Pumpkin Pie Day
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26 | Kwanzaa Begins Boxing Day (celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) Whiners Day
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Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day Candy Cane Day Fruitcake Day Awful Tie Day | |
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30 | Bicarbonate of Soda Day | |
31 | New Year's Eve Make Up Your Mind Day Unlucky Day
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
November Holidays and Activities
Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for November. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links. |
1 | All Saint's Day (Mexico) World Community Day Electric Lightbulb patented by Thomas Edison (1879) Author's Day Family Literacy Day
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2 | Kermit the Frog, the first of the Muppets, trademarked (1955) Sesame Street's Cookie Monster's Birthday Frontersman Daniel Boone's Birthday (1734) Look-for-Circles Day Deviled Egg Day
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3 | Give-Someone-a-Dollar-Today Day
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4 | Sadie Hawkins Day Cash register patented (1880)
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Saxophone Day | |
7 | Magazine Day Hug a Bear Day Cook Something Bold Day
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8 | Parents As Teachers Day Dunce Day X-Ray Day (X-ray discovered in 1895)
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9 | Parade Day Go-to-an-Art-Museum Day Chaos Never Dies Day | |
10 | Forget-Me-Not Day Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (1885) Sesame Street debuted on public television (1969) Trivial Pursuit game trademarked (1981)
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Veteran's Day Remembrance Day (Canada) Nabisco trademarked (1901) | |
12 | Batman trademarked (1940) Pizza-with-the-Works-Except-Anchovies Day
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13 | World Kindness Day Moms and Dads Day Community Education Day Actor's Day
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14 | Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
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Philanthropy Day Pack Your Mom Lunch Day Clean-Out-Your-Refrigerator Day | |
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Have a Party with Your Bear Day | |
17 | Homemade Bread Day | |
18 | Debut of animated character Mickey Mouse in animated short Steamboat Willie (1928) Teddy Bear Birthday (1902) Elmer’s glue trademarked (1952)
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19 | Gettysburg Address delivered by President Lincoln (1863) Have-a-Bad-Day Day Play Monopoly Day Birth of the Pop Tart (1965)
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20 | Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910) Children's Day Future Teachers of America Day Absurdity Day Beautiful Day Peanut Butter Fudge Day Early version of the stoplight patented (1923)
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21 | World Hello Day False Confession Day
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22 | Stop the Violence Day Start-Your-Own-Country Day Go-for-a-Ride Day
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23 | You're Welcome Day Cashew Day | |
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Whart Do-You-Love-about-America Day Birth of softball (1887) | |
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Parfait Day | |
26 | First Official Thanksgiving Day (1789) Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz's birthday (1922) Shopping Reminder Day
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27 | Pins and Needles Day Pie-in-the-Face Day
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28 | Author Mark Twain's Birthday (1835) French Toast Day | |
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King Tut's tomb opened (1922) | |
30 | Stay-at-Home-Because-You're-Well Day Mousse Day
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