Charms & Charm Bracelets

Well, winter is coming upon us quickly, and many parts of the country are pretty chilly by now! Sorry I’m late with this posting, but things have gotten a bit out of hand.  I’m going to be publishing a monthly calendar of holidays and other observances so you can get some ideas for gift giving and charm buying!

The best known holiday in November is, of course, Thanksgiving! You can put together all kinds of charms for this yummy fall holiday: turkeys, pilgrims, Native American symbols of all kinds, food charms like squash, corn, pumpkins etc. You can even combine September, October and November into a fall-themed charm bracelet, adding in Halloween and other great autumn events! Particularly with the versatile Italian charms, its easy to build any kind of theme bracelet.

Astrological Signs:
Scorpio – October 23 – November 21
Sagittarius – November 22  – December 21

Scorpio Zodiac Sign Oriana Bead Charm

14k Gold Zodiac Saggitarius Charm

Of course, birthdays occur every day of the month and astrological charms are always popular. A perfect gift for a parent, whether a mom, grandmother or whatever, is a charm bracelet with each child’s astrological symbol on it. You can add in other charms for the kids’ favorite hobbies, or add in charms for the holidays in that month to fill the bracelet out. Or go with a neutral “filler” charms, like autumn leaves, to represent the month.

Here are some other things that are going on this month. There are lots of ideas for gifts and charms to celebrate lots of different interests and occasions. November is:

• Adoption Awareness Month
• Apple Month
• Child Safety and Protection Month
• Christmas Seals Month
• Diabetes Month
• Drum Month
• Epilepsy Month
• Hospice Month
• Native-American Heritage Month (American Indian Heritage Month)

First Week of November

• Diabetes Education Week
• Health Information and Technology Week
• Medical Staff Services Week
• Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day.  Observed the first Saturday of November.
• Election Day, US – Presidential (every four years).  Observed every two years when United States senators and congressmen are elected. Election Day happens in even-numbered years on the Tuesday on or after November 2.
• Daylight Standard Time Resumes. Daylight Saving Time starts the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November.
• Digital Scrapbooking Day – observed the first Saturday in November
• Sadie Hawkins Day.  The first Sadie Hawkins Day took place on Wednesday, November 9, 1938. It is now usually observed the nearest Saturday to November 9th – usually the first Saturday in November.

Second Week of November

• Radiologic Technology Week (US National)
• World Kindness Week (World Kindness Day is always November 13th)
• Start of American Education Week.  American Education Week is always held the full week prior to Thanksgiving.
• Adoption Day – National Adoption Day. Celebrated every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

Third Week of November

• American Education Week (Observed the full week prior to Thanksgiving.)
• Great American Smokeout (observed the third Thursday of November)
• Bladder Health Week
• Lung Cancer Awareness Week

Fourth Week of November

• Thanksgiving Day. (US Federal Holiday.) Observed the fourth Thursday of November each year. Thanksgiving Charms
• Black Friday – the Friday after Thanksgiving – the busiest shopping day of the year in the US.
• Buy Nothing Day US & Canada.  In Canada and USA Buy Nothing Day falls the Friday after the American Thanksgiving Day. In Europe it is celebrated the last Saturday in November.
• Sinkie Day – observed every year the day after Thanksgiving. Celebrating casual dining styles such as dining over the kitchen sink.
• Adoption Week – Observed Thanksgiving Week. National Adoption Day is celebrated every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
• Bible Week
• Family Caregivers Week
• Family Week. Observed Thanksgiving Week.
• Computer Security Day (observed the last working day in November)

Daily Holidays & Observances

November 1:

• All Saint’s Day – Observed November 1st each year

November 3

• All Souls Day  “The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on 2 November, or, if this be a Sunday or a solemnity, on 3 November.”
• Bean Day in North Dakota.
• Housewife’s Day  – recognizes the importance of stay-at-home moms and wives.
  Sandwich Day (US National) – Observed on the birthday of John Montague, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, creator of the sandwich.)

November 8

• Dunce Day.  “Observed on the anniversary of the November 8, 1308 death of Duns Scotus, a medieval scholar who was responsible for the introduction of the word “dunce” into the English language.”

November 9

• Berlin Wall Opens, 1989
• National Child Safety Council founded, 1955
• Neon Sign Day
• “Rolling Stone” Magazine premiers, 1967

November 10

• U.S. Marine Corps Day. U. S. Marine Corps established, November 10, 1775
• Sesame Street premiers, 1969.

November 11

• Remembrance Day (Canada & Australia)
• Signing of World War I Armistice, 1918
• Veteran’s Day (US Federal Holiday). Military Charms

November 12:

• National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day

November 13

• Holland Tunnel opens to the public, 1927
• World Kindness Day (Observed November 13 every year)

November 14

• Dow Jones Average hits 1000 for the first time on November 14, 1972

November 15

• America Recycles Day
• Teddy Bear Day

November 16

• Oklahoma becomes the 46th US State, admitted to the Union on November 16, 1907.
• November 16, 1952 – Lucy first holds a football for Charlie Brown in the Peanuts cartoon strip.

November 17

• Former President Richard Nixon claims “I am not a crook” (Watergate Scandal) in a press conference on November 17, 1973.
• World Peace Day (Observed November 17 every year)

November 18

• Mickey Mouse debuted in Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater in New York on Nov. 18, 1928.

November 19

• Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, 1863
• Pencil Day (Pencil invented, 1895)
• Pop Tarts created, 1965
• Rocky & His Friends premiers on ABC, 1959.  Two years later, moves to NBC as “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle.”

November 20

• Universal Children’s Day
• New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights (1789)
• Timecard Clock was invented in 1888.
• Traffic Light Day (Traffic light patented 1923)

November 21

• The Pilgrims first landed at what was to become Provincetown, on Cape Cod, on November 21, 1620.
• World Hello Day. Anyone can participate in World Hello Day simply by greeting ten people.

November 25

• Parfait Day (National) November 25 each year

November 30

• St. Andrew’s Day (Patron Saint of Scotland)
• Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” released, 1982

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