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November 28th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998. Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan Bukovina Day (Romania) Christian feast day: Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste Catherine Labouré Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii) Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox James of the Marches Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA)) Our Lady of Kibeho Pope Gregory III Rufus (no. 8) Stephen the Younger November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka) Hōonkō (Japan) Independence Day (Mauritania), celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960. Independence Day (Panama), celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821. Navy Day (Iran) Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste), celebrating the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal in 1975. Republic Day (Burundi) Republic Day (Chad) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Black Friday Flossing Day Fur-Free Friday Maize Day National Day of Listening National French Toast Day Native American Heritage Day Sinkie Day Systems Engineer Day You’re Welcomegiving Day National Illustration Day Brown Friday Anna Nicole Smith’s Birthday Arjun Gupta’s Birthday Bryshere Gray’s Birthday Chase Elliott’s Birthday Christine Blasey Ford’s Birthday Fatman Scoop’s Birthday Jake Miller’s Birthday Jarvis Landry’s Birthday Jon Stewart’s Birthday Judd Nelson’s Birthday Karen Gillan’s Birthday Rosemarie Vega’s Birthday Ryan Letourneau’s Birthday Mary Elizabeth Winstead ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Nov 28th, 2025 - Sat Nov 29th, 2025 Pattaya International Fireworks Festival Fun Observances (2) Red Planet Day November 28 is Red Planet Day, a day to celebrate and learn more about the Red Planet - Mars. The planet is called so because it appears red in color. The date of the unofficial holiday commemorates the day in 1964 when Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe was launched by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Close-up of Mars In the 8 months it was on its mission, the Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to successfully fly by Mars. It also gave the world the first close-up images of Mars. Since then several exploratory missions have been sent to Mars to gather data about the planet. Today, 5 spacecrafts orbit Mars and 2 spacecrafts - the Curiosity Rover and the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity - are on the planet's surface. All 7 send incredible amount of data about the planet back to astronomers on Earth. Similar to Earth Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is the seventh smallest planet in the Solar System. Similar to Earth in many ways - it has the same rotational period and seasonal cycles - Mars has 2 moons, Deimos and Phobos, and has the largest volcano, Olympus Mons, in the Solar System. Because of its similarity to Earth, many astronomers and scientists believe that at some point in its history Mars may have been a hospitable planet for life. Exploration of Mars has been high on the agenda of the space programs of many countries. NASA, the American space agency has estimated that it could send humans to the Red Planet by the 2030s. How to Celebrate? Learn more about the planet and its environment. Join a local astronomy club and see if you can get a glimpse of the planet. Did You Know… …that the reason Mars appears red is because its surface is rich in iron oxide or rust? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buy Nothing Day The Friday after Thanksgiving day in the United States is Buy Nothing Day. The unofficial holiday makes a statement against the consumerism that takes over the country on Black Friday. In the rest of the world, the holiday is observed on the last Saturday of November. Created by Adbusters Buy Nothing Day began in Canada in 1992 by Adbusters, a "global network of artists, activists, educators, students and entrepreneurs". The day was created in order to raise awareness about the effects of consumerism on society, the economy and the environment. It was first observed in September, but was then subsequently moved to November. How to Celebrate? Abstain from making any purchases on this day. Avoid going to the stores - brick and mortar or online. The creators of this holiday, Adbusters, recommend that people cut up their credit cards, walk around stores without buying anything and do the whirl-mart. Whirl-mart is the act of walking around a store with a cart without buying anything. Did You Know… …that contrary to popular belief Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day in the U.S.? That distinction goes to the Saturday before Christmas. *** I wonder what Edward Scissorhands thinks of touchscreen technology. *** How do you find Ronald McDonald at a nude beach? You look for the sesame seed buns! *** I asked my three year old grandson Malachi what his name was, he replied, "Spiderman." I said, "Malachi, what is your real name?" He replied, "Peter Parker." *** "Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room." — Phyllis Diller *** I wonder what my parents did to fight boredom before the internet. I asked my 17 brothers and sisters and they didn't know either. *** Q: What kind of exercise do lazy 
people do? A: Diddly-squats. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Frank Woodruff Buckles (born Wood Buckles, February 1, 1901 – February 27, 2011) was a United States Army corporal and the last surviving American military veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 at the age of 16 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green, a British citizen who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died 4 February 2012, aged 110.[1] The last combat veteran was Claude Choules, who served in the British Royal Navy (and later the Royal Australian Navy) and died 5 May 2011, aged 110.[2] The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch (British Army), who died on 25 July 2009, aged 111. The last Central Powers veteran, Franz Künstler of Austria-Hungary, died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

To our American neighbours, from the largest French speaking city in North America. Joyeuse Action de Grâce

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November 27th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Acarius of Tournai Barlaam and Josaphat Bilihildis Congar of Congresbury Facundus and Primitivus Humilis of Bisignano James Intercisus Leonard of Port Maurice Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic) Secundinus Siffredus of Carpentras Vergilius of Salzburg Clovis I November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Lancashire Day (United Kingdom) Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka) Naval Infantry Day (Russia) Teacher's Day (Spain) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Mindanao Week of Peace National Bavarian Cream Pie Day National Craft Jerky Day National Day of Mourning National Dog Show Broadcast National Family Health History Day Pins and Needles Day Thanksgiving Turkey-free Thanksgiving Turtle Adoption Day Unthanksgiving Day What Do You Love About America Day Aus Music T-Shirt Day Amanda Todd’s Birthday Bill Nye’s Birthday Blackbear’s Birthday Bonnie Hoellein’s Birthday Bruce Lee’s Birthday Caroline Kennedy’s Birthday Chanyeol’s Birthday Golnesa Gharachedaghi’s Birthday Jaleel White’s Birthday James Avery’s Birthday Jet Jurgensmeyer’s Birthday Jimi Hendrix’s Birthday Ohgeesy’s Birthday Sam Golbach’s Birthday Shaunie O'Neal’s Birthday Stephanie Soo’s Birthday Twista’s Birthday William Fichtner’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thu Nov 27th, 2025 - Fri Dec 5th, 2025 National Tree Week Thu Nov 27th, 2025 - Wed Dec 31st, 2025 Blue Christmas *** Traveling through the country, an old couple drives into a gas station. The attendant asks the old man, "Where you folks from? I know everybody in this town." The old man says, "We're from Nebraska." Hard of hearing, the old lady nudges her husband, "What did he say, papa?" The old man answers her, "He asked us where we are from." "Oh," replies the old woman. The old man tells the attendant to fill up the tank and check the tires. When that's all done, the attendant tells the old man, "You know, the worst piece of ass I ever had was from Nebraska." The old lady nudges her husband once more and asks, "What did he say, papa?" The husband replies, "He thinks he knows you, mama." *** A little boy gets a toy plane. The boy loves his plane. He flies it all over the house. One day, the boy is in the living room with his plane while his mom is in the kitchen washing dishes. She listens to the boy playing and hears him say, "Vroom, vroom, vroom. All you mother fucking people want to get on, get on. All you mother fucking people want to get off, get off." Angry, his mom rushes into the living room, takes the plane away, and sends him into his room. After 15 minutes, she starts to feel bad and tells the boy, "If you don't use that kind of language, you can play with your plane." The boy returns to the living room, his mom to the kitchen. She listens again to the boy playing, she hears him say, "Vroom, vroom, vroom. All you very nice people want to get on, get on. All you very nice people want to get off, get off. If you have a problem with 15 minute delay, you can go talk to the bitch in the kitchen!" *** A boy went home from school. His homework was to put down the things his family said. So he goes to his mother who was talking on the phone. The boy asked "Mum, can you help me do my homework? The mother says "Shut up!" And goes back talking on the phone. The boy wrote that down. He then went to his father watching a football commercial saying "Hell yeah!" So the boy wrote that down. The boy went to his little sister and his sister said "Lollipop, Lollipop" So the boy wrote that down. The boy went to his little brother and the brother said "DUNDUNUNUNUN, BATMAN!" So the boy wrote that down. The next day, the boy went to school and the teacher said "So what are the words?" The boy said "Shut up!" The teacher, shocked, calmly said " Do you want to go to the principal's office?" The boy said "Hell yeah!" So at the principal's office, the principal said "What do you think you deserve in this situation?" The boy said "Lollipop lollipop!" The principal yelled "Who do you think you are?!" And the boy said " DUNUNUNUNU, BATMAN!" *** After hearing a sermon on Psalm 52:3-4 (lies and deceit), a man wrote the IRS, “I can’t sleep knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. Enclosed is a check for $150. If 
I still can’t sleep, I’ll send the rest.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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November 26th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast days: Alypius the Stylite Basolus (Basle) Bellinus of Padua Conrad of Constance Ethelwine of Athelney Blessed Gaetana Sterni John Berchmans Pope Siricius Sylvester Gozzolini Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA)) November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia) Constitution Day (India) Republic Day (Mongolia) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Anti Obesity Day Good Grief Day International Cake Day National Heath Day National Jukebox Day National Tie One On Day What Do You Love About America Day World Lewis Day Coton de Tulear Day DrinksGiving Android Jones’s Birthday Anuel AA’s Birthday Bailey Sarian’s Birthday Belle Bambi’s Birthday Charles Schulz’s Birthday Chip’s Birthday DJ Khaled’s Birthday Lil Fizz’s Birthday Luka Sabbat’s Birthday Mina Starsiak Hawk’s Birthday Olivia O'Brien’s Birthday Ryan Bergara’s Birthday ThunThun Skittles’s Birthday Tina Turner’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Nov 26th, 2025 - Tue Dec 2nd, 2025 National Deal Week Fun Observances Cake Day Cake Day is on November 26. Have your cake and eat it too on one of the greatest holidays ever invented. Also known as National Cake Day in the United States, this unofficial holiday whose origins are unknown, celebrates and honors cake, the food of champions. Used for Religious Ceremonies Cake has been everyone's favorite dessert since ancient times, though the earliest cakes were more like bread and were usually sweetened with honey. These cakes were mostly used for religious purposes and in religious and cultural ceremonies and were usually round in shape since they were made and molded by hands. These days, advances in baking technology have made cake baking and decorating a specialized culinary field with bakers and decorators constantly trying to create elaborate, gravity defying cakes. Symbol of Celebration In modern times, cake is seen as a symbol of celebration. Most special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries and weddings prominently feature cakes. In popular culture, the term cake day is also sometimes used to refer to one's birthday. On the popular social media website Reddit, the term is used when marking the anniversary of the day a member's username was born. Users usually add an icon of a cake next to their names on that day. How to Celebrate? Eat cake! For breakfast, lunch and dinner. Make your favorite cake and don't forget to share it with friends and family. Have a cake baking contest at work. Whoever wins for the best cake gets to take the leftovers (if any) home. If the day coincides with Thanksgiving in the United States, replace the pie at your thanksgiving table with cake. Or even better just add cake to the array of desserts. Did You Know… …that the term cake comes from the Old Norse word kaka? *** A little girl is serving her father tea while her mother is out shopping. The mother comes home and the father says, "Watch this!" The little girl goes and serves the mother tea. The mother responds, "Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?" *** It’s a sunny morning in the Big Forest and the Bear family is just waking up. Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty! "Who's been eating my porridge?" he squeaks. Father Bear arrives at the table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl. It is also empty! "Who's been eating my porridge?" he roars. Mother Bear sticks her head out the kitchen door and yells, "For Pete's sake, how many times do we have to go through this? It was Mother Bear who go up first. It was Mother Bear who woke everybody else in the house up. It was Mother Bear who unloaded the dishwasher from last night and put everything away. It was Mother Bear who went out into the cold early morning air to fetch the newspaper. It was Mother Bear who set the table. It was Mother Bear who put the cat out, cleaned the litter box and filled the cat's water and food dish. And now that you've decided to come down stairs and grace me with your presence, listen good because I'm only going to say this one more time: I haven't made the f*cking porridge yet!" *** A boy was going through his grandmother's wallet one night and found her ID card. "Grandma?" he asked,"How much do you weigh?" His grandmother replied, "That's not an appropriate question, Jimmy" He then asked, "How old are you?" She again replied, "That's not appropriate, Jimmy." Finally he asked, "Grandma, why did grandpa leave you?" Before she had time to answer, Jimmy looked at the card and said, "Oh I see, it's because you got an 'F' in sex." *** Been reading up on the 
thesaurus lately because a mind is a terrible thing to garbage. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Is anyone in Washington ( or Ottawa ) listening? *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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November 25th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Catherine of Alexandria and its related observances Elizabeth of Reute Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England) James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church) November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Roses Revolution Day, against obstetric violence Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Blasé Day National Day of Bosnia & Herzigovina National Parfait Day National Play Day with Dad Suriname Independence Day National Natural Fibers Day Gazpacho Soup Day Abby D Phillip’s Birthday Amy Grant’s Birthday Andrew Carnegie’s Birthday Augusto Pinochet’s Birthday Casey Holmes’s Birthday Chase Grzegorczyk’s Birthday Christina Applegate’s Birthday Corbyn Besson’s Birthday Dennis Smith Jr.’s Birthday Diego Tinoco’s Birthday Disguised Toast’s Birthday Garland Brown’s Birthday Jaylen Waddle’s Birthday Jenna Bush Hager’s Birthday Joe DiMaggio’s Birthday John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Birthday Juliet Angus’s Birthday Katie Cassidy’s Birthday Kevin Chamberlin’s Birthday Maura Higgins’s Birthday Sean Lew’s Birthday Sonja Morgan’s Birthday Trey Traylor’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tue Nov 25th, 2025 - Fri Dec 12th, 2025 18 Day Campaign to End VAW Fun Observances Shopping Reminder Day On November 25, get your holiday shopping list organized and get ready to shop till you drop because it is Shopping Reminder Day! December is thought to be the year’s busiest shopping season and if you want to avoid the crowds and the stress of last minute shopping now is the time to begin. Shopping Reminder Day is an unofficial holiday that reminds people that Christmas is only a month away and that they should get a head start on their holiday shopping. How to Celebrate? Draw out your holiday gift list. Shop online so that you don’t have to go to the stores. Did You Know... ...that according to some sources the busiest shopping day of the year is the Saturday before Christmas? *** The Lone Ranger woke to see his tent blown away by a tornado. He declared, "Tonto, we’re not in canvas anymore." *** Newton, Pascal and Archimedes are playing hide and seek. Archimedes starts to count, Pascal hides in a bush, and Newton draws a square on the ground and steps into it. Archimedes finds Newton first, of course, but Newton replies, "Nope. One Newton on one square meter is equal to one Pascal." *** At school, Little Johnny's classmate tells him that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, so it's very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I know the whole truth." Little Johnny decides to go home and try it out. Johnny's mother greets him at home, and he tells her, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father." Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and says, "Please don't say a word to your mother." Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole truth." The mailman immediately drops the mail, opens his arms, and says, "Then come give your Daddy a great big hug!" *** Two students were arguing when their teacher entered the classroom. The teacher says, “Why are you arguing?” One boy answers, “We found a ten dollar bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.” "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn’t even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher. *** I’d never had surgery, and I was nervous. “This is a very simple, noninvasive procedure,” the anesthesiologist reassured me. I felt better, until … “Heck,” he continued, “you have 
a better chance of dying from the 
anesthesia than the surgery itself.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Washington Bus Tour 1908 Post Card Horseless Open Carriage Advertising *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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(Probably a repeat, but the good ones usually are)

Sweet?

By Jiminy, I think you are right!

November 24th 2025 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast days: Albert of Louvain Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, and other Vietnamese Martyrs Chrysogonus Colmán of Cloyne Eanflæd Firmina Flavian of Ricina Flora and Maria Jehu Jones (Lutheran) Justus Falckner (Lutheran) Kenan (Cianán) Pierre Dumoulin-Borie Protasius of Milan Romanus of Blaye November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Evolution Day (International observance) Lachit Divas (Assam) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India) Teachers' Day (Turkey) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) D.B. Cooper Day National Brand Day National Sardines Day National Sovereignty Day Argentina National Fairy Bread Day International Au Pair Day World Conjoined Twins Day Grace Shadrack’s Birthday Jimmy Graham’s Birthday Katherine Heigl’s Birthday LiAngelo Ball’s Birthday Natalie Odell’s Birthday Peyton Meyer’s Birthday Sarah Hyland’s Birthday Savannah Jordan’s Birthday Scott Joplin’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Nov 24th, 2025 - Fri Nov 28th, 2025 National Book Week Fun Observances Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day Embrace your unique talent and celebrate it, no matter how quirky it is on November 24 or Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day. Sing out loud from the rooftops, dance on the streets, paint a picture, jump through hoops or wiggle your nose. Our unique talents are some of the things that make us who we are and in many cases define our personalities and our outlook to life. This unofficial holiday of unknown origins encourages people to wholeheartedly accept their special talent and showcase it to the world. How to Celebrate? This one's easy. Whether you sing, dance, juggle, look like a celebrity or can do headstands for an hour while singing the national anthem and balancing a basketball on your feet, do everything in your power to let the world know about your unique talent. Here are some ways how: Host a talent show at work or among your friends and give them a chance to show off their skills. Make a video of you performing your talent and post it on a video sharing website - share your unique talent with the world. Did You Know… …that talent was once an ancient measurement of weight? It was also used as a way to value work. A talent in ancient Greece was equivalent to about 55 pounds or 25 kilograms of silver. *** Little Susie, a six-year-old, complained, "Mother, I've got a stomach ache." "That's because your stomach is empty," the mother replied. "You would feel better if you had something in it." That afternoon, her father came complaining that he had a severe headache all day. Susie perked up, "That's because it's empty," she said. "You'd feel better if you had something in it." *** A kid walks up to his mom and asks, "Mom, can I go bungee jumping?" The mom says "No, you were born from broken rubber and I don't want you to go out the same way!" *** There is a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, ''Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there is a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280!'' Herman says, ''I know, but there isn't just one, there are hundreds!'' *** A man told a friend about taking his wife to dinner for their anniversary. He described how the food was made in front of them. The friend said, “I’ve heard of places like that, what is the name of the restaurant?” The man replied, “Subway.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** A Favorite Haunt For Lawyers With A Conscience We can't think of many more novels (or movies, for that matter) more worthy to name a restaurant after and the wordplay on display here is, to be fair, on point. Here's hoping the theme of this popular-looking bar — based on the legendary novel by Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird" — continues when you step through the door because we'd love to stop by for a cold bottle of Judge Taylor, or perhaps a shot of Atticus. *** *** *** *** Thomas The Tank Engine was living a good life and he seemed happy as well. But the bad company and wrong choices led him to this track. By the way, it is slightly terrifying as well. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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