Column By Dr. Ann Hollingsworth
October has been my favorite month for years. Some of my reasons are the nice weather and the in-between time where the heat and harvesting of the summer is past and the trials of winter have not yet set in. Just for curiosity, I decided to “google” the month to see what I could find about it. The website “The Spruce” listed 31 things that are special about October. – a special designation for each day of the month (Notes provided as needed).
October 1 – World Vegetarian Day
October 2 – International Day of Non-Violence
October 3 – “Mean Girls” Appreciation Day – the movie, not the people.
October 4 – Cinnamon Roll Day
October 5 – National Be Nice Day
October 6 – Garlic Lovers Day
October 7 – National Frappe Day- This should make McDonalds in Quitman happy.
October 8 – National Pierogi Day – basically a pot pie you can hold in your hands.
October 9 – International Beer and Pizza Day
October 10 – National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11 – Southern Food Heritage Day – we should definitely celebrate this one.
October 12 – National Gumbo Day
October 13 – National Fossil Day – in nature, not live people.
October 14 – National Dessert Day
October 15 – National Cheese Curd Day – deep-fried bobs of cheese.
October 16 – National Liqueur Day
October 17 – National Pasta Day
October 18 – National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19 – National New Friends Day
October 20 – National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21 – International Day of the Nacho
October 22 –Eat a Pretzel Day
October 23 –National Boston Cream Pie Day
October 24 – National Bologna Day
October 25 –National Art Day – also the birthday of Picasso.
October 26 – - National Pumpkin Day
October 27 – American Beer Day
October 28 – National Chocolate Day
October 29 – National Cat Day
October 30 – Haunted Refrigerator Night – the time to clean out what is scary in there.
October 31 – And of course Halloween
So there is no excuse for everyone to not enjoy the month of October.
