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Hours
Open
Tuesday through
Saturday's @ 5:00pm
Call
618-548-8485 for reservations!
We will be closed the Week
of the November 24th - December 1st for Thanksgiving. (I'm going home to
see my family)
We will re-open on December
2nd.
November is the eleventh month of the year in
the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30
days. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning
"nine", when January and February were added to the Roman
Calendar. The birthstone for November is either topaz, citrine or
aquamarine. The birth flower is the chrysanthemum. November starts on the
same day of the week as February in common years, and March every year.
Events in November
- All
Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day), a Christian
holy day, is celebrated on November
1, the day after Halloween.
In Sweden
the All Saints' official
holiday takes place on the first Saturday
of November.
- In Ireland,
November 1 is regarded as the first day of Winter.
- November 1 is called November Day (Lá Samhna) in Celtic
tradition and is thus named in the Irish
Calendar, where the month is called Mí na Samhna.
- In the pagan
wheel
of the year, November begins at or near Samhain
in the northern hemisphere and Beltaine
in the southern hemisphere.
- In the Roman
Catholic calendar, November
2 is All
Souls Day. It is known in Mexico
as el Día
de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and the whole month of November is
especially dedicated to praying for the dead
- Kenya
celebrates the election of U.
S. President Barack
Obama on November
4 through November
6
- Britain
and New
Zealand celebrate Guy
Fawkes Night, the anniversary of the failed Gunpowder
Plot, on November
5.
- In Indonesia,
November
10 is known as National
Heroes Day
- St.
Martin's feast day (Martinmas)
on November
11 was formerly considered the start of winter in some places in Europe
- Remembrance
Day is celebrated on November
11 in the Commonwealth
of Nations and various European
countries (including France
and Belgium)
to commemorate World
War I and other wars.
It is known as Veterans'
Day in the United
States.
- In India, Children's
Day is celebrated on November
14, the birthdate of first Indian
Prime Minister Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru.
- The Leonids
meteor shower reaches its peak around November
17.
- Discovery
of Puerto
Rico by Christopher
Columbus on November
19, 1493.
- Día
de la Revolución, or Revolution Day, is celebrated in Mexico on November
20.
- On 24th November each year, Lachit Divas is celebrated statewide in Assam,
India, to
commemorate the heroism of the great general Lachit
Borphukan and the victory of the Assamese army over the Mughal
army at the battle
of Saraighat in 1671.
- The United
States and Puerto
Rico observe Thanksgiving
on the fourth Thursday in November.
- For Western Christians, Advent
usually begins on a Sunday
during the last week of November.
- Scotland
celebrates St
Andrews Day, its official national day, on 30
November. Since 2006
it has been an official bank
holiday.
Month-long observances
November is Pancreatic
Cancer Awareness Month, National Novel
Writing Month, Alzheimer's
Disease Awareness Month, American Diabetes Month, Lung Cancer Awareness
Month, and National Homeless
Youth
Awareness Month
It's quite common for some males in Australia (especially in the city of
Melbourne), and New Zealand to sport a moustache during the month of November.
The custom being known as Movember
(Movember
is a portmanteau
of the words 'Moustache'
and 'November'.), and being a fundraising
event for men's health issues. One's fashionable appearance often comes second
to the calling of Movember. A similar observance in the United States, called No
Shave November, involves a full beard as opposed to a mustache.
Movable events
First Tuesday
Tuesday After the First Monday
Third Wednesday
- GIS Day
is held the 3rd Wednesday of November during Geography Awareness Week.
Third Thursday
- The Great
American Smokeout sponsored by the American
Cancer Society occurs on the third Thursday of November, one week before
Thanksgiving. Smokers are encouraged to quit smoking for these 24 hours, in
hopes that they will quit forever.
Fourth Thursday in the USA
- Americans celebrate the Thanksgiving
holiday on the fourth Thursday of November.
The day after Thanksgiving in the USA
Where in the world is Pam
See? Home!!!!!
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