National Pumpkin Day “Pumpkins, in October, as fat as the full moon, they sit on our doorstep at night and glow.” ---Richelle E. Goodrich

National Potato Day “Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.” ---Dolly Parton

National Chocolate Day “Chocolate is a gift of love to yourself.” ---Sonja Blumenthal

National Oatmeal Day “Oatmeal tastes so good on its own, you don’t even need to add sugar.” ---Kristin Chenoweth

National Candy Corn Day “Candy corn. For Halloween that is my favorite candy, but it doesn’t come around that often and I like that.” ---Daniel Jacobs

National Carve A Pumpkin Day “Way out in the country tonight he could smell the pumpkins ripening toward the knife and the triangle eye and the singeing candle.” ---Ray Bradbury

National Family Literacy Day Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”  Emilie Buchwald

Bonfire Night “The setting of the sun on summer beach days brings the burning of bonfires on beautiful fall nights.”

National Basketball Day “Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.”  Phil Jackson

National Cancer Awareness Day “A positive attitude is good medicine.”

World Radiography Day “Never lie to a radiologist.  They can see right through you.”

International Tongue Twister Day “Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.”

Sesame Street Day “Early bird get the worm. But cookie taste better than worm.  So, me sleep in.”  Cookie Monster

Veterans Day “Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.”  Charles B. Rangel

Chicken Soup for the Soul Day “A little science.  A little magic.”  Diane Duane

World Kindness Day “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”  Mark Twain

National American Teddy Bear Day “A teddy bear does not depend upon mechanics to give him the semblance of life.  He is loved – and therefore he lives.”  Pam Brown

National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day “The fridge is a clear example that what matters is on the inside.”

National Button Day “Most everything in Grandma’s house had a story, but the basket was full of them!  The basket contained buttons . . . all sizes, shapes, colors, and kinds.”  Arlet Richardson

Odd Sock Day “One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore.  “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair.  People will insist on giving me books.”  J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Apple Cider Day “October shows her pretty face, Leaves fall like they’re in a race, Apple cider, bonfires, pumpkin pies, Acorns, chestnuts and festive hayrides.”  Charmaine J. Forde

National Play Monopoly Day “I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”  Steven Wright

National Rural Health Day “A bright future for the nation depends on the health and prosperity of rural America.”  Kirsten Gillibrand

Children In Need Day “Safety and security don’t just happen; they are the result of collective consensus and public investment.  We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.”  Nelson Mandela

Family Volunteer Day “How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.”  James Cash Penney

Thankful for My Dog Day “I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  For me, they are the role model for being alive.”  Gilda Radner

Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day “Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What’s a sundial in the shade?”  Benjamin Franklin

National Play with Dad Day “Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of songs.”  Pam Brown

Good Grief Day “Good grief, Charlie Brown!”  Lucy VanPelt

Thanksgiving “I am grateful for what I am and have.  My thanksgiving is perpetual.”  Henry David Thoreau

National Day of Listening “The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand.  We listen to reply.”  Stephen R. Covey

Small Business Saturday “As consumers, we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy.”  Emma Watson

Mason Jar Day “I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting, and canning were a natural part of life.”  Trina