Your September Birthday: September Holidays, Traditions and More

Ah, September! Beginning of the school year, first month of fall, and here comes football! For some of us, September is more like the start of a new year than January, which after all comes right in the relative doldrums of winter (sorry, January babies). Those of you born in September might think you don't have enough cool holidays-the exuberance of the Labor Day weekend can be bittersweet, as it also marks the last summer blowout-but read on; there's plenty of interesting stuff in September to celebrate.

Monthly Observances
September is National Chicken Month, as well as the national month for alcohol and drug addiction recovery, childhood injury prevention, coupons, honey, Hispanic heritage, mushrooms, organic harvest, osteopathic medicine, ovarian cancer awareness, sickle cell, pediculosis prevention, pianos, potatoes, preparedness, rice, and skin care awareness, as well as the international month for people skills, self-awareness, and strategic thinking.

Furthermore, September is the official month for ADHD awareness, baby safety, backpack safety, college savings, gynecology cancer awareness, world leukemia and lymphoma awareness, metaphysical awareness, menopause awareness, mold awareness, pediatric cancer awareness, reunion planning, sea cadets, self improvement, healthy aging, shameless promotion, sports and home eye health and safety, subliminal communications, and world animal remembrance.

September has also been deemed One-on-One Month, which may or not be related to the fact that it's also Pleasure Your Mate Month (or it may just be about basketball), and, last but not least, literary types might appreciate the fact that September is not just Library Card Sign-Up Month, but also Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month. Yes, please!

Weirdest Holiday
The 25th is National One-Hit Wonder Day , so listen to some Haircut One Hundred, Joe Budden or Soup Dragons today!

September Traditions
Flower: aster - faith, wisdom, valor
Birthstone: sapphire - chastity, hope; Virgo's gemstone: topaz - fidelity

Zodiac sign: Virgo (1-22) and Libra (23-30; see October for details). Virgos are earth signs, so called because they are solid and stable, like the ground you stand on. Virgos are extremely reliable and dependable in the workplace. They like following routines, so they have to try to keep from being awfully boring! Best friends: Taurus and Capricorn. Best love matches: Scorpio, Pisces and Cancer.

Famous Birthdays: Lily Tomlin (1st), Jimmy Connors (2nd), Charlie Sheen (3rd), Beyonce Knowles (4th), Bob Newhart (5th), Idris Elba (6th), Buddy Holly (7th), Don Rickles (8th), Otis Redding (9th), Colin Firth (10th), Ludacris (11th), Jennifer Hudson (12th), Jesse Owens (13th), Jacqueline Bisset (14th), Prince Harry Wales (15th), Peter Falk (16th), Narendra Modi (17th), Greta Grabo (18th), Jimmy Fallon (19th), Sophia Loren (20th), Larry Hagman (21st), Joan Jett (22nd), Ray Charles (23rd), Jim Henson (24th), Christopher Reeve (25th), Olivia Newton-John (26th), Avril Lavigne (27th), Brigitte Bardot (28th), Madeline Kahn (29th), Truman Capote (30th).

Catholic Feast Days
1- St Fiacre, St Giles
2 -St Agricolus of Avignon
3- St Gregory the Great, Ste Phoebe, St Simeon Stylites the Younger
4 -St Marinus, Ste Rosalia, Ste Rose of Viterbo
5 -St Laurence Justiani
6 -Ste Bee, St Magnus of Fussen
7 -St Anastasius the Fuller, St Cloud, Ste Regina, St Gratus of Aosta
8 -Nativity of Mary, St Adrian
9- St Peter Claver, St Bettelin
10- St Nicholas of Tolentino, Ste Pulcheria, St Theodard
11- St Veran, the Blessed Louis of Thuringia
12- St Ailbhe, St Guy
13- St John Chrysostom, St Venerius
14- Ste Notburga, St Maternus
15- Ste Catherine of Genoa
16- St Cornelius, St Cyprian, Ste Ludmilla, Ste Edith of Wilton
17- Ste Hildegard of Bingen, St Lambert, St Robert Bellarmine
18- St Ferreolus, St Joseph of Cupertino
19- St Januarius, Ste Emily de Rodat, Ste Lucy of Scotland
20- St Eustace
21- St Matthew
22- St Maurice, St Phocas
23-The Blessed Padre Pio, Ste Thecla
24- St Gerard
25- St Cadoc, St Finbar
26- Sts Cosmas & Damian, St Elzear
27- St Vincent de Paul
28- St Bernardino of Feltre, St Thiemo, St Wenceslas
29- St Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas), St Raphael the Archangel
30- St Jerome, Ste Sophia

See? No matter what day you were born on, something is happening!
Not born in September? Here are all the other months!

January - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html

March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html

April - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html

May - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/05/your-may-birthday-may-holidays.html
June - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-june-birthday-holidays-traditions.html
July - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-july-birthday-july-holidays.html
August - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/07/your-august-birthday-august-holidays.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
November - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/10/your-november-birthday-november.html

December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html

Aster image from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/aster-white-aster-bloom-blossom-3762937/

Your November Birthday: November Holidays, Traditions and More

Though skies may be getting grey and the days getting chilly, November is warm with family traditions as folks get together to celebrate Thanksgiving. But November babies have much more to celebrate besides this best-known holiday. There’s lots of patriotic stuff going on, such as the Marine Corps birthday on the 10^th, Veteran’s Day on the 11^th, and of course Election Day (not always the first Tuesday, but the Tuesday after the first Monday). The Great American Smokeout is on the 20^th, so give your butts the boot! Here are some other things to celebrate:

Monthly Observances

November is National Adoption Month, and also the national month for AIDS awareness, Alzheimer’s disease, American Indian heritage, COPD awareness, family caregivers, Georgia pecans, home care & hospice, impotency, inspirational role models, life writing, marrow awareness, novel writing, peanut butter lovers, pet cancer awareness, pomegranates, roasting and scholarship (or is it scholarships?)

Furthermore, November has also been chosen the official month of diabetes, aviation history, epilepsy awareness, family stories, gluten-free diet awareness, and military family appreciation, as well as being something called Celebrate Empty Nesters Month, so take some recently unburdened parents out for a night on the town!

Weirdest Holiday: This month, there is a three-way tie: Plan Your Epitaph Day (2^nd), Cliché Day (3^rd), and Abet and Aid Punsters Day (8^th), so plan to include a pun on a cliché in your epitaph, is what I say. Sample: Here lies John, a vegetarian and pacifist. All he was saying is give peas a chance.

November Traditions

Flower: chrysanthemum – cheerfulness, friendship

Birthstone: topaz, citrine - fidelity Scorpio’s gem: smoky quartz

Zodiac sign: Scorpio (1- 22) and Sagittarius (23-30; see December for details). Despite its sometimes fiery nature, Scorpio is a water sign, with the characteristics of intuition and adaptability (think of water quickly taking the shape of its container). Scorpios are passionate and loyal, but tend to be sensitive and oh, that tail has a sting! Try not to take things personally, now. Best friends: Pisces and Cancer. Best love matches: Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Famous Birthdays: Aishwarya Rai (1st), Marie Antoinette (2^nd), Adam Ant (3rd), Erasmus James (4th),Vivian Leigh (5^th), Sally Field (6^th), Marie Curie (7^th), Katharine Hepburn (8^th), Nick Lachey (9th), Tracy Morgan (10th), Demi Moore (11th), Grace Kelly (12^th), Paul Simon (13^th), Condoleezza Rice (14th), Kevin Eubanks (15th), Maggie Gyllenhaal (16th), Rock Hudson (17^th), Owen Wilson (18th), Indira Gandhi (19^th), Robert F Kennedy (20^th), Voltaire (21^st), Scarlett Johansson (22nd), Billy the Kid (23rd), Katherine Heigl (24th), Tina Turner (25^th), Charles M Schulz (26^th), Bill Nye (27th), William Blake (28^th), Vin Scully (29th). Mark Twain (30^th).

Catholic Feast Days

1-Feast of All Saints, St Marcel of Paris, St Mathurin

2 – Feast of All Souls

3- Feast of Ste Alpais, St Hubert, St Malachy O’More, St Martin de Porres, St Pirminus, St Rumwald, Ste Winifred

4 – Feast of St Americus, St Charles Borromeo

5 – Feast of Ste Elizabeth, St Kay

6 – Feast of St Leonard, St Winnoc

7 – Feast of St Florentius, St Willibrord

8 – Feast of The Four Crowned Martyrs

9- Feast of St Benen, St Theodore the Recruit

10- Feast of St Aedh Mac Breic, St Andrew Avellino, St Leo the Great, Ste Nympha

11-Feast of St Martin of Tours, St mennas, St Astericus

12-Feast of St Emilian, St josephat, St lebuin

13-Feast of Ste Agostina Pietrantoni, St Brice, St Diego Alcalá, Ste Francis Cabrini, St Homobonus, St Nicholas I, St Pontian, St Stanislaus Kostka

14-Feast of St Lawrence O’Toole

15-Feast of St Albert the Great, St Leopold, St Zachary

16-Feast of Ste Gertrude the Great, Ste Margaret of Scotland

17-Feast of Ste Elizabeth of Hungary, Ste Hilda, St Gregory the Wonder Worker, St Hugh of Lincoln, Ste Rose Phillippine Duchesne

18-Feast of St Odo of Cluny, the Blessed Miguel Pro

19-Feast of St Nerses I, St Anastasius II

20-Feast of St Bernward

21-Feast of Mary, Queen of Peace (El Salvador); St Gelasius

22-Feast of Ste Cecilia

23-Feast of St Clement, St Columbanus

24-Feast of Stes Flora & Mary

25-Feast of Ste Catherine of Alexandria, St Mercury

26-Feast of St John Berchmans

27-Feast of St Maximus, St Francis Antony Fasani

28-Feast of St James of the Marches, St Stephen the Younger, Ste Catherine Labouré

29-Feast of Dorothy Day

30-Feast of St Andrew

Don’t have a November birthday? Check out these other months:

January - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html
March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html
April -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html
May - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/05/your-may-birthday-may-holidays.html 
June - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-june-birthday-holidays-traditions.html
July - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-july-birthday-july-holidays.html
August -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/07/your-august-birthday-august-holidays.html
September - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2019/08/your-september-birthday-september.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html

Image of chrysanthemum from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/chrysanthemums-composites-blossom-2793019/

Your July Birthday – July Holidays, Traditions and More

July is a great summer month! It's time for fireworks, family picnics and lazy afternoons by the pool. What else is there to celebrate in July? Oh, oodles of stuff! Get a load of all these cool holidays:

Monthly Observances
July is National Doghouse Repair Month, as well as the National Month for grilling, ice cream, horseradish, hot dogs, making a difference to children, parks and recreation, sharing a sunset with your lover, and it's also National Wheelchair Beautification Month, so it's time to pimp your ride! July is also the International Blondie and Deborah Harry Month, so make sure to rock a little "Heart of Glass" and "Rapture" at your barbecue!


Weirdest Holiday: Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day (27th). Coolest Holiday: Gorgeous Grandma Day (23rd).

July Traditions
Flower: larkspur - open-heartedness, ardent attachment
Birthstone: ruby Cancer's gem: pearl

Zodiac sign: Cancer (1- 22) and Leo (23-31; see August for details). Cancer the crab is a water sign, with the characteristics of intuition and adaptability (think of water quickly taking the shape of its container). Cancereans are devoted, nurturing parents, but tend to be extremely sensitive and quick to complain. The world isn't out to get you, crabby ones, so pull in your claws a bit! Best friends: Scorpio and Pisces. Best love matches: Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

Famous Birthdays: Princess Diana (1st), Thurgood Marshall (2nd), Franz Kafka (3rd), Malia Obama (4th), Edie Falco (5th), Sylvester Stallone (6th), Ringo Starr (7th), Kevin Bacon (8th), David Hockney (9th), Nikola Tesla (10th), Leon Spinks (11th),  Malala Yousafzai (12th), Harrison Ford (13th), Jane Lynch (14th), Rembrandt (15th), Ginger Rogers (16th), David Hasselhoff (17th), Nelson Mandela (18th), Lizzie Borden (19th), Carlos Santana (20th), Robin Williams (21st), John Leguizamo (22nd), Daniel Radcliffe (23rd), Amelia Earhart (24th), Mick Jagger (25th), Sandra Bullock (26th), Alex Rodriguez (27th), Jackie Kennedy Onassis (28th), Wil Wheaton (29th), Arnold Scwarzenegger (30th), JK Rowling (31st).

Catholic Feast Days
1- St Junípero Serra, St Oliver Plunkett, St Serf, Ste Esther, St Simeon Salus
2 -Sts Processus & Martinian
3- St Thomas
4 -Ste Elizabeth of Portugal, St Ulric
5 -St Athanasius of Athos, St Anthony Mary Zaccharoa
6 -St Goar, Ste Godeleva, Ste Maria Goretti, Ste Modwenna
7 -Ste Ethelburga, St Fermin, St Palladius
8 -St Kilian, Ste Withburga
9- Mary, Queen of Peace; the Blessed Rose Hawthorne; Ste Veronica Giuliani
10- Ste Amalburga
11- St Benedict, Ste Olga
12- St John Gualbert, Ste Veronica
13- Ste Clelia Barbieri
14- St Camillus de Lellis, St Francis Solano, St Procopius, St Donald of Ogilvy
15- The Blessed Anne Marie Javouhey, St Bonaventure, St Henry the Emperor, St Swithin, St Vladimir
16- Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St Helier
17- St Alexis
18- St Arnulf of Metz, Ste Felicity, Ste Theneva
19- Stes Justia & Rufina
20- St Elijah, Ste Margaret, Ste Uncumber, St Joseph Barsabbas the Just
21- St Victor of Marseilles
22- Ste Mary Magdalene
23- St Apollinaris of Ravenna, Ste Bridget of Sweden, St Liborius
24- Sts Boris & Gleb, Ste Christina the Astonishing
25- St Christopher, St James the Greater
26- Ste Anne, St Joachim
27- St Aurelius, St Pantaleon, the Seven Sleepers
28- St Samson of Dol
29- St Lupus of Troyes, Ste Martha, St Olaf
30- Sts Abdon & Sennen, St Abel, St Hatebrand of Olden-Klooster
31- Ste Helen of Skovde, St Ignatius of Loyola, St Neot, the Venerable Solanus Casey


Want to see what's going on in other months? Check out:

January - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html
March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html
April -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html
May - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/05/your-may-birthday-may-holidays.html 
June - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-june-birthday-holidays-traditions.html
August -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/07/your-august-birthday-august-holidays.html
September - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2019/08/your-september-birthday-september.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
November - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/10/your-november-birthday-november.html
December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html

Free-use image of larkspur from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/flowers-larkspur-ostr%C3%B3%C5%BCki-2413694/

Your June Birthday: Holidays, Traditions and More

Sweet June! The first day of summer, the patriotism of Flag Day, the domestic bliss of Father's Day! Days are long and full of delights: cloud-watching, ice-cream-truck-chasing, watermelon-seed-spitting. As my Uncle Buck, a teacher by trade, a farmer by birth, and a philosopher by nature, explained when asked by a student what he did over the summer, "Sometimes I farm, and sometimes I get a jug and sit under a tree and contemplate the futility of human endeavor." Here's hoping your June is as irreverent as my Uncle Buck.

Monthly Observances
June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, as well as International Men's Month and International Child Cancer Campaign Month. It is the National Month for Accordion Awareness, so listen to some Weird Al Yankovic, and is also the National Month for aphasia awareness, bathroom reading, candy, LGBT (Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgender), iced tea, rivers, roses, safety, smiles, soul food, and steakhouses, so take your favorite bisexual out to a steakhouse by the river and order some iced tea, but save the bathroom reading for home.

Weirdest Holiday: Yell "Fudge" to the Cobras in North America Day (2nd). I don't know where to begin with this one. First of all, I did not make it up. Second, since cobras are not indigenous to North America, I can imagine this would work only if you bother to visit a zoo or herpetarium. Happy fudge-yelling! Also notable: Stupid Guy Thing Day is the 22nd, so put on your beer hat, dust off your Transformers, and enjoy a nice Man Show marathon with a fantasy baseball chaser.

June Traditions
Flower: rose - beauty, love
Birthstone: pearl - tears of a beautiful bride
Gemini's gem: agate

Zodiac sign: Gemini (1-21) and Cancer (22-30; see July for details). Gemini , represented by the Twins, is an air sign, so Gemini people tend to be very changeable and quick to rush into things. They are also represented by the twins because they can sometimes have dual natures, which is a nice way of saying they can be quirky and lie a lot, and yet it is this mutability that can make them quite interesting and charming. As a result of this fascinating combination of charisma and dishonesty, Gemini people make excellent politicians! Best friends: Libra and Aquarius. Best love matches: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius

Famous Birthdays: Marilyn Monroe (1st), Tony Curtis (2nd), Rafael Nadal (3rd), Angelina Jolie (4th),Socrates (5th), His Holiness, the Dalai Lama (6th), Prince (7th), Joan Rivers (8th), Michael J. Fox (9th), Judy Garland (10th), Gene Wilder (11th), Anne Frank (12th), The Olsen Twins (13th), Donald Trump (14th), Neil Patrick Harris (15th), Geronimo (16th), Kendrick Lamar (17th), Sir Paul McCartney (18th), Salman Rushdie (19th), Nicole Kidman (20th), Prince William (21st), Meryl Streep (22nd), Jason Mraz (23rd), Solange Knowles 24th), George Michael (25th), Ariana Grande (26th), Helen Keller (27th), Mel Brooks (28th), Gary Busey (29th), Lena Horne (30th).

Catholic Feast Days
1- Ste Gwen, St Justin, St Theobald of Alba
2 -Ste Blandina, St Elmo
3- St Charles Lwanga, Ste Clotilda, St Kevin, St Morand
4 -St Adalgrin, Stes Breaca & Buriana, St Clateus, St Cornelius MacConchailleadh, St Francis Caracciolo, St Nennoc, St Optatus of Milevis, St Petroc, St Quirinus of Croatia, Ste Saturnina of Arras
5 -St Boniface of Mainz, St James Salmonelli
6 -St Claude, St Norbert, St Philip the Deacon
7 -The Venerable Matt Talbot, St Meriadoc
8 -St Medard
9- St Columba, St Ephraem, the Blessed Diana of Andolo, Ste Pelagia of Antioch
10- Ste Olive, St Landry
11- St Barnabus
12- St Onuphrius, the Blessed Guy of Cortona
13- St Anthony of Padua
14- St Dogmael, the Blessed Castora Gabrielli, St Marcellinus
15- Ste Germaine Cousin, St Vitus, St Abraham, Ste Alice
16- St Benno, St Cyriacus, St John Francis Regis, Ste Lutgardis, St Tychon
17- St Botolph, St Harvey
18- Ste Alena, Ste Elizabeth of Schonau
19- St Boniface of Querfurt, Sts Gervase & Protase
20- The Blessed Michelina, Ste Osanna of Mantua
21- St Alban, St Albinus of Mainz, St Aloysius Gonzaga, St Leutfridis, St Méen
22- St Acacius, St Paulinus of Nola, St Thomas More, St Nicetas
23- Ste Agrippina, Ste Audrey, St Joseph Cafasso
24- St John the Baptist
25- Ste Eurosia, St Molaug
26- St Pelayo
27- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ste Emma of Gurk, St Gotteschalk, St Laszlo
28- St Basildes, Ste Irene of Constantinople
29- St Paul, St Peter
30- The Venerable Pierre Toussaint, the Blessed Raymund Lull, St Theobald of Provence

Want to see what's going on in other months? Check out:


January - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html 
March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html
April -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html
May - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/05/your-may-birthday-may-holidays.html
July - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-july-birthday-july-holidays.html
August -  http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/07/your-august-birthday-august-holidays.html
September - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2019/08/your-september-birthday-september.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
November - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/10/your-november-birthday-november.html
December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html

Free use image from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/rose-flower-blossom-bloom-616013/