November

Birthstone: Topaz
Flower: Chrysanthemum
November 2: Cookie Monster’s Birthday
November 3: National Sandwich Day
November 6: National Nachos Day
November 10: First iPod sold in 2001 and Sesame Street Debuted 1969
November 11: Veteran’s Day
November 14: Clean out your refrigerator day
November 16: Button Day
November 18: Mickey Mouse’s Birthday
November 19: Gettysburg Address delivered by Abraham Lincoln in 1863
November 22: JFK assassinated 1963
November 23: National Cashew day
November 26: Charles Schulz born in 1922 (wrote Snoopy)
November 26: National Cake Day
November 29: King Tut’s tomb opened (1922)
National Education Week –second week of November
November is Peanut Butter Lover’s Month

December

Birthstone: Turquoise
Flowers: Narcissus and holly
1869 – Chewing Gum patented
December 3, 1983: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video premieres on MTV
December 5 1901: Walt Disney’s Birthday
December 17, 1903: Wright Brothers’ first flight.
December 21, 1937: First feature-length animation with both color and sound “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” premiers.
December 23, 1823: “The Night Before Christmas”
Clement Clarke Moore’s famous Christmas poem first published.
December 27 – National Chocolate Day