6 October Holidays You're Totally Missing Out On

 

"Mole" by Andi - Photo Courtesy of Flickr

 

 

World Vegetarian Day - October 1

    Remember when your Mom used to make you eat your vegetables?  World Vegetarian Day is an entire day designed specifically to re-enact that moment at the family dinner table.  Vegetarians everywhere are encouraged to educate meat-eaters of the world about the joy of picking escarole over escargot.  The fun doesn't end at midnight on October 1st though, the whole month of October is designated "Vegetarian Awareness Month."

 

Bald and Free Day - October 7

     Although documentation for this holiday is scarce (kind of like the hair on it's celebrants heads), it's widely accepted that "Bald and Free Day" is the day to celebrate the baldy, the chrome dome, the cue ball in your life.  And why shouldn't they be celebrated?  They're thrifty (money spent on hairspray every year = zero dollars), time conscious (time spent blow drying hair every day = zero minutes) and free to think deep thoughts (time spent thinking about new hairstyles = zero seconds).

 

National Moldy Cheese Day - October 9

     Food bloggers everywhere were quick to jump on the National Moldy Cheese Day bandwagon.  Before you go turning your nose up on this "ripe" holiday, perhaps you should know a little bit more about your moldy cheeses.  Technically, Blue Cheese, Gorgonzola and Brie all get their unique flavor from mold.  Lest you think this is a poor man's holiday, consider that a  pound of Gorau Glas blue cheese sells for upwards of $40/pound. 

 

International Skeptics Day - October 13 (maybe?)

     Skeptic /noun/ skep-tik:  a person who often questions or doubt things  (Merriam Webster).  Imagine this!  A whole day set aside to celebrate people who are doubtful about just about everything.  True skeptics doubt that this is even a real holiday and they doubt which day it's actually celebrated on.  If you DVR "Myth Busters" or have "Snopes" set as your home page, this could quite possibly be the holiday for you.  But I doubt it (and so do you).

 

 

National Mole Day - October 23

     I have many chemistry jokes.  I'm just afraid they won't get a good reaction.  National Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated by chemistry buffs everywhere.  A holiday so nerdy, it's beginning and ending time (6:02 a.m. - 6:02 p.m.) and day (October 23 or 10/23) are actually part of honoring a concept known as Avogardo's number (6.02x1023), which defines the number of particles in one mole of substance.  We're talking base SI units here, people.  (By the way, researching this holiday made me feel more like "Penny", from the Big Bang Theory, than I ever imagined possible.) 

 

 

National Candy Corn Day  - October 30

   Loved by some, reviled by others, there doesn't seem to be a Fall candy more polarizing than the innocuous looking candy corn.  So let's make a day to celebrate it!  What is candy corn actually made of?  Here's a hint:  The top 3 ingredients are sugar. If you're tired of the classic "honey" flavored candy corn (even though "honey" comes in at #9 on a list of 12 ingredients), try some of these crazy new flavors on Candy Corn Day:  Caramel Macchiato, Caramel Apple, Apple Pie, S'mores, Green Apple or Carrot Cake.

 

What did you think of some of the zany, nerdy and downright questionable Fall holidays on this list?  Which holiday would you be most likely to celebrate?  Leave a comment in the box below and let us know!