November 2022 Events Celebrations & Special Days
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Events, celebrations, awareness events, saint's days, annual campaigns - UK and global festivities happening in November 2022.
November is the month of both solemn events - Rememberance Day - and joyous celebrations of Diwali, Hanukkah and the irreverent Guy Fawkes Night.
Here are the fun events happening this November in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as around the world.
The Day of the Dead
31st Oct to 2nd Nov 2022
The Mexican holiday of Dia de Muertos takes place over 3 days. The festival is a happy celebration with gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
– Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls Colouring Pictures
World Jellyfish Day
3rd Nov 2022
A day to appreciate and celebrate jellyfish, which are not, in fact, a fish at all.
Guy Fawkes Night
5th Nov 2022
When the British celebrate the Gunpowder Plot conspiritors failure to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Also known as Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night.
– Guy Fawkes Night Crafts For Kids
National Saxophone Day
6th Nov 2022
Celebrated annually on the birthday of Belgian instrument maker, Adolphe Sax who was the inventor of the saxophone.
World Numbat Day
6th Nov 2022
The numbat is native to Australia and is unique, sharing no relation to any living species. But it's also critically endangered. There are fewer than 1,000 of its kind left in the wild.
Remembrance Day
11th Nov 2022
The day when we remember those members of the armed forces who gave their lives in conflict. The date was chosen to comemerate the end of hostilities of the First World War on 11th November 1918.
– Rememberance Day Poppy Colouring Pictures
Singles Day
11th Nov 2022
Singles Day is the fastest-growing shopping holiday across Asia, when single people receive gifts, or buy for themselves.
World Kindness Day
13th Nov 2022
A day to celebrate and promote kindness in all its forms.
Road Safety Week
14th Nov to 20th Nov 2022
The campaign aims to inspire thousands of schools, organisations and communities to take action on road safety and to promote life-saving messages.
Odd Socks Day
14th Nov 2022
Odd Socks Day marks the beginning of Anti-Bullying Week. Wear odd socks to school or work.
Steve Irwin Day
15th Nov 2022
Celebrated each year on 15 November, Steve Irwin Day is an annual international event honouring the life and legacy of the one and only Crocodile Hunter, and to highlight his passion of animal conservation.
World Prematurity Day
17th Nov 2022
World Prematurity Day is raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide.
Children In Need
18th Nov 2022
The BBC's annual fundraising day which raises moneys for children's charities across the UK, fund local charities and projects who help remove the barriers that are facing children and young people, so that they can thrive.
Universal Children's Day
20th Nov 2022
United Nations Universal Children's Day was established to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
World Hello Day
21st Nov 2022
Anyone can participate in World Hello Day simply by greeting ten people. This demonstrates the importance of personal communication for preserving peace.
World Television Day
21st Nov 2022
A UN organised day, which recognises the impact of television on decision-making by bringing world attention to conflicts and threats to peace and security and its potential role in sharpening the focus on other major issues.
– Can Television Be Good For Our Children?
FIFA World Cup 2022
21st Nov to 18th Dec 2022
Held every four years, the 22nd World cup will be held in Qatar.
– World Cup 2022 Free Printable Colouring Picture
Doctor Who Day
23rd Nov 2022
Also know as TARDIS day, this is the anniversary of the first ever transmission of Doctor Who. Wear a bow-tie, a long knitted scarf or put celery on your lapel. Or just eat some jelly babies.
– Cool Doctor Who Toys for Little Whovians
Thanksgiving
24th Nov 2022
US national holiday which is a celebration of the successful harvest and other blessings of the past year.
– Thanksgiving Colouring Pictures
Buy Nothing Day
25th Nov 2022
Held to coincide with Black Friday, this is an international day of protest against consumerism.
St. Andrew's Day
30th Nov 2022
Celebration of the patron saint of Scotland, St. Andrew.
– St. Andrew's Day Colouring Pictures
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