Halloween

The term has many meanings! Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. (It is very popular in Ireland!) Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is now celebrated in several parts of the western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

Wikipedia has a lot of information about the Halloween holiday.

There is also a Halloween.com website with links to sites that are Halloween-related. There are even some Halloween chats!

United Nations Day

According to Wikipedia, United Nations Day is observed to recognize the aims and achievements of the United Nations.

It was established in 1945 by Presidential Proclamation

National Boss Day

According to another website, National Boss Day is always celebrated on October 16th, which this year happens to be on a Monday. If the October 16th date falls on a weekend then it is celebrated on the closest business day.

It is a day for employees to celebrate how nice their bosses have been to them. It was originally only celebrated in the United States but has since branched out to other countries as well.

According to Wikipedia this holiday started when Patricia Bays Haroski registered National Boss's Day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958. She was working for State Farm Insurance Company at the time and chose October 16 because it was the birthday of her loving boss, her father.

It is customary to give one's boss a card or small gift.

Hallmark has their own special line of National Boss Day cards.

Welcome!

Welcome to my newest blogs about the holidays! There are times when I have missed the holidays because of work and I don't want it to happen too often in the future. I'd like to take more time out and enjoy the holidays more.

I'll see on my calendar or hear on the tv about an upcoming holiday and I'll stick it in the back of my mind and before I know it the holiday has come and gone - without me enjoying it!

I'm talking about both the big and the little holidays.

I love when tv specials come on that talk about the specific holidays. I even like listening to some radio shows about them too.

So here is to enjoying the holidays more!