Dear Kid,

October (which starts tomorrow in case you haven’t been paying attention) is a month full of excellent reasons to celebrate.

Not only do we have pretty much every sport imaginable (not sure when the curling season begins and ends), but we have holidays. And not just Halloween (brought to you by the color orange and lots of Oompa Loompas).

Tomorrow (10/1) is World Vegetarian Day. Pat a cow, chomp a carrot, and you can also celebrate National Vegetarian Month (which is weird because it’s also Eat Country Ham Month and Seafood Month).

It’s Cookie Month, Clergy Appreciation Month (woot!), and National Popcorn Popping Month.

The 2^nd is Name Your Car Day (I tell you this in Ernest), the 6^th is Mad Hatter Day, and the 11^th is Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. Someone please remind me to check with Human Resources to see what our policy is on this.

The 9^th is Moldy Cheese Day (don’t want to miss that one), the 12^th is Old Farmer’s Day (presumably these are the people making moldy cheese), and the 10^th is World Egg Day and National Angel Food Cake Day. The 14^th is National Dessert Day (take two helpings—they’re small). The 20^th is Brandied Fruit Day. I didn’t know there was enough brandied fruit in the world to have a day of its own.

The 12^th is also Moment of Frustration Day and the 13^th is International Skeptics Day. The 22^nd is National Nut Day (I leave it to you to determine which kind of nut). You can also decide for yourself what is meant by National Mole Day (the 23^rd).

The 17^th is Wear Something Gaudy Day, the 21^st is Babbling Day (which your sister celebrates every day) as well as Count Your Buttons Day (who does that?), and the 23^rd is TV Talk Show Host Day.

The 26^th is Mother-in-Law Day and National Mincemeat Day (am I the only one who thinks that is hilarious?), and the 29^th is Hermit Day (someone please explain to me how Hermits need a day).

October is also Sarcastic Month which seems like an appropriate response to some of these Important Holidays.

Love, Mom

We can also make it “Like” DearKidLoveMom Month if you’d like–and that’s a holiday that’s fun and easy to celebrate!