This week, A Reason to Celebrate is even more amazing! Not only are you getting an history lesson and excuse to party, The Clock has generously donated a few last minute, if not completely tacky, original costume ideas.
Friday October 28- Pretend US currency doesn’t say “In God we Trust.” Today is Separation of Church and State Day. Be a human quarter dispenser, always a necessity at many weekend celebrations Make a donation to children’s cancer research in honor of St. Jude. Shaving your head and calling yourself a cancer patient is not so good- better make it Dress up as Lady Liberty tonight She was presented from France on this day in 1886. On this day in 1919, congress overruled President Wilson’s veto on the Volstead Act. If this had not been amended in 1933, prohibition may still be in effect tonight! Pretty Woman Julia Roberts turns 48 today. Bend a coat hanger covered in aluminum foil over your head and celebrate Saturday October 29- Hurray for on-line connections! Today is National Internet Day. Don’t forget to look up! Tonight marks the 1st quarter of the moon, at exactly 4:25 p.m. Be a new you with Reformation Day. Dress the part tonight, and be you, even better! Wrap yourself in plastic wrap and be a spaceman. On this day in 1998, John Glenn went into space for this first time since orbiting the earth over 40 years ago. Wear a Freddy Kruger mask and call yourself John Glenn- at 77, he is the oldest man to have gone into space. Sunday, October 30- Plan the future for you or those you love (or maybe hate). Today is Plan a Great Funeral Day. Dres in black and attend your own funeral as a costume.Clean out that old Chinese food before nightfall- tonight is Haunted Refrigerator night, and Devils night. Cut holes in a box, toss it over your head, and really play mind games with others. Be a one-man radio show and audience. On this day in 1938, H.G. Wells terrified the nation when his novel The War of the Worlds was broadcasted on a radio-show. Much of the nation went into a panic, believing the nation was truly being attacked by martians.
Monday, October 31- Today is Halloween. Duh. So dress up like a goon and make a big fool of yourself. Just remember to respect the community. Kill two holidays with one bad joke. Today is National Knock-Knock Jokes Day and Scare a Friend Day. Whip out your best magic tricks tonight in honor of Harry Houdini, who died on this day in 1926. Damn, it feels good to be a gangster. Go new school or old school gangsta style-today in 1912, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by D.W. Griffith, was the first gangster movie opened in the U.S. John Candy was born on this day in 1950.
For those of you who are looking for a daily excuse, here is the last of the October month-long holidays. Celebrate spinach lovers’ month, national toilet tank repair month, national sarcastic awareness month, Polish American heritage month, and sun dried tomatoes month. See you in November!
Historychannel.com, bronielox.com, holidays.net