St. Andrews Day

Today is St. Andrew's Day. 

It is a national day of Scotland. 

Here is the story of St. Andrew: 

Remembrance

"We will remember them" - The Princess Royal today laid a wreath as she attended a Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum. 97 years ago on the 'eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month' an armistice was signed between the allied nations and Germany to cease hostilities, effectively ending the First World War. Though a cause for celebration at the time, the day has become a reflective one when all those who have lost their lives serving their countries are remembered. Photo © Press Association #Remembrance #ArmisticeDay #WW1

A photo posted by The British Monarchy (@the_british_monarchy) on Nov 11, 2015 at 6:16am PST

Remember, Rember, the 5th of November

With today being the 5th of November I feel like this is the most appropriate thing to post today: 

October

It's almost October. 

That means 

HALLOWEEN!

The entire month of October will be spent exploring Halloween!

I will be talking about Halloween themed movies, television, costumes, books, people, etc. 

I am really excited to share some of my favorite things!

 

 

Happy St. George's Day

 

(Google's St. George's Day illustration)

Today is St. George's Day. 

It is England's national day. 

(It is also Shakespeare's birthday!)

St. George is the patron saint of England (even though he was born in Turkey).

He was executed in 303 A.D in Palestine when he refused to take part in the persecution of Christians. 

During the time of Alfred the Great during the crusades there were knights that said he appeared to them before battle to encourage them. 

They felt the connection to him so much that they took the red cross, his symbol, and put it on the English flag. 

 In 1522 he became the official patron saint of England. 

 While this is the national day of England and you would think it would be celebrated, from everything I have read it sounds like England celebrates St. Patrick's day more than they do St. George's day. 

Apparently it isn't even a bank holiday. 

But no matter!

Happy St. George's day anyway!!