International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, observed on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, offers connection, understanding and healing for those grieving the loss of loved ones to suicide.
Learn about National Adoption Day (Saturday before Thanksgiving): its origin, significance, and how you can support children in foster care being adopted into permanent homes.
Family Volunteer Day, observed on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, celebrates families serving together, highlights the value of community kindness and offers simple ways to volunteer as a family.
Discover Mother Goose Parade Day, celebrated each year on the Sunday before Thanksgiving in El Cajon, California—a colourful parade tradition for families, volunteers and community spirit.
Celebrate Doctor Who Day (TARDIS Day) on November 23 — a global fandom event honouring the Doctor, the TARDIS and the imaginative spirit of time-travel adventures.
Celebrate Wolfenoot on November 23 — a fun, kind-hearted holiday honoring wolves, dogs and the people who love them, with gifts, moon cakes and acts of animal-kindness.
Explore World Youth Day, a global Catholic youth gathering initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985, celebrate its history, significance for young people worldwide, and ways to participate locally and globally.
An annual observance on the fourth Thursday of November, the National Day of Mourning offers Indigenous perspectives on the Thanksgiving legacy, promoting reflection, awareness and solidarity.