Are you a small business owner or marketer?
Looking for holidays or special dates to celebrate on social media?
Marketing your business on social media just got a lot easier with this complete list of holidays, observances, and special dates for November 2022.
The list includes more than 285+ different holidays and observances to celebrate in November.
Why Holidays Make Great Social Media Posts
Back in my corporate marketing days, when I managed the social media channels for a $150 million business, I rejoiced when a holiday came around.
Holiday posts were easy to create and they always received more “likes” than any other post.
Not many people will engage with a post about a company news release or an industry article, but many who see a post wishing everyone a Happy World Kindness Day will give it a “like.”
For a business owner or marketer, holiday posts not only increase your social media engagement, but they’re also easy posts to create that fill your followers with positive emotions.
When sharing a holiday post, always include an image or video with your status update, no matter what platform you’re using.
That’s because posts with an image get 2.3 times more engagement than posts without an image. (source ) Also, tack on a holiday-themed hashtag to make it easy for people to find your content, and use location tagging if you have a physical storefront.
Including an image with your post is the easiest way to DOUBLE engagement and it’s why the Social Media Content Club , our industry-leading social media software, is FULL of eye-catching images.
For more tips on how to increase your social media engagement, read: 5 Ways to Increase Social Media Engagement.
When celebrating holidays on social media, it’s important to include the relevant hashtag(s) for that holiday in your post.
Hashtags will increase the reach of your post, exposing your business to a larger audience.
To learn why and how to use hashtags on social media, read: 210 Daily Hashtags for Social Media .
Hashtags are such an essential piece to your success on social media that I’ve done the research for you.
Most of the holidays listed below include a hashtag for social media.
However, for best results, you’ll want to use 3 – 5 hashtags relevant to that holiday in your post.
If you’re pressed for time, the Social Media Content Club does the hashtag research for you and provides 3 popular and relevant hashtags for all major holidays.
Now that you know those helpful tips let’s jump into the list of Holidays.
List of November 2022 Holidays
In an effort to simplify this massive list of holidays, I’ve divided the days into five categories – public holidays, religious holidays, monthly observances, weekly observances, and daily observances.
Scroll down to view all 285+ holidays or use the following links to skip ahead to a specific category.
November 2022 Public Holidays
This list contains public holidays and special observances in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Date Holiday Hashtag Where Observed November 1 & 2 Day of the Dead #DayOfTheDead United States and Mexico November 1 Melbourne Cup Day #MelbourneCup Victoria, Australia November 5 Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night #GuyFawkes United Kingdom November 6 Daylight Savings Ends #DaylightSavings North America November 7 Recreation Day #RecreationDay Tasmania, Australia November 8 Election Day #ElectionDay United States November 11 Veterans Day #VeteransDay United States November 11 Remembrance Day #RemembranceDay Australia & Canada November 13 Remembrance Sunday #RemembranceSunday United Kingdom November 13 World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay Worldwide November 24 Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving United States November 25 Black Friday #BlackFriday United States November 26 Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall United States November 28 Cyber Monday #CyberMonday United States November 29 Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday United States November 30 St. Andrew’s Day #StAndrewsDay Scotland
November 2022 Religious Holidays
Date Holiday Hashtag Religion November 1 All Saints’ Day #AllSaintsDay Christian November 2 All Souls’ Day #AllSoulsDay Christian November 27 First Sunday of Advent #Advent Christian
November 2022 Monthly Observances
Holiday Aviation History Month Banana Pudding Lovers Month Children’s Grief Awareness Month COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Awareness Month Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month Eye Donation Month Family Stories Month Georgia Pecan Month Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month Historic Bridge Awareness Month Home Care & Hospice Month Long-Term Care Awareness Month Lung Cancer Awareness Month MADD’s Tie One On For Safety (through December 31st) Manatee Awareness Month Memoir Writing Month Military Family Month Movember National Adopt A Senior Pet Month National Adoption Month National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month National Diabetes Month National Entrepreneurship Month National Epilepsy Awareness Month National Family Caregivers Month National Family Literacy Month National Fun with Fondue Month National Gratitude Month National Healthy Skin Month National Impotency Awareness Month National Inspirational Role Models Month National Lifewriting Month National Marrow Awareness Month National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month National Native American Heritage Month National Novel Writing Month (NanNoWriMo) National Peanut Butter Lovers Month National Pepper Month National Pet Cancer Awareness Month National Pomegranate Month National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month National PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles Month National Raisin Bread Month National Roasting Month National Runaway Prevention Month National Scholarship Month No-Shave November Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Picture Book Month Prematurity Awareness Month Stomach Cancer Awareness Month Sweet Potato Awareness Month Vegan Month Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month
November 2022 Weekly Observances
Date Holiday Nov. 1 – 7 World Communication Week Nov. 6 – 12 Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Nov. 6 – 12 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Nov. 6 – 12 National Radiologic Technology Week Nov. 6 – 12 Polar Bear Week Nov. 11 – 13 National Donor Sabbath Nov. 12 – 20 National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week Nov. 13 – 19 American Education Week Nov. 13 – 19 Geography Awareness Week Nov. 13 – 19 Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 13 – 19 International Fraud Awareness Week Nov. 13 – 19 National Split Pea Soup Week Nov. 13 – 19 NP (Nurse Practitioner) Week Nov. 13 – 19 Perioperative Nurse Week Nov. 13 – 19 World Kindness Week Nov. 14 – 18 National Young Readers Week Nov. 20 – 26 National Bible Week Nov. 20 – 26 National GERD Awareness Week Nov. 20 – 26 Seperation of Church and State Week Nov. 20 – 27 International Restorative Justice Week Nov. 21 – 27 World Antibiotic Awareness Week Nov. 23 – 29 National Deal Week
November 2022 Daily Observances
Date Holiday Hashtag November 1 Cinnamon Day #CinnamonDay November 1 Extra Mile Day #ExtraMileDay November 1 Give Up Your Shoulds Day #GiveUpYourShouldsDay November 1 National Authors’ Day #NationalAuthorsDay November 1 National Brush Day #NationalBrushDay November 1 National Calzone Day #CalzoneDay November 1 National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay November 1 National Deep Fried Clams Day #DeepFriedClamsDay November 1 National Family Literacy Day #FamilyLiteracyDay November 1 National Vinegar Day #NationalVinegarDay November 1 Prime Meridian Day #PrimeMeridianDay November 1 World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay November 2 Broadcast Traffic Professionals Day #TrafficDirectorsDay November 2 International Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay November 2 Job Action Day #JobActionDay November 2 National Deviled Egg Day #NationalDeviledEggDay November 2 Plan Your Epitaph Day #PlanYourEpitaphDay November 3 Cliché Day #ClicheDay November 3 National Housewife Day #HousewifeDay November 3 National Men Make Dinner Day #MenMakeDinnerDay November 3 National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay November 4 Fountain Pen Day #FountainPenDay November 4 International Stout Day #StoutDay November 4 Love Your Lawyer Day #LoveYourLawyerDay November 4 National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay November 4 National Chicken Lady Day #ChickenLadyDay November 4 National Jersey Friday #JerseyFriday November 4 National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day #MslAwarenessAndAppreciationDay November 4 Use Your Common Sense Day #UseYourCommonSenseDay November 5 American Football Day #AmericanFootballDay November 5 Bonfire Night #BonfireNight November 5 National Bison Day #BisonDay November 5 National Love Your Red Hair Day #LoveYourRedHairDay November 5 World Numbat Day #WorldNumbatDay November 6 National Nachos Day #NationalNachosDay November 6 Saxophone Day #SaxophoneDay November 6 Zero Tasking Day #ZeroTaskingDay November 7 Color the World Orange Day #CRPSOrangeDay November 7 National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day #BittersweetChocolateWithAlmondsDay November 7 National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day #CanineLymphomaDay November 7 Notary Public Day #NotaryPublicDay November 8 Abet and Aid Punsters Day #AbetAndAidPunstersDay November 8 Cook Something Bold Day #CookSomethingBoldDay November 8 Election Day (US) #ElectionDay November 8 International Tongue Twister Day #TongueTwisterDay November 8 National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay November 8 National Dunce Day #DunceDay November 8 National Harvey Wallbanger Day #HarveyWallbangerDay November 8 National Parents as Teachers Day #ParentsAsTeachersDay November 8 National STEM/STEAM Day #STEAMDay November 8 X-ray Day #XRayDay November 9 Carl Sagan Day #CarlSaganDay November 9 Chaos Never Dies Day #ChaosNeverDiesDay November 9 Go to an Art Museum Day #GoToAnArtMuseumDay November 9 National Microtia Awareness Day #MicrotiaAwarenessDay November 9 National Scrapple Day #NationalScrappleDay November 9 World Freedom Day #WorldFreedomDay November 9 World Orphans Day #WorldOrphansDay November 10 Area Code Day #AreaCodeDay November 10 International Accounting Day #AccountingDay November 10 Marine Corps Birthday / USMC Day #USMCDay November 10 National Forget-Me-Not Day #ForgetMeNotDay November 10 National Vanilla Cupcake Day #VanillaCupcakeDay November 10 Sesame Street Day #SesameStreetDay November 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development #ScienceDayForPeaceAndDevelopment November 11 Death/Duty Day #DeathDutyDay November 11 Metal Day #MetalDay November 11 National Sundae Day #NationalSundaeDay November 11 Origami Day #OrigamiDay November 11 Singles’ Day #SinglesDay November 12 Fancy Rat & Mouse Day #FancyRatMouseDay November 12 Happy Hour Day #HappyHourDay November 12 National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day #ChickenSoupForTheSoulDay November 12 National French Dip Day #NationalFrenchDipDay November 12 National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day #PizzaWithTheWorksExceptAnchoviesDay November 12 World Pneumonia Day #WorldPneumoniaDay November 13 National Indian Pudding Day #NationalIndianPuddingDay November 13 National Pupusa Day (El Salvador) #PupusaDayElSalvador November 13 Sadie Hawkins Day #SadieHawkinsDay November 13 World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay November 14 International Girls Day #InternationalGirlsDay November 14 Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day #LoosenUpLightenUpDay November 14 National American Teddy Bear Day #AmericanTeddyBearDay November 14 National Family PJ Day #FamilyPjDay November 14 National Pickle Day #NationalPickleDay November 14 National Spicy Guacamole Day #SpicyGuacamoleDay November 14 Operating Room Nurse Day #OperatingRoomNurseDay November 14 Spirit of NSA (National Speakers Association) Day #NSADay November 14 World Diabetes Day #WorldDiabetesDay November 15 America Recycles Day #AmericaRecyclesDay November 15 Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay November 15 I Love to Write Day #ILoveToWriteDay November 15 National Bundt Day #BundtDay November 15 National Entrepreneurs’ Day #EntrepreneursDay November 15 National Philanthropy Day #NationalPhilanthropyDay November 15 National Raisin Bran Cereal Day #RaisinBranCerealDay November 15 National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day #SpicyHermitCookieDay November 15 Steve Irwin Day #SteveIrwinDay November 16 Button Day #ButtonDay November 16 GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems) #GISDay November 16 International Day For Tolerance #DayForTolerance November 16 National Button Day #NationalButtonDay November 16 National Educational Support Professionals Day #EducationalSupportProfessionalsDay November 16 National Fast Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay November 17 Great American Smokeout #GreatAmericanSmokeout November 17 Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay November 17 International Guinness World Records Day #GuinnessWorldRecordsDay November 17 National Baklava Day #NationalBaklavaDay November 17 National Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay November 17 National Rural Health Day #RuralHealthDay November 17 National Take A Hike Day #NationalTakeAHikeDay November 17 National Unfriend Day #UnfriendDay November 17 Nouveau Beaujolais Day #NouveauBeaujolaisDay November 17 Use Less Stuff Day #UseLessStuffDay November 17 World Pancreatic Cancer Day #PancreaticCancerDay November 17 World Philosophy Day #PhilosophyDay November 17 World Prematurity Day #WorldPrematurityDay November 18 Apple Cider Day #AppleCiderDay November 18 Married to a Scorpio Support Day #MarriedToAScorpioSupportDay November 18 National Educational Support Professionals Day #EducationalSupportProfessionalsDay November 18 National Princess Day #PrincessDay November 18 National Vichyssoise Day #NationalVichyssoiseDay November 18 Push-button Phone Day #PushButtonPhoneDay November 19 “Have A Bad Day” Day #HaveABadDayDay November 19 Family Volunteer Day #FamilyVolunteerDay November 19 Gettysburg Address Day #GettysburgAddressDay November 19 International Games Day (Libraries) #GamesDay November 19 International Men’s Day #MensDay November 19 National Adoption Day #AdoptionDay November 19 National Camp Day #CampDay November 19 National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day #CarbonatedBeverageWithCaffeineDay November 19 National Play Monopoly Day #NationalPlayMonopolyDay November 19 National Survivors of Suicide Day #SurvivorsOfSuicideDay November 19 Play Monopoly Day #PlayMonopolyDay November 19 Women’s Entrepreneurship Day #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay November 19 World Toilet Day #WorldToiletDay November 20 Future Teachers of America Day #FutureTeachersOfAmericaDay November 20 Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day #GOHARD November 20 Name Your PC Day #NameYourPcDay November 20 National Absurdity Day #NationalAbsurdityDay November 20 National Peanut Butter Fudge Day #PeanutButterFudgeDay November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance #Tdor November 20 Universal Children’s Day #UniversalChildrensDay November 20 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #DayOfRemembranceForRoadTrafficVictims November 21 Alascattalo Day #AlascattaloDay November 21 National Gingerbread Cookie Day #GingerbreadCookieDay November 21 National Red Mitten Day #NationalRedMittensDay November 21 National Stuffing Day #NationalStuffingDay November 21 World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay November 21 World Television Day #WorldTelevisionDay November 22 Go For A Ride Day #GoForARideDay November 22 Humane Society Anniversary Day #HumaneSocietyAnniversaryDay November 22 National Cranberry Relish Day #CranberryRelishDay November 23 DrinksGiving #Drinksgiving November 23 Fibonacci Day #FibonacciDay November 23 National Cashew Day #NationalCashewDay November 23 National Eat a Cranberry Day #EatACranberryDay November 23 National Espresso Day #NationalEspressoDay November 23 National Family Caregivers Day #FamilyCaregiversDay November 23 National Jukebox Day #JukeboxDay November 23 Tie One On Day #TieOneOnDay November 24 Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day #CelebrateYourUniqueTalentDay November 24 D.B. Cooper Day #DBCooperDay November 24 Family Health History Day #FamilyHealthHistoryDay November 24 National Day of Mourning #DayOfMourning November 24 National Sardines Day #NationalSardinesDay November 24 Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving November 24 Turkey-Free Thanksgiving #TurkeyFreeThanksgiving November 25 Black Friday #BlackFriday November 25 Blase Day #BlaseDay November 25 Buy Nothing Day #BuyNothingDay November 25 Flossing Day #FlossingDay November 25 Fur Free Friday #FurFreeFriday November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #DayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen November 25 Maize Day #MaizeDay November 25 National Day of Listening #DayOfListening November 25 National Native American Heritage Day #NativeAmericanHeritageDay November 25 National Parfait Day #NationalParfaitDay November 25 Shopping Reminder Day #ShoppingReminderDay November 25 Sinkie Day #SinkieDay November 25 You’re Welcome-giving Day #YoureWelcomeGivingDay November 26 International Aura Awareness Day #AuraAwarenessDay November 26 National Cake Day #CakeDay November 26 Small Business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday November 27 National Bavarian Cream Pie Day #BavarianCreamPieDay November 27 National Craft Jerky Day #NationalCraftJerkyDay November 28 Cyber Monday #CyberMonday November 28 National French Toast Day #NationalFrenchToastDay November 28 Red Planet Day #RedPlanetDay November 29 Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday November 29 International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People #DayOfSolidarityWithThePalestinianPeople November 30 Cities for Life Day #CitiesForLifeDay November 30 Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay November 30 National Mason Jar Day #MasonJarDay November 30 National Methamphetamine Awareness Day #MethAwarenessDay November 30 National Mousse Day #NationalMousseDay November 30 National Package Protection Day #PackageProtectionDayNovember 30 National Personal Space Day #PersonalSpaceDay November 30 National Stay at Home Because You’re Well Day #StayAtHomeBecauseYoureWellDay
Sources: timeanddate.com, nationaldaycalendar.com, en.wikipedia.org, holidayscalendar.com, nationaltoday.com, checkiday.com, brownielocks.com
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December 2022 Holidays
The complete list of holidays, observances, and fun, weird, and special dates for December 2022 can be found here: AngieGensler.com/December-Holidays
To access the list of holidays for every month in 2022 and beyond, visit the Holidays index page .
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