1. The Anglo-Saxons called November Wind monath because of the windy weather, or Blod monath because it was time to kill cattle.
2. The Feast of All Saints has been celebrated on November 1 since AD 835 by decree of Pope Gregory IV.
3. “November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” (Emily Dickinson).
4. November is International Drum Month, World Vegan Month, Men’s Health Awareness Month and Novel Writing Month.
5. Native Americans used to call a November full moon a Frost Moon or Beaver Moon.
6. “November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear” (Sir Walter Scott).
7. The birthstone for November is the topaz or citrine, the flower is the chrysanthemum.
8. The Movember Foundation was founded in Australia in 2003 to raise funds for men’s health charities by growing moustaches in November.
9. November is the only month used to represent a letter in the phonetic alphabet.
10. In the Catholic Church, November is the month of Holy Souls in Purgatory. In Finland, November is called Marraskuu, the Month of the Dead.