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We all know that sometimes Feerik bases their quest ideas on holidays or movies that's going on. Someone mentioned that there wasn't a quest for this week so I looked at my calendar to see if there were any holidays coming up for the last two weeks of July. Of course I had done a lot of scribbling so I couldn't read anything important. (oops!) So I did a search on the net and found this for today and goes to the end of July:
17 Peach Ice Cream Day
17 Yellow Pig Day
18 National Caviar Day- something's fishy here
19 National Raspberry Cake Day
20 National Lollipop Day
20 Moon Day
20 National Ice Cream Day (third Sunday of the month)
20 Ugly Truck Day- it's a "guy" thing
21 National Junk Food Day
22 Hammock Day
22 Ratcatcher's Day
23 National Hot Dog Day
23 Vanilla Ice Cream Day
24 Amelia Earhart Day
24 Cousins Day
25 Culinarians Day
25 Threading the Needle Day
26 All or Nothing Day
26 Aunt and Uncle Day
27 Parent's Day - fourth Sunday in July
27 Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
28 National Milk Chocolate Day
29 National Lasagna Day
30 National Cheesecake Day
30 Father-in-Law Day
31 Mutt's Day
Think we'll have any quests on these? ;)
Also for the month of July:
This month in History:
July 1, 1847- U.S. postage stamps went on sale for the first time.
July 14, 1867- Alfred Nobel demonstrates dynamite. (They say it was a "blast")
July 17 , 1902- The air conditioner was invented.
July 21, 1873- Jesse James and his gang rob their first train.
Find more at More this Month
Among other things, July is:
National Anti-Boredom Month
National Hot Dog Month
Nude Recreation Week
Last edited by sierradane (2014-07-17 17:55:14)
If they do a Raspberry Cake Day themed event I'm going to cry . I just finished buying stuff and I wouldn't like to miss something Raspberry themes .
I would love a Take Your Pants for a Walk Day quest!
Sierra, did you look up French 'special days' at all for July? I think we'd be more likely to see something aligned with one of their country's days rather than a North American day.
What about movie releases? Any big movies coming out in the rest of the month?
I didn't think about that Snortmort, I'll check that out. Sometimes when I look things up it's after 4am.
I'll start with Summer since that's where the calendar is (no specific dates were listed for this section).
SUMMER:
Sailor's Day: boats are decorated with paper flowers and blessed by the priest. Children parade to the church with handmade ships.
## Procession of the Bottles: in Boulbon all the men walk through town with bottles of new wine, uncork their bottles at the same time and take a drink.
## Corpus Christi: Christian's eat bread and wine in remembrance of Christ.
## St. John's Day: bonfires. Barrels are lit and rolled down hill.
## Burning of the Three Firs: in Thann 3 fir trees are burned to commemorate the founding of the town.
## Tour de France: Teams of 10 cyclists race for 3 weeks circling the country.
## Cornouaille Festival (3rd to 4th Sundays in July): In Quimper in Cornouaille in Brittany there are hundreds of shows, musicians, dancers, puppet shows and traditional food and games to preserve their Celtic heritage. On the first Sunday there is a parade with traditional dress.
FALL:
Day of the Flutes: musician's parade playing ancient instruments.
## St. Crispin's Day: church service for the patron saint of shoes
## La Quintane: 30 men carry a prison replica to church for blessing and then destroy it with mallets.
## Grape Harvest Festivals (November): a celebration of the end of the grape harvest. Members of the wine societies dress in traditional robes to test the grapes and taste the new wine. In Burgundy Les Trois Glorieuses is a 3 day festival of wine tasting, folk dancing, and wine auction.
## St. Catherine's Day: dinner and parade with decorated hats for unmarried women over 25.
WINTER:
St. Nicholas Day: St. Nicholas brings gifts to children who have been good all year.
## Christmas Eve: traditional supper after midnight mass.
## Epiphany: cakes are baked with coins inside. Whoever gets the coin is king or queen for the day.
## St. Bernadette of Lourdes
## Saint Vincent day (January 22): patron saint of wine is celebrated in villages of the wine producing areas.
## Carnaval: 12 days in February before Lent. Traditionally a time when eggs, fats and other foods forbidden during Lent were eaten. The largest Carnaval festivities and most elaborate costumes are in Nice, home of the Battle of Flowers, and center of the perfume industry. During Carnaval floats and costumes are made of flowers. After the contest to decide the most beautiful float, an actual "battle" with everyone throwing flowers (based in an ancient fertility rite) ensues.
SPRING:
April Fools' Day (Poisson D'Avril or April Fish). Children play tricks on people, tell tales, and stick cut out fish on their backs.
## The Gypsy Festival (May): Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue (home of cowboys and wild horses) attracts gypsies from all over the world. The festival celebrates their patron saint's (Sarah) return to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The legend is that Sarah from Egypt led Mary Salome and Mary Jacobe (mothers of 2 apostles forced to leave Palestine in a boat with no oars or sails) to France where they spread their religion. On the second day the gypsies take a statue of Sarah from the crypt to the sea for blessing. The festival continues with bullfights, horse shows, music and dancing.
## St. Joan of Arc Day: saint who ended the Hundred Years' War
## St. Bernard of Montjoux: patron saint of mountain climbers who made the Alpine passes safe for travelers.
ENTERTAINMENT:
Cafι--coffee with conversation, cards or dominoes
## Football (soccer)
## Films
## Rugby
## Golf
## Skiing
## Tennis: The French Open is held in Roland Garros Stadium, Paris, in late May/early June.
## Swimming
## Bicycle racing: Tour de France, the world's most prestigious, founded in 1903. Held for 3 weeks (broken into 21 timed daily stages) in late June and July. Approximately 200 of the top cyclists race a 4000-km route including flat sections as well as mountains which changes annually but always ends on the Champs-Ιlysιes.
## Pιtanque or boules--games played in village squares on a hard surface with iron balls which are thrown
Holiday Calendar (Legal)
Date French National Holidays
Jan 1 New Year's Day (Jour de l'an) **Will be observed on the previous Friday
Date Varies Easter Monday (lundi de Pβques)
May 1 Labor Day (Fκte du premier mai/fκte du Travail)
Varies Ascension Day (l'Ascencion)
May 8 WWII Veterans' Day (Fκte de la Victoire 1945; Fκte du huitiθme mai)
Jul 14 French National Day/Bastille Day (Fκte nationale)
Aug 15 Assumption Day (Assomption)
Nov 1 All Saints' Day (la Toussaint)
Nov 11 Veterans' Day WWI/Armistice Day (Jour d'armistice)
Dec 25 Christmas (Noλl)
And this is from the first site that had mainly US holidays:
Major 2014 Holidays:
January 1 New Year's Day
4 Trivia Day
5 National Bird Day
6 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day
10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
20 Martin Luther King's Birthday - observed on 20th this year.
25 Opposite Day
26 Australia Day
31 Chinese New Years It's the Year 4712!
More January holidays and special days
February 2 Groundhog's Day
2 Super Bowl Sunday , Superbowl XLV
7 Winter Olympics (Sochi, Russia) Opening Ceremony
12 Lincoln's Birthday
14 Valentines Day
15 Singles Awareness Day - Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you!
17 President's Day - third Monday of month
20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
22 Washington's Birthday
23 Winter Olympics (Sochi, Russia) Closing Ceremony
29 Leap Day - not this year, not until 2016
More February holidays and special days
March 2 Oscar Night 2014
4 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
5 Ash Wednesday
8 International Women's Day
9 Daylight Savings Begins at 2:00 a.m.
15 Ides of March
15 Purim begins at sundown
17 St. Patrick's Day
20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox
20 International Earth Day - also called Sun-Earth Day
25 Feast of the Annunciation
More March holidays and special days
April 1 April Fool's Day
1 International Tatting Day
4 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
13 Palm Sunday
14 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th)
18 Good Friday
20 Easter Sunday
21 Patriot's Day Third Monday
22 Earth Day (U.S.)
23 Administrative Professionals Day formerly "Secretaries Day"
24 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
25 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
More April holidays and special days
May 1 May Day
4 Star Wars Day
5 Cinco de Mayo
6 National Teacher's Day
8 VE Day, WW II
11 Mother's Day - second Sunday
17 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
24 Victoria Day (Canada)
26 Memorial Day
More May holidays and special days
June 6 D Day, WWII
7 National Trails Day first Saturday
13 Friday the 13th
14 Flag Day
15 Father's Day - third Sunday
19 Juneteenth Day
21 Summer Solstice (The longest day of the year!)
29 Ramadan begins
More June holidays and special days
July 1 Canada Day (Dominion Day)
4 Independence Day
22 Hammock Day ...relax and enjoy!
23-28 World Youth Day date varies widely
TBD Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony - not until 2016
More July holidays and special days
August 3 National Watermelon Day
10 National S'mores Day
13 Left Hander's Day
14 V-J Day
15 Feast of the Assumption
30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
More August holidays and special days
September 1 Labor Day
2 VJ Day, WWII
7 Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day
11 911 Remembrance
17 Constitution Day
21 International Peace Day (UN)
23 Autumnal Equinox
24 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
26 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
More September Holidays and special days
October 1 International Day for the Elderly
3 World Smile Day first Friday of month
3 Yom Kippur
8 Sukkot begins at sundown
13 Columbus Day observed on second Monday
13 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
16 Boss's Day
18 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
24 United Nations Day
25 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
31 Halloween
More October holidays and special days
November 1 All Saint's Day
1 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
2 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep
3 All Soul's Day - usually on the 2nd
4 Election Day -please exercise your right to vote
11 Veteran's Day
13 Sadie Hawkins Day
20 Great American Smokeout - third Thursday
20 Universal Children's Day
27 Thanksgiving Day
28 Black Friday
30 Advent begins
More November holidays and special days
December 7 Pearl Harbor Day
12 Poinsettia Day
16 Chanukah lasts 8 days
21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
23 Festivus - for the rest of us!
25 Christmas
26 Boxing Day
26 Kwanzaa
27 National Fruitcake Day
31 New Year's Eve
Last edited by sierradane (2014-07-18 23:03:33)
There's also lots of movies that'll be coming.
I don't know about the rest but I think something could happen with these:
-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
-Planes: Fire and Rescue
And these are releases that are in France. I got them from IMDb.
Upcoming Releases for France
19 July 2014:
Soleil Rouge (2014)
23 July 2014:
Boyhood (2014)
Neighbors (2014)
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Locke (2013)
Belle (2013)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) (re-release) (restored version)
The Way He Looks (2014)
Of Horses and Men (2013)
The Empty Hours (2013)
Forbidden Games (1952) (re-release) (restored version)
Les Francis (2014)
Maestro (2014)
Comrades (1986)
Loup-garou (2014)
The Proof (2013)
25 July 2014:
Kick (2014)
Charlie Chaplin Untold Story (2013 Documentary) (TV premiere)
28 July 2014:
Un village sans dimanche (2014 Documentary) (Lama Film Festival)
30 July 2014:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Earth to Echo (2014)
Begin Again (2013)
North by Northwest (1959) (re-release) (restored version)
The Babadook (2014)
Torn Curtain (1966) (re-release) (restored version)
Faith Connections (2013 Documentary)
Moonwalk One (1970 Documentary)
Lions Love (1969)
Hasta maρana (2013)
Baby Balloon (2013)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I think that might be a strong contender for sure! Not that I'd be thrilled with things from that movie.
I look at the rooms I have and there are about 4 that I need that would require them to re-run some of those old quests.
The Heaven and Hell rooms
The Retro Room & Secret Dollz
I want to think, as I reach into my memory, those were two quests with two endings. So I'd be thrilled with either... which would mean things from the.... Dollz Story store!