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Top 12 Months - It's a Date

Ever since I first heard it in 2021 this is the first song I think of when I think of June.


They surprisingly never played this (or any song by Glass Animals) at work until this year. First time I heard it on the job was this June, around the 20th, when it was particularly warm. I can't say that was intentional on the part of whoever programs our music but...
 
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January
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70 Points, 5 Lists, Highest Votes: #1 @RT-55J & @WildcatJF ​
Number of Days: 31

January is the first month on the Julian and Gregorian calendar. It is often the coldest month of the year in the northern hemisphere and the warmest month in the southern hemisphere. It is named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions. Fascinatingly in the early Roman calendar, there were only 10 months and what would be known as January would be part of a “monthless period”. This changed in 713 BC though Wikipedia says this was instigated by the “semi-mythical” King Numa Pompilius so I don’t know how much or how little salt I should take this with. But he is the one, if once-extant, who added January and February. You may laugh at Smarch but I suppose since “months” are really a human construct, we could just straight up decide it exists.

The birth flower of the month is the carnation (usually pink) and the birth stone is the garnet, which represents constancy and also the best Crystal Gem, don’t @ me.

January holidays and observances include Epiphany, Australia Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, and New Year’s Day. Not the one with the ball, the one where you just relax around the house and such. I will say on a personal level, my family celebrates “Ukrainian New Year” as Ukraine used to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas of Jan. 7 so we have this big meal of Ukrainian cuisine on the 14th with family and friends (I’m given to understand that due to recent circumstances, the Ukraine no longer recognizes Orthodox Christmas.

The great think about the month is it does feel like a much-needed refresh after the hullabaloo of the hectic holiday season. It really does feel like things are starting anew, even with the crazy weather and that this is a time of new opportunities.
Yorin Trouble said:
It's my birthday month
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RT-55J said:
(it's my birth month)
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January is like the entire year's equivalent of a Monday. You will never be able to convince me that it's one of the better months.

Now June, June's a good one. The weather is finally at the point where it stays warm before roasting you, Summer is fresh, the ice cream shops are fully open, it's a favorite.
 
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November

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73 Points, 6 Points, Highest Vote: #3 @WildcatJF ​

Number of Days: 30

November is the eleventh month on the Julian and Gregorian calendar. November actually obtained it’s name from the number nine because originally it was considered the ninth month in the Roman calendar prior to January and February joining the team. The birth flower of the month is the chrysanthemum and the birthstone is the topaz.

November observances and holidays include Veterans’ Day (America), Remembrance Day (Canada), All Saints Day, Diwali and Dia de los Muertos, which the Day of the Dead, a day to remember loved ones who have passed. Though the holiday has a tone of sincere reverence for the departed, it is a joyous time with brightly coloured decorations and candies, lighthearted (and sometimes eye popping) skeleton imagery and people are encouraged to share humourous stories of departed loved ones.


The other major holiday is American Thanksgiving, a feast and family gathering held near the end of the month. It is usually celebrated with meals of rich food, usually including turkey, mashed potatos and cranberry sauce among other foods. Often sports are played (particularly football) and people are encouraged to discuss what they are thankful for. After that is the infamous Black Friday, where huge sales result in some big line ups for products. Really it’s a capitalist lay up for Christmas.

But this is the month where the world gets a little colder but within that cold comes some beauty as fall comes to it’s end and you got to make the move from sweaters to coats.

Daikaiju said:
because Food
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November’s cold chain
Made of wet boots and rain
And shiny black ravens
Down chimney-smoke lanes …

ETA: Tom Waits aside, November’s a pretty good one. Even as autumn is getting later, by November the weather has usually started to cool off in a serious way, and there are likely to be some lovely colors on the trees for part of the month. Most of the usual menu at U.S. Thanksgiving doesn’t appeal to me much—I find turkey pretty bland most of the time—but there’s likely to be pie, and that’s always a good thing.
 
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November is my birth month! It's a good one. It gets chilly but not too much, Thanksgiving is a good holiday, it's one of the months where good media comes out, and there's some decent holiday time in there without being too long.
 
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September

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96 Points, 7 Lists, Highest Votes: #1 @Issun & @Kirin ​

Number of Days: 30

September is the ninth month on the Julian and Gregorian calendar. It’s the start of the ecclesiastical calendar (if you are into that sort of thing) and is also the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern hemisphere. This is also the month autumn begins in the Northern hemisphere, while it is spring in the Southern.

The name originates from the word for “seven” from when the months January and February were not part of the calendar. The birthstone for the month is sapphire while the birth flowers are asters, morning glories and forget-me-nots. Notable holidays and observances for the month include Labor Day, National Hispanic Heritage Month, and World Coconut Day.


September marks the end of the summer, though often the warmth sticks around for much of the month. Still, it tends to be relatively cooler. Though January is the start of the year, September is the start of the school year and though the TV landscape has changed, when I was growing up it was when all the new shows premiered, so this was often a big deal for me as a TV head. More than that, I work with kids so it is often when I say goodbye to a lot of my previous kids and hello to a brand new set.

Kirin said:
Nice fall weather, harvest flavors, my birthday
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Worth noting, this is also the month of the year, at least in the US, with the most births! I wonder if that was a factor for votes?

 
Mid to late Septenber is also a great time for vacationing in the Mediterranean. The biggest tourist season is already past, so places aren't super crowded anymore, and it's not going to be uncomfortably hot, but most likely it'll still be warm and sunny.
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Worth noting, this is also the month of the year, at least in the US, with the most births! I wonder if that was a factor for votes?​
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And if you're wondering why that is, just count 9 months back...
 
In New Jersey, the last place I lived, September was definitely a summer month most years, which took a lot of the joy out of it for me. Last September in Toronto things were starting to get cooler. We’ll see how it goes this year.
 
September in the PNW is perfect, weatherwise. It tends to hover around the low 60s and it's not too rainy yet. The leaves start to turn at the end of the month. Also it's the last month before I get another year older.

Also pumpkin beer and football are both getting going, and I also Okami was released in September so most years I do a replay.

in short:

theonion.com

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt

BOSTON—The twigs and acorns crunching pleasurably beneath his boots, Mr. Autumn Man Dennis Clemons, 32, reportedly strolled down Massachusetts Avenue on Wednesday wearing a gray sweater over a plaid collared shirt as he cradled a cup of pumpkin-spiced coffee and relished the crisp October morning.
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December

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101 Points, 7 Lists, Highest Vote: #1 @Daikaiju ​

Number of Days: 31

December is the twelfth month on the Julian and Gregorian calendar. The name comes from decem, the Latin word for 10 from before January and February were added to the calendar and messed up the count like the War Doctor and the Fugitive Doctor in Doctor Who. The birth flower of the month is the narcissus and the birthstone is turquoise. Wikipedia also seems weirdly obsessed with how the first day of the month matches the first days of certain other months and I just… can’t pretend that’s interesting.

December is a month of holidays for sure with the most prominent being Christmas. Celebrating the birth of Jesus, it is a holiday of gift giving and various festivities. But in general, it is worth noting that it is a BIG month for Holidays and observances including Bodhi Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, and New Year’s Eve. Despite what Krusty says it’s a couple months early for a tip-up Tết and a solemn, dignified Ramadan.


Hey, if you are also in one of the poles during this time, you will find for the month the sun does not rise in the North and does not set in the South. It is also the last month of the year, a great time for nerds like me to make and read top 10s/25s/100s of the year lists as well as making plans for the next year. December is also a very stressful month as well as joyuous as people tend to spend a lot of money for celebrations at this time. But thankfully, the end of the year has more downtime than most of the rest of the year.

RT-55J said:
(crimbo)
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Daikaiju said:
my birth month
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December definitely means a lot to me. As hard as this time of year could be, my family used to have a Christmas tradition to go to the family cottage to celebrate Christmas away from the city. It was cozy. The cottage is sold now but know we celebrate in the new house. But it’s a time where I do more stuff with family and generally and able to have a lot of fun. We also do a lot of Christmas stuff at work because we work with kids.

But even beyond festivities, of which there are many to be had, it is also when winter starts and it’s before the snowfall becomes tiresome and, at least for some, is joyful.

 
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Christmasnitself is nice but I work in a grocery store so the leadups to Thanksgiving and Christmas suck.
 
FYI, while the rest of the post seems fine, the first word of the writeup is "September."
 
Since apparently I am dumb, reposting this from the wrong thread:

December always feels panicked. There's so many things that have to be done, either for end of semester or end of billing quarter/year at work. There's stuff to buy and budget for gift-wise party-wise or food-wise, and also always questions to answer and planning to do. Also snow hits later and later it seems so most Decembers haven't had a lot of snow to make things feel cozy and such.

I do love holiday cooking/baking though and that's the prime time to do so. I just wish I didn't feel as much urgency to do it sometimes.
 
here's hoping we find out what happened to december in the next chapter of deltarune
 
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October

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145 Points, 11 Lists, Highest Votes: #1 @gahitsu, @Johnny Unusual, @Purple & @Yorin Trouble ​

Number of Days: 31

October is the tenth month on the Julian and Gregorian calendar. As you might have guessed, the name comes from the word for eight back when it was the eighth month of the year before January and February joined the team. Tourmaline and opal are the birth stones and marigolds are the birth flower. October certainly was a significant month or celebrations in Ancient Rome with back-to-back stuff like Meditrinalia, Augustalia, October Horse, and Armilustrium and the one of three Mundus patet that… I’m not sure what it is. It has something to do with sacred stones.

But modern day October is no slouch in the festival department. There’s Diwali, Canadian Thanksgiving, Sports Day and… Columbus Day? Is this still happening? WHY?! Anyway, there’s also Inktober, Rocktober, Locktober, Shocktober and I can only assume Ploktober.

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It’s so great so many thinks rhyme with “ock”. Like… uh, ink. Anyway, all good fun. But the most prevalent observance and celebration is Halloween, the time of year to celebrate the spooky and the macabre. Personally, I watch a spooky movie a day, play spooky video games, read spooky comics and watch spooky shows all month long. It’s not for everyone but as someone who looks after kids, you can see the glee as they get to celebrate with imagery of skeletons, bugs and ghosts.


But as notable as it is, it’s far from the only fun thing about it. The weather is getting cooler (though worryingly it stays warmer a bit longer each year) and with the sweater weather coming up. The leaves start to turn colour in some spaces and you can see them turn into glorious bright colours as they get ready to drop off. It’s also a harvest month and a great time to go apple picking! Highly recommended. It’s when many apples are their yummiest (a fresh Cortland or Mac are truly wonderful before they get soft and become subpar apples.

If anything, even those who aren’t Halloweenheads still love the season. Along with the ghoulish, there’s a wistfulness to the month, a bittersweetness where the earth begins to go to sleep but the colours brighten before they do. You get the indoors and outdoors. That’s sort of the strength of the transitional seasons, where you get a bit of both without too much intensity. But it still has something of an edge and a joy to it. It truly is a time of pleasure and a bit of a balm to the soul, one tempered with a little bit of sadness. And maybe a slight chill where the even the more playful elements of Halloween are trying to touch that little bit of darkness that actually makes the wonder shine a little bit brighter.

Kirin said:
Like September, but with Halloween making up for not having my birthday
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Daikaiju said:
because cooler weather, not Halloween
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Yorin Trouble said:
It's spooky season, and when it gets close I get the urge for horror movies.
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RT-55J said:
(spooky month)
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I did not vote for October even though it's my birthday month. I like it okay but it missed the cut.

Thanks for running this, Johnny! It was a fun little list.
 
October gave me my wife and my son! Its status as top month is decidedly deserved.
 
Johnny Unusual said:
Thanks to everyone for participating!
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Thanks for running this. And after seeing what made the list I can only assume that we just collectively don't care all that much for July or August.

Either way, here's my list:
  1. December ✔
  2. October ✔
  3. June ✔
  4. May ✔
  5. March ✔
  6. November ✔
 
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