Calendar: Nov, Dec, and Jan!

Calendar: Nov, Dec, and Jan!
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Mouth Fruit will be attending some of these activities, mostly virtually.


Today's calendar is brought to by Friday! "Fridays are the best days of the month!"

Welcome to the first Mouth Fruit Dialogue Calendar! We're catching the tail end of this month's offerings while looking ahead to the rich dialogue opportunities in December and January. Future editions will cover full two-month spans. Events marked with βœ— have passed but are included for context.

πŸ‚ November

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21 NOV
One-on-one

World Hello Day

Simply greet 10 people. Promote peace through personal communication.

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28 NOV
Family Holiday

Thanksgiving

Traditional day of family dialogue, working and eating together, giving thanks to God and storytelling.

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29 NOV
⭐ FEATURED EVENT

National Day of Listening

Originally created by StoryCorps, this day has taken on a life of its own. Listen and document stories from family and guests. Listen and learn how to tell stories.

❄️ December: Season of Stories

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5 DEC
🌍 Everywhere

Order Note Cards Today!

Order a new style of blank note cards. And some Thank You cards.

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22-30 DEC
✑️ Jewish Religious Holiday

Hanukkah

Eight nights of gathering, storytelling, and remembering miracles. Family dialogue traditions around the menorah.

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25 DEC
✝️ Christian Religious Holiday

Christmas

Family gatherings, storytelling, traditions of sharing and gratitude across cultures worldwide.

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26 DEC-
🌍 Everywhere

Thank You Note Day

Send notes to thank others for gifts, stories, and steadfastness. Notes might also be a low-stress way to invite continued dialogue.

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26-1 DEC-JAN
🌍 African Diaspora πŸŽ‰ Cultural Celebration

Kwanzaa

Seven principles including unity (Umoja) and collective work. Daily family discussions around the kinara candles.

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🌟 January: Fresh Start Conversations

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1 JAN

New Year's Day

Fresh start conversations, intention-setting dialogues, family check-ins about hopes and dreams for the year ahead.

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12 JAN
🌍 Global Celebration

World Braile Day

Honoring Louis Braille and tactile communication systems. Communication transcends speech and hearing - explore how humans adapt to share ideas through any available channel.

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12-13 JAN
🌍 ICPC Converence Rome

Pragmatics and Commuications

Brainy stuff on relevance theory, role of context, speech act theory, presuppositions, im/politeness and pragma-dialogue, etxc.

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19 JAN
America

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Day focused on dialogue across differences, building beloved community, and practicing nonviolent communication.

Know of an event we should include? Email us at contact@mouthfruit.com to share dialogue-rich traditions and gatherings from your culture or community. Or comment. Next calendar: January-February 2026!

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Do you think friendly notes are a safe way to start or continue conversation? Don't wait until December to obtain or create blank cards and thank you cards as the calendar suggests. Take the first step now.

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