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Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine.

The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Vancouver in September of 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, which is one of the top 10 busiest shopping days in the United States. Outside of North America, Buy Nothing Day is celebrated on the following Saturday. Despite controversies, Adbusters managed to advertise Buy Nothing Day on CNN, but many other major television networks declined to air their ads. Soon, campaigns started appearing in United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, and Norway. Participation now includes more than 65 nations.

While critics of the day charge that Buy Nothing Day simply causes participants to buy the next day, Adbusters states that it "isn't just about changing your habits for one day" but "about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste.

For detail, see: http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/index.php

November 24:

It is Holodomor Remembrance Day in Ukraine (2007).

The Ukrainian famine (1932-1933), or Holodomor (Ukrainian: Голодомор), was one of the largest national catastrophes of the Ukrainian nation in modern history with direct loss of human life in the range of millions (estimates vary). While the famine in Ukraine was part of a wider famine that also affected some other regions of the USSR such as Kazakhstan and the Volga German Republic,  the name Holodomor is specifically applied to the events that took place in territories populated by ethnic Ukrainians.

Most modern historians agree that the famine was caused by the policies of the government of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, rather than by natural causes. The Holodomor is oftentimes referred to as genocide, implying that the famine was engineered by the Soviet leadership, specifically targeting the Ukrainian people to destroy the Ukrainian nation as a political factor and social entity. However, some scholars note that natural causes (weather and inadequate harvest) could also have contributed to the famine.

While historians continue to disagree whether the policies which led to the famine fall under the legal definition of genocide, the parliament of Ukraine and the governments of 26 other countries recognized the famine to be such.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

November, 25th

In Bosnia and Herzegovina they celebrate  National Day (1943)
Besides, this day is fot two international occasions: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and International Men's Day in Canada.

November, 30th

In Scotland they celebrate St Andrew's Day. It is the national day of Scotland, and as of 2007, a bank holiday

In Barbados it is  Independence Day (from Britain, 1966)

in the Philippines it is Andres Bonifacio Day

Finally, it is Cities for Life Day; 300 cities around the world declare their opposition to the death penalty

Scotland

2007 Celebrations
Edinburgh- 'Jig in the Gardens'. A weekend of events from 30 November - 2 December in West Princes St Gardens, kicking off with a night of musical entertainment and ceilidh-dancing.
Glasgow- 'Shindig in the Square' at George Square with a ceilidh and traditional live musicians.
In addition, Embassies around the world are planning to celebrate St Andrew's Day with a variety of Scottish themed events.

Bank Holiday
In 2006, the Scottish Parliament passed the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, which designated the Day as an official bank holiday. If November 30 falls on a weekend, the next Monday is a bank holiday instead.

The notion that the Day should be an official bank holiday was first proposed by Dennis Canavan, Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk West in 2003. However, the Bill he introduced to the Parliament was initially rejected as the Executive did not support it. A compromise deal was reached whereby the holiday would not be an additional entitlement. Then First Minister, Jack McConnell, stated that he believed that employers and employees should mark the day with a holiday, but that this should be as a substitute for an existing local holiday, rather than an additional one.

Although it is a bank holiday, banks are not required to close and employers are not required to give their employees the Day as a holiday.