{"id":1114,"date":"2012-10-01T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T21:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/10\/01\/october-calendar\/"},"modified":"2012-10-01T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T21:07:08","slug":"october-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/fcw\/2012\/10\/01\/october-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"October Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>October 8- Columbus Day<\/strong> &#8211; Today commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the \u201cNew World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 24 \u2013 Game One of the Baseball World Series<\/strong> \u2013 In baseball the World Series is the championship games of Major League Baseball in <a title=\"North America\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_America\">North America<\/a>, played in <a title=\"October\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October\">October<\/a> after the end of the regular season between the pennant winners of the American and\u00a0 <a title=\"National League\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_League\">National League<\/a>s. The Series winner is determined through a <a title=\"Best-of-seven playoff\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Best-of-seven_playoff\">best-of-seven playoff<\/a>, meaning that the first team to win four games wins the series. The World Series has been an annual event since 1903.\u00a0 It is played at the baseball stadiums of the two teams in the series.\u00a0 Baseball is so popular that it is sometimes called the \u201cnational pastime.\u201d The word &#8220;ballgame&#8221; in the United States almost always refers to a game of baseball, and &#8220;ballpark&#8221; to a <a title=\"Baseball field\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball_field\">baseball field<\/a>.\u00a0 The rules of baseball can be found here <a href=\"http:\/\/aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/life_in_the_us\/baseball.asp\">http:\/\/aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/life_in_the_us\/baseball.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 24<\/strong><strong> \u2013 United Nations Day<\/strong> \u2013 This is the anniversary of the creation of the United Nations in 1947, committed peace and development, based on the principles of justice, human dignity and the well-being of all people. Teach your children something about your country today \u2013 a song, a story, game, a new food or a national tradition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 31-Halloween<\/strong> This is the day children dress up in costumes and, in many communities, go door-to-door to ask for candy. 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