October is a great month for so many things, including the start to holiday season and start to a new year.

We love October! We love the warm days and cool nights. We also love that it kicks off a time of year for gathering more with friends and family. These are facts you now know about us, but do you know these interesting facts about October?

October Facts

The name October comes from the Latin “octō”, meaning “eight”, because in the Roman calendar October was the eight month of the year. January and February were added to the beginning of the year after the Julian calendar reform.

The Anglo-Saxons used a term for October meaning “fullness of winter,” because it had the first full moon of the winter season.

According to folklore, if the deer have a gray coat in October, you should expect a hard winter.

The holiday of Halloween, celebrated in October, comes from “All Hallows’ Eve” or the night before “All Hallows” day (All Saints Day). In old English, “hallow” means “to sanctify.”

Famous people born in October include Angela Lansbury, Bill Gates, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Julie Andrews, Hugh Jackman, Alfred Nobel, Anne Rice, Arthur Miller, Auguste Lumière, Friedrich Nietzsche, Christopher Columbus and John Keets.

The birthstones for October are the tourmaline and the opal. Tourmalines display a wide spectrum of colors, such as yellow, pink, blue, red, green, black or brown. Opals exhibit different colors (green, white, yellow, blue, pink etc.) depending on the conditions under which they were created.

The traditional flower of the month of October is the Calendula, symbolizing comfort, healing, protection and grace.

Special holidays in October include Halloween (October 31), Columbus day (October 14), Yom Kippur (Oct. 8 – 9) and International Peace Day (October 2nd).

Why Contact Blue Box Rentals in October?

This is a busy time of year. People love to tackle larger projects around the house or business office. The household projects are usually about getting the place ready for guests or the holidays. The business projects usually have to do with spending extra capital before the upcoming tax season. No matter which, big projects usually lead to big messes.

The pros at Blue Box Rental can help with that part of the project. Just contact us and we’ll deliver a rental dumpster to your home or office. As the project unfolds, just discard the mess in the dumpster. When the project is complete, we haul the dumpster — and the mess — away. It’s that easy.

Contact Us

Just click here to schedule your rental dumpster for October or call us at 301-331-9500 to ask questions.