title: How do I iterate over Django CHOICES in a template - without using a form or model instance
body: <p>I currently use choices to define a list of months and a list of days of the week.</p>
  
  <p>I want to display these lists of choices in my templates without necessarily relating to a specific instance or form.</p>
  
  <p>For instance...</p>
  
  <p>In my models:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MONTH_CHOICES = (
      ('01', 'January'),
      ('02', 'February'),
      ('03', 'March'),
  etc
  
  DAY_CHOICES = (
      ('01', 'Monday'),
      ('02', 'Tuesday'),
      ('03', 'Wednesday'),
  etc
  
  class Item(models.Model):
      month = models.CharField(choices=MONTH_CHOICES)
      day = models.CharField(choices=DAY_CHOICES)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my view:</p>
  
  <pre><code>month_choices = MONTH_CHOICES
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my template:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% for month in month_choices %}
  {{ month }}&lt;br /&gt;
  {% endfor %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The above code outputs:</p>
  
  <pre><code>('01', 'January')
  ('02', 'February')
  ('03', 'March')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I output just the name (or value) of each choice?</p>
  
  <p>Alternatively, is there a better way of recording a month and day of the week for a model - and later grouping/presenting instances using a month and a day?</p>
  
  <p>THANKS! :)</p>