December 2023 Holidays
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December 2023  Monthly Holidays

December 2023 Weekly Holidays

December 2023 Daily Holidays

*Antarctica Day: 1
Bartender Appreciation Day: 1 Link  Link (First  Friday)  Note: Feb. 24 is World Bartender Day.
*Basketball Day: 1
*Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day: 1 Link
*Civil Air Patrol Day: 1
*Clark Kent's Birthday (Superman): 1  Link (Note: Also June 18 in another Comic)
Data Innovation Day: 1-2 Link
*Day With(out) Art Day: 1
Faux Fur Friday: 1 (First Friday)
*International Maratheftiko Day: 1 Link
Meteorlogical Winter: 1 (Temperature)
National Salesperson Day: 1 (First Friday)
*Playboy Day: 1
*Rosa Parks Day: 1
*World Aids Day: 1  Link

Bike Shop Day: 2 (First Saturday)
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day: 2 Link  (First  Saturday)
*International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day: 2
*National Mutt Day: 2 Link  (Also July 31 every year)
National Play Outside Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)
*Safety Razor Day: 2
Skywarn Recognition Day: 2 Link  (First  Saturday)
*Special Education Day: 2
World Pear Day: 2 Link (First Saturday)

 
*Be A Blessing Day: 3
*E-Discovery Day: 3
*International Baboon Day: 3 
*International Day of Persons With Disabilities: 3

*Alpha Phi Alpha Day: 4
*International Cabernet Franc Day: 4 Link
*International Cheetah Day: 4 Link
*International Day of Banks: 4
*National Cookie Day: 4 Link
*National Dice Day: 4
*National Dystychiphobia Awareness Day: 4  Link
*National Sock Day: 4  Link
*World Wildlife Conservation Day: 4 Link

*AFL-CIO Day: 5 Link (1955)
*Bathtub Party Day: 5 Link
*Columbian International Day of The Reef: 5  Link
*International Ninja Day: 5 Link  Photo Photo
*International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development: 5
*Krampusnacht: 5 Link
*National Repeal Day: 5 Link
*Sachertorte Day: 5 Link
*World Soil Day: 5 Link
World Trick Shot Day: 5 (First Tuesday)

*International Day To End Femicide: 6 Link
*Miners' Day: 6
*Mitten Tree Day: 6  Link
*National Pawnbrokers Day: 6
*National Pfeffernusse Day: 6 Link (Always on St. Nicholas Day not on December 23rd.)
Special Kids Day: 6 Link  (First Wednesday)
*St. Nicholas Day: 6

Chanukah: 7-15
*International Civil Aviation Day: 7
*National Cotton Candy Day: 7 Link
*National Fire Safety Council Day: 7
*National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: 7

*AFL-CIO Day: 8 Link (1886)
*Bodhi Day: 8  Link [Traditional] (See also Jan. 20)
*National Day of Lard: 8
Official Lost & Found Day: 8  (2nd Friday)
*Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day: 8
*Toilet Paper Appreciation Day: 8  Link  (Note: December 8, 1857 was when it was first sold in the US by Joseph C. Gayetty. The other observance is on August 26 when Scott first sold toilet paper on a roll on August 26, 1871 fourteen years later as Toilet Paper Day.)

*Cremation Day: 9
Gingerbread Decorating Day: 9  (2nd Saturday)
Gingerbread House Day: 9 (Second Saturday)
*International Anti-corruption Day: 9
*International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of The Victims of The Crime of Genocide and The Prevention of This Crime: 9
International Shareware Day: 9  (2nd Saturday)
National Day of The Horse: 9 (2nd Saturday)
*Weary Willie Day: 9  Link
*World Techno Day: 9 Link

*Dewey Decimal System Day: 10
*Human Rights Day: 10  Link
*International Animal Rights Day: 10  Link
*International Traffic Light Day: 10  Link  (Note: Non-electric signal. National Electric Traffic Light Day is August 5)
*Jane Addams Day: 10
*Nobel Prize Day: 10
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (The Compassionate Friends): 10 Link (The 2nd Sunday)
World Choral Day: 10  Link  (Always 2nd Sunday)

Green Monday: 11 Link (2nd Monday)
*International Mountain Day: 11
*Kaleidoscope Day: 11
*Magnum P.I. Day: 11
*National App Day: 11  Link
*National Sobriety Day: 11 Link
*National Stretching Day: 11 Link
*UNICEF Birthday: 11

*Gingerbread House Day: 12
*International Day of Heavy Metal Music: 12 Link  (Note: US Metal Day is on November 11.)
*International Day of Neutrality: 12
*International Universal Health Coverage Day: 12
*National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day: 12
*National Ding-a-Ling Day: 12 Link
*National Cocoa Day: 12  Link
*National Lost Day: 12 Link
*Our Lady of Guadelupe: 12 Link
*Poinsettia Day: 12 Link

*Day Of The Horse: 13
*Gingerbread Man Day: 13
*National Guard Birthday: 13 Link
*Pick A Pathologist Pal Day: 13 Link

*Martyred Intellectuals Day: 14 Link
*Monkey Day: 14 Link
*U.S. Park Police Day: 14
*Yoga Day:  14 Link

*Bill of Rights Day: 15
*Cat Herders Day: 15  Link  Link
*National Cupcake Day: 15 
*National Wear Your Pearls Day: 15
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: 15 Link (3rd Friday)
Underdog Day: 15  (3rd Friday)
*Zamenhof Day (Esperato Literature Day): 15 Link

*Barbie and Barney Backlash Day: 16 Link
*National Chocolate-covered Anything Day: 16  Link
National Wreaths Across America Day: 16  (2nd Saturday of full week)  Link
*Pinot Meunier Day: 16 Link
*Posadas: 16-24
*Zionism Day: 16

*A Christmas Carol Day (Story): 17
*Clean Air Day: 17
*Wright Brothers Day: 17

*Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day: 18
*Arabic Language Day: 18 Link
*Give A Wine Club Day: 18  Link
*International Migrants Day: 18

[I have no holidays for Dec. 19th this year.]


*Games Day: 20 Link
*International Human Solidarity Day: 20
*Mudd Day: 20
*National Sangria Day: 20 
*Poet Laureat Day: 20

*Ann & Samantha Day: 21 (Summer & Winter Solstices. Also June  20)  
*Celebrate Short Fiction Day: 21 (Always on Winter Solstice)
*Crossword Puzzle Day: 21
*Forefathers Day: 21
Go Caroling Day: 21 (on Winter Solstice)
*Global Orgasm Day: 21 (Always on Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice)
*Humbug Day: 21 Link
*International Dalek Remembrance Day: 21 Link
*Make Music Day in Winter: 21  Link  (Note: Also on June 21)
*National Flashlight Day: 21 (Shortest Day of The Year)
*National Homeless Persons' Remembrance Day: 21 Link
National Re-gifting Day: 21 (3d Thursday) Link
*Phileas Fogg Win A Wager Day: 21
*Short Film Day: 21  Link
*Short Girl Appreciation Day: 21 (Shortest day of the year)
*Shorts Day: 21 (On Winter Solstice) (aka Shake and Freeze Day) Link
*World Peace Day/Winter Solstice: 21
Winter (Winter Solstice): 21  10:26 pm EST  (Note: Winter goes from 12/21 to 3/19)
*Yalda: 21
*Yule: 21

*Be A Lover of Silence Day: 22
*Forefathers Day: 22 Link

*Family Roots Day: 23  Link
*Festivus: 23
*Human Light Celebration: 23
*Metric Conversion Day: 23

*Christmas Eve: 24
*Egg Nog Day:24

*A'Phabet Day or No "L" Day : 25
*Christmas: 25
*Christmas Pudding Day: 25 Link (Note: If you eat this on Easter, it's referred to as Plum Pudding Day.)

*Boxing Day: 26 (Canada)
*Kwanzaa: 26-1/1
*National Candy Cane Day: 26  Link
*National Thank-you Note Day: 26
*National Whiner's Day: 26

*Howdy Doody Day: 27
*International Day for Epidemic Preparedness: 27
*Radio City Music Hall Day: 27
*Visit The Zoo Day: 27 Link

*Holy Innocents Day: 28
*Endangered Species Act Day: 28
*National Chocolate Day: 28-29  Link
*Pledge of Allegiance Day: 28

No Interruptions Day: 29  (Last Business Day of The Year)
*Tick Tock Day: 29 Link
*YMCA Day: 29 (Organization not The Song)

*Bacon Day: 30 Link  Link
*Falling Needles Family Fest Day: 30 Link
Peeps Days: 30-31 Link

*First Nights: 31
*Hogmanay: 31 Link
*Leap Second Time Adjustment Day: 31
(Note: This is listed as an observance title only. Some years scientists do not make adjustments. 
But, if they do, then it's done on either June 30 or December 31.)
*Make Up Your Mind Day: 31
*National Champagne Day: 31 (Note: US Champagne Bureau has another observance on Oct. 28)
*New Years Eve: 31
*New Year's Eve Banished Words List: 31
*New Year's Dishonor List: 31
*Universal Hour of Peace Day: 31
*World Healing Day: 31  Link  Note: Different than one on April 29.
*World Peace Meditation Day: 31