December 2026 Monthly Holidays
Adopt A Turkey Month
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Link (October thru December)
Bingo's Birthday Month
Buckwheat Month
LinkCar Donation Month
Give The Gift of Sight Month
Honor Your Pharmacist Month
International
Sharps Injury Prevention Month
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National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired
Driving Prevention Month
National Pear Month
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation
Santa Paws (1-17)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/18 - 2/12)
{Always ends on Super Bowl Sunday}
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Month
LinkUniversal
Human Rights Month
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Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month
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December 2026 Weekly Holidays
*Andisop (Meterological
Fiddling): 4-24 (Three weeks before Christmas)
Link*Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7
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Minimally Invasive Surgery Week: 2-5
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*Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10
Chanukah: 4-12
Computer Science Education
Week: 6-12
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( Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral
Grace Murray Hopper.)
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 6-12
Link (First Full Week)
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week:
6-12 (First Full Week)
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: 7-11
Link (First M-F Week)
*Human Rights Week: 10-17
*Drive Sober
or Get Pulled Over: 11-1/1/27
Link (Christmas Holiday)
Gluten-free Baking Week: 13-19 (Week
Before Christmas)
*Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5/27
Link (Always every year)
Cookie Exchange Week: 14-18 (First M-F
Week Before Christmas)
*Halcyon Days: 14-28 (Always 7 days before and 7
days after the Winter Solstice)
*Posadas: 16-24
*Saturnalia: 17-23
*It's About Time Week: 25-31
*Kwanzaa: 26-1/
December 2026 Daily Holidays
*Antarctica Day: 1
*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)
*Day With(out) Art Day: 1
*International Maratheftiko Day: 1
Link
Meteorlogical Winter: 1
(Temperature)
*Playboy Day: 1
*Rosa Parks Day: 1
*World Aids Day: 1
Link
World Trick Shot Day: 1 (First Tuesday)
*International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day: 2
*National Mutt Day: 2
Link
(Also July 31 every year)
National Package Protection Day: 2 Link
(Following Wednesday after Thanksgiving)
Rockefeller Christmas Tree
Lighting: 2 (First Wednesday after Thanksgiving)
Special Kids Day: 2
Link (First Wednesday)
*Safety Razor Day: 2
*Special Education Day: 2
*World Day of Futures:
2
*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
Bartender Appreciation Day: 4
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(First Friday) [Note: Feb. 24 is World Bartender Day)
Faux Fur
Friday: 4 (First Friday)
*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 Salesperson Day: 4 (First Friday)
*National Sock Day: 4
Link
*World Wildlife Conservation Day: 4
Link
*AFL-CIO Day: 5
Link (1955)
*Bathtub Party Day: 5
Link
Bike Shop Day: 5 (First
Saturday)
*Columbian International Day of The Reef: 5
Link
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day: 5
Link (First
Saturday)
*International Ninja Day: 5
Link
*International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development: 5
*Krampusnacht: 5
Link
National Play
Outside Day: 5 Link (First
Saturday)
*National Repeal Day: 5 Link
*Sachertorte Day: 5
Link
Skywarn
Recognition Day: 5 Link
(First Saturday)
World Pear Day: 5
Link
Link (First Saturday)
*World Soil Day: 5
Link
*International Day To End Femicide: 6
Link
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*Miners' Day: 6
*Mitten Tree Day: 6
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*National Pawnbrokers Day: 6
*National Pfeffernusse Day: 6
Link (Always on St.
Nicholas Day not on December 23rd.)
*St. Nicholas Day: 6
*International Civil Aviation Day: 7
*National Cotton Candy Day: 7
*National Fire Safety Council Day: 7
*National Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Day: 7
*National Slime Day: 7
Bodhi Day: 8 Link
*AFL-CIO
Day: 8
Link (1886)
*National Crossword Solvers Day: 8
*National Lard Day:
8
*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.)
*Birdseye Frozen Food Day: 9
*Cremation Day: 9
*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
*Weary Willie Day: 9
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*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
*World Aszu' Day: 10
Link
*International Mountain Day: 11
*Kaleidoscope Day: 11
*Magnum
P.I. Day: 11
*National App Day: 11 Cancelled. (Now last week
in Sept.)
*National Sobriety Day: 11
Cancelled. (Now Sept. 14)
*National Stretching Day: 11
Link
Official Lost & Found
Day: 11 (Second Friday)
*UNICEF Birthday: 11
Gingerbread Decorating Day: 12 (Second Saturday)
Gingerbread House
Day: 12 (Second Saturday)
*International Day of Neutrality: 12
International Shareware Day: 12 (Second Saturday)
*International
Universal Health Coverage Day: 12
*Motel Day: 12
*National 12-hour
Fresh Breath Day: 12
National Day of The Horse: 12 (Second Saturday)
*National Ding-a-Ling Day: 12
Link
*National Cocoa Day: 12 Link
*National Lost Day: 12
Link
*International Day of Heavy Metal Music: 12
Link (Note: US Metal Day is on November 11.)
*Our Lady of
Guadelupe: 12
Link
*Poinsettia Day: 12 Link
*Gingerbread Man Day: 13
*National Guard Birthday: 13
Link
*Pick A Pathologist Pal Day: 13
Link
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day
(The Compassionate Friends): 13
Link (The Second
Sunday)
World Choral Day: 13 Link
(Always Second Sunday)
Green Monday: 14
Link
(Second Monday)
*Martyred Intellectuals Day: 14
Link
*Monkey Day: 14
Link
*U.S. Park
Police Day: 14
*Yoga Day: 14
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*Bill of Rights Day: 15
*Cat Herders Day: 15
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*National Cupcake Day: 15
*National Wear Your Pearls Day: 15
*Zamenhof Day (Esperato Literature
Day): 15
Link
*Barbie and Barney Backlash Day: 16
Link
*National Chocolate-covered Anything Day: 16 Link
*Pinot Meunier Day: 16
Link
*Posadas: 16-24
*Zionism Day: 16
*A Christmas Carol Day (Story): 17
Link
(Lots of movie versions. This one
is considered the best and was released on this date in 1984. I think you're
supposed to choose a movie version you like and watch it on this date?)
*Clean Air Day: 17
National Re-gifting Day: 17 (Third Thursday)
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*National Say It Now 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
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: 18
Link (Third Friday)
Underdog Day: 18 (Third Friday)
*Look For An Evergreen Day: 19
Link
*National Emo Day: 19
Link
National Wreaths Across America Day: 19 (Second Saturday of Full Week)
Link
Asarah B'Tevet: 20
*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
*Phileas Fogg Win A Wager Day: 21
*Short Girl Appreciation Day: 21
(Shortest day of the year)
*Shorts Day: 21 (On Winter Solstice) (aka
Shake and Freeze Day)
*World Basketball Day: 21
Link
*World Meditation Day: 21
*World Peace Day/Winter Solstice: 21
Winter (Winter Solstice): 21 9:50 pm EST
*Yalda: 21
*Yule: 21
*Be A Lover of Silence Day: 22
*Forefathers Day: 22
Link
*Christmas Adam: 23
Link
*Family
Roots Day: 23
Link
*Festivus: 23
*Human Light Celebration: 23
*Metric Conversion Day: 23
*Bald Eagle Day: 24 (Official Bird of US)
*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
*Short Film Day: 28
Link
*Tick Tock Day: 29 Link
*YMCA
Day: 29 (Organization not The Song)
*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
No Interruptions Day: 31 (Last Business Day of The Year)
*Universal Hour
of Peace Day: 31
*Watch Night: 31
*World Peace Meditation Day: 31
