December 2023 Monthly Holidays
Aids Awareness Month
Link
Bingo's Birthday Month
Buckwheat Month
LinkCar Donation Month
Link
Give The Gift of Sight Month
Honor Your Pharmacist Month
International
Sharps Injury Prevention Month
Link
National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired
Driving Prevention Month
National Pear Month
Link
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
Link
Worldwide
Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month
Link
December 2023 Weekly Holidays
*Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7
Link*Clerc-Gallaudet
Week: 3-10
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 3-9
Link (First Week)
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week: 3-9 (First Full Week)
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: 4-8
Link (First M-F Week)
*Andisop
(Meterological Fiddling): 4-24 (3 weeks before Christmas)
LinkComputer Science Education Week: 4-10
Link( Always week with 12/9. Birthday
of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)
Chanukah: 7-15
*Human Rights Week:
10-17
*Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5
Link (Always every year)
*Halcyon Days: 14-28 (Always 7 days before
and 7 days after the Winter Solstice)
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over:
15 - 1/1/24
Link (Christmas Holiday)
*Posadas: 16-24
Gluten-free Baking Week:
17-24
Link (Week
Before Christmas)
*Saturnalia: 17-23
Cookie Exchange Week: 18-22 (First
M-F Week Before Christmas)
*It's About Time Week: 25-31
*Kwanzaa:
26-1/1
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)
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 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
*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
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
*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
*UNICEF Birthday: 11
*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
*Day Of The Horse: 13
*National Guard Birthday: 13
Link
*Pick A Pathologist Pal Day: 13 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)
National Wreaths Across America Day: 16 (2nd Saturday of full week)
Link
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
*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
Link
*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) Link
*Celebrate
Short Fiction Day: 21 (Always on Winter Solstice)
*Crossword Puzzle Day:
21
*Forefathers Day: 21
*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
Link
*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
*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