December 2026 Monthly Holidays
Adopt A Turkey Month
Link
Link (October
thru December)
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
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 2026 Weekly Holidays
*Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7
Link*Clerc-Gallaudet
Week: 3-10
Chanukah: 4-12
*Andisop
(Meterological Fiddling): 4-24 (Three weeks before Christmas)
Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 6-12
Link (First Full Week)
( Always week with 12/9. Birthday
of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)
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:
11-1/1/26
Link (Christmas Holiday)
Gluten-free Baking Week: 13-19 (Week
Before Christmas)
*Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5/27
Link (Always every year)
Computer Science Education Week: 14-20
Link
(Starts on Second Monday)
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
Giving Tuesday: 1
Link
(The day after Cyber Monday)
*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
Link
Link
Link
(First Friday) [Note: Feb. 24 is World Bartender Day)
Chanukah: 4-12
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
Photo
Photo
*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 (First Saturday)
*World Soil Day:
5 Link
*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.)
*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
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
*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
National Wreaths Across America Day: 12 (Second Saturday of Full Week)
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
Link
*Bill of Rights Day: 15
*Cat Herders Day: 15
Link
Link
*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
*Clean Air Day: 17
National
Re-gifting Day: 17 (Third Thursday)
Link
*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
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
Peeps
Days: 26-27? Link
*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)
*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
No Interruptions Day: 31 (Last Business Day of The Year)
*Universal Hour of Peace Day: 31
*Watch Night: 31
*World Healing
Day: 31 Link
Note: Different than one on April 29.
*World Peace Meditation Day: 31
