Rules for Use:
All our holidays are validated with sponsors, organizations, proclamations, history; or, we validate the source or origin for an observance to prove it's not made up.
Although we have holidays for most days, there are a few that are blank. I realize social media spouts these daily. I'm sure you know that some are just made up and fake. Maybe they're fun, but, Beware!
Also, some observances that are validated through website links, can't be updated until their websites update their information.
I do not do ads. I do not try to make money from keeping these listings. I do not respect other holiday sites that steal my information and put it on a site wanting to make money from ads or charging to even validate a holiday.
I'll add a holiday observance for free if it's coming from a valid source and not obscene, hateful, etc.
All of my holiday and observances lists as a whole group are not "fair use" information. (Individual holidays are owned by their sponsors.) They are copyrighted via this domain and are not to be taken and put on another website, blog, or made into a downloadable application, etc..
-- Doing so is a violation of the DMCA. --
Link to my holiday pages or, use them for personal, off-line use for clubs, newsletters, homemade calendars, etc.
You're invited to share these holidays on Twitter, etc. Just tell folks where you got them.
All I have is word-of-mouth since I do not do ads.
December 2022 Monthly Holidays
Aids Awareness Month
LinkBingo's Birthday Month
Buckwheat Month
LinkCar Donation Month
Link
Give The Gift of Sight Month
Honor Your Pharmacist Month
National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D)
Prevention Month
National Impaired Driving
Prevention Month
National Pear Month
LinkNational 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}
Universal Human Rights Month
Link
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters on The Air Month
Link
December 2022 Weekly Holidays
*Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7
Link
*Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 4-10
Link (First Week)
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week: 4-10
(First Full Week)
*Andisop (Meterological Fiddling): 5-24
(3 weeks before Christmas)
Link
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: 5-9
Link (First Week)
Computer Science Education Week: 5-11
Link
( Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral Grace Murray
Hopper.)*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)
*Posadas: 16-24
*Saturnalia: 17-23
Chanukah: 18-26
Gluten-free Baking Week: 18-24
Link
(Week Before Christmas)
Cookie Exchange Week: 19-23
(First M-F Week Before Christmas)*It's About Time
Week: 25-31
*Kwanzaa: 26-1/1
December 2022 Daily Holidays
*Antartica Day: 1
*Basketball Day: 1
*Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day: 1
*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
*Playboy Day: 1
*Rosa Parks Day: 1
*World Aids Day: 1 Link
Bartender Appreciation Day: 2
Link
Link (First
Friday)
Note: Feb. 24 is World Bartender Day.
Faux Fur Friday:
2 (First
Friday)
*International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day: 2
*National Mutt Day: 2
Link
(Also July 31 every year)
National Salesperson Day: 2 (First
Friday)
*Safety Razor Day: 2
*Special Education Day: 2
*Be A Blessing Day: 3
Bike Shop Day: 3 (First Saturday)
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day: 3
Link
(First Saturday)
*E-Discovery Day: 3
*International
Baboon Day: 3
*International Day of Persons With Disabilities: 3
National Play Outside Day: 3 Link
(First Saturday)
National Rhubarb Vodka Day: 3
Link
(First Saturday)
Skywarn Recognition Day: 3
Link
(First Saturday)
World Pear Day: 3
Link
(First Saturday)
*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
*Bathtub Party Day: 5
*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
*Miners' Day: 6
*Mitten Tree Day: 6
Link
*National Pawnbrokers Day: 6
*St. Nicholas Day: 6
World Trick Shot Day: 6 (First Tuesday)
*International Civil Aviation Day: 7
*National Cotton Candy Day: 7
Link
*National Fire Safety Council Day: 7
*National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: 7
Special Kids Day: 7 Link
(First Wednesday)
*AFL-CIO Day: 8
*Bodhi Day: 8
Link
[Traditional] (See
also Jan. 20)
*National Day of Lard: 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.)
*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
Official Lost & Found Day: 9 (2nd
Friday)
*Weary
Willie Day: 9
Link
*Dewey Decimal System Day: 10
Gingerbread Decorating Day:
10 (2nd
Saturday)
Gingerbread House Day: 10 (Second
Saturday)
*Human
Rights Day: 10
Link
*International Animal Rights Day: 10
Link
International Shareware
Day: 10 (2nd
Saturday)
*Jane Addams Day: 10
*Nobel Prize Day: 10
*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
Worldwide Candle
Lighting Day (The Compassionate Friends): 11
Link
(The
2nd Sunday)
World Choral Day: 11
Link
(Always
2nd Sunday)
Green Monday: 12
Link
(2nd Monday)
*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
*Monkey Day: 14
Link
*Yoga Day: 14
Link
*Bill
of Rights Day: 15
*Cat
Herders Day: 15
Link
Free Shipping Day: 15 Link
(3rd Thursday at Participating
Retailers)
*National Cupcake Day: 15
*National Wear Your
Pearls Day: 15
National Re-gifting Day:
15 (3d Thursday)
Link
*Zamenhof Day (Esperato Literature Day): 15
Link
*Barbie
and Barney Backlash Day: 16
*National
Chocolate-covered Anything Day: 16 Link
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: 16
Link
(3rd Friday)
Underdog Day: 16 (3rd
Friday)
*Zionism Day: 16
*A Christmas
Carol Day (Story): 17
*Clean Air Day:
17
National Wreaths Across America Day:
17 (2nd
Saturday of full week)
Link
*Wright Brothers Day: 17
*Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day: 18
Link
*Arabic Language Day: 18
Link
Chanukah: 18-26
*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 Link
(Always on Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice)
*Humbug Day: 21
*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)
*World Peace Day/Winter Solstice: 21
Winter (Winter Solstice): 21
4:48 pm EST
*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
*Tick
Tock Day: 29
*YMCA Day: 29
(Organization not
The Song)
*Bacon Day: 30 Link
Link
*Falling
Needles Family Fest Day: 30
No
Interruptions Day: 30 (Last
Business Day of The Year)
*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
