We like to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations. Watch for a list of birthdays in a couple of days.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
Month-long Celebrations
Write a Friend Month
National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (1-24)
Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Week-long Celebrations
National Cookie Cutter Week (First Week)
National Influenza Week – (First Full Week)
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week – (First Full Week)
Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week (December 1-7)
National Hand Washing Awareness Week (First Full Week)
Computer Science Education Week (Begins the Second Monday)
Christmas Bird Count Week: December 14-January 5
Gluten-free Baking Week (Week Before Christmas)
Las Posadas: December 16-24
Twelve Days of Christmas – December 25 – January 6
Kwanzaa: December 26 – January 1
Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days
1 National Eat a Red Apple Day
3 National Roof Over Your Head Day
3 National Day of Giving – #GivingTuesday
4 National Package Protection Day
5 Repeal Day – The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition.
7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
7 International Civil Aviation Day
8 Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
14 Monkey Day
15 International Children’s Day
15 National Cupcake/ Lemon Cupcake Day
15 National Wear Your Pearls Day
16 National Chocolate-covered Anything Day
16 Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
18 National Roast Suckling Pig Day
18 Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
19 National Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 Mudd Day
20 National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
20 Underdog Day
21 National French Fried Shrimp Day
21 Humbug Day
21 National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day
21 Yule
21 Look on the Bright Side Day
25 Christmas
26 National Thank-you Note Day
26 Boxing Day
27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day
28 National Short Film Day *
28 National Chocolate Candy Day
30 National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
30 Falling Needles Family Fest Day
30 Bacon Day
31 No Interruptions Day –
31 Unlucky Day
