December 2020

Here’s the list of monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations for this month. Watch for a list of birthdays soon.

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.

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Which of these days will you celebrate?

DECEMBER NATIONAL MONTHS

National Car Donation Month

National Pear Month

Bingo’s Birthday Month

National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month

National Human Rights Month

National Tie Month

National Write A Business Plan Month

Operation Santa Paws (1-24)

Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

Spiritual Literacy Month

Worldwide Food Service Safety Month

National Weeks in December

National Pet Suffocation Awareness Week (Week After Thanksgiving)

National Cookie Cutter Week (First Week)

National Influenza Week – (First Full Week)

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 5

Kwanzaa: December 26 – January 1

National Days in December

December 1

 Eat a Red Apple Day

World Aids Awareness Day

National Pie Day

Day With(out) Art Day

Rosa Parks Day

December 2

National Fritters Day

National Mutt Day

Special Education Day 

 National Fritters Day

December 3

 National Roof over Your Head Day

December 4

National Cookie Day

National Dice Day

National Sock Day

 Santa’s’ List Day – we hope you are on the “Nice” list

 Wear Brown Shoes Day

December 5

 Bathtub Party Day

 Repeal Day – The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition.

International Ninja Day

December 6

National Pawnbrokers Day

National Microwave Oven Day

National Gazpacho Day

St. Nicholas Day

Miners’ Day

Mitten Tree Day

Put on your own Shoes Day

December 7

International Civil Aviation Day

Letter Writing Day

National Cotton Candy Day 

Pearl Harbor Day

National Illinois Day

December 8

National Brownie Day

Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day

December 9

Christmas Card Day

National Pastry Day

December 10

Dewey Decimal System Day

Human Rights Day

Nobel Prize Day

Chanukah Begins – Changes Annually (December 10, 2020)

December 11

National Noodle Ring Day

National App Day

National Salesperson Day – Second Friday in December

December 12

National Ding-a-Ling Day

Gingerbread House Day

Poinsettia Day

 December 13

Ice Cream Day

International Children’s Day – Second Sunday in December

Violin Day

National Cocoa Day

National Day Of The Horse  (Senate Res. 452)

National Guard Birthday

December 14

National Alabama Day

Monkey Day

Roast Chestnuts Day

December 15

Bill of Rights Day

National Lemon Cupcake Day

National Cupcake Day

Bill of Rights Day

Cat Herders Day

National Wear Your Pearls Day

December 16

National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

Barbie and Barney Backlash Day

December 17

National Maple Syrup Day

Wright Brothers Day

National Re-Gifting Day – Thursday before Christmas

December 18

Bake Cookies Day

National Roast Suckling Pig Day

National Twin Day

Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day

National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day – Third Friday in December

Underdog Day– Third Friday in December

December 19

National Hard Candy Day

Look for an Evergreen Day

Oatmeal Muffin Day

December 20

National Wreaths Across America Day – Changes Annually – December 20, 2020

Go Caroling Day

December 21

Crossword Puzzle Day

Forefather’s Day

Humbug Day

Look on the Bright Side Day

National Flashlight Day

Winter Solstice 

National Maine Day

National Flashlight Day – Day of Winter Solstice

National French Fried Shrimp Day

National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day – First Day of Winter

Yule – Day of Winter Solstice

December 22 

National Date Nut Bread Day 

December 23

National Pfeffernusse Day

National Roots Day

December 24

National Chocolate Day

National Egg Nog Day

Christmas Eve

December 25

National Pumpkin Pie Day

A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day

Christmas

 December 26

National Candy Cane Day

National Thank-you Note Day

December 27

National Fruitcake Day

Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day

National Fruitcake Day

December 28

Card Playing Day

National Short Film Day

National Chocolate Candy Day

Pledge of Allegiance Day

December 29

National Hero Day

National Pepper Pot Day

December 30

Bacon Day

 National Bicarbonate of Soda Day

Falling Needles Family Fest Day

December 31

No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year

Make Up Your Mind Day

Unlucky Day

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