December Holidays and Activities

Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for December. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links.

1	Aids Awareness Day Scrabble game trademarked (1948)
2	Pie Day Eat a Red Apple Day
3	Day of the Disabled Person (International) Roof-Over-Your-Head Day Fritter's Day
4	Santa's List Day Cookie Day Wear Brown Shoes Day
5	Volunteer Day (International) Animator Walt Disney's Birthday (1901) Bathtub Party Day
6	St. Nicholas Day Put on Your Own Shoes Day
7	Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Letter Writing Day Cotton Candy Day
8	Brownie Day Winter Flowers Day
9	Pastry Day Ball-bearing roller skates patented (1884) First Christmas Seals issued (1907) Wrigley’s gum trademarked (1924)
10	Human Rights Day – Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1948) Nobel Peace Prize Awarded Poet Emily Dickinson's Birthday (1830) Dewey Decimal Day
11	UNICEF established (1946)
12	Poinsettia Day Ding-a-Ling Day
13	Cocoa Day
14	South Pole discovered (1911) First miniature golf course opened (1929)
15	Bill of Rights adopted (1791) Underdog Day Lemon Cupcake Day
16	Boston Tea Party (1773) Los Posada (Christmas tradition in Mexico) Classical musician Ludwig van Beethoven's Birthday (1770) Chocolate Covered Anything Day Maple Syrup Day
17	Wright Brother's first flight (1903)
18	Bake Cookies Day Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
19	Look for an Evergreen Day Go Carolling Day Oatmeal Muffin Day
20	Play a Game Day
21	First Day of Winter/Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) Humbug Day Look at the Bright Side Day Flashlight Day
22	Forefather's Day (pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock - 1620) First Christmas lights for sale (1882) Date Nut Bread Day
23	Roots Day Economists Day
24	Christmas Eve Egg Nog Day
25	Christmas Pumpkin Pie Day
26	Kwanzaa Begins Boxing Day (celebrated in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) Whiners Day
27	Visit the Zoo Day Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day Recyclable Packaging Day Candy Cane Day Fruitcake Day Awful Tie Day
28	Chewing Gum patented (1869) Eat Vegetarian Day Play Cards Day
29	Bowling ball invented (1862)
30	Bicarbonate of Soda Day
31	New Year's Eve Make Up Your Mind Day Unlucky Day

Floating Holidays: Jewish holiday Chanukah begins at sundown on 12/15/06, 12/4/07, 12/21/08 Specialty Weeks: 1st week: Christmas Tree Week Cookie Cutter Week Tolerance Week 2nd week: Hand Washing Awareness Week Human Rights Week 3rd week: International Language Week Tell Someone They're Doing a Good Job Week 4th week: "It's About Time!" Week Specialty Months: Art and Architecture Month Bingo Month Closed Caption TV Month Hello Neighbor Month Stress Free Family Holiday Month Safe Toy and Gift Month Universal Human Rights Month Write a Friend Month

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November Holidays and Activities

Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for November. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links.

1	All Saint's Day (Mexico) World Community Day Electric Lightbulb patented by Thomas Edison (1879) Author's Day Family Literacy Day
2	Kermit the Frog, the first of the Muppets, trademarked (1955) Sesame Street's Cookie Monster's Birthday Frontersman Daniel Boone's Birthday (1734) Look-for-Circles Day Deviled Egg Day
3	Sandwich Day Give-Someone-a-Dollar-Today Day
4	Candy Day Sadie Hawkins Day Cash register patented (1880)
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6	Saxophone Day Basketball Day Marching Band Day I-Love-Nachos Day Marooned-without-a-Compass Day
7	Magazine Day Hug a Bear Day Cook Something Bold Day
8	Parents As Teachers Day Dunce Day X-Ray Day (X-ray discovered in 1895)
9	Parade Day Go-to-an-Art-Museum Day Chaos Never Dies Day
10	Forget-Me-Not Day Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (1885) Sesame Street debuted on public television (1969) Trivial Pursuit game trademarked (1981)
11	Veteran's Day Remembrance Day (Canada) Air Day Nabisco trademarked (1901)
12	Batman trademarked (1940) Pizza-with-the-Works-Except-Anchovies Day
13	World Kindness Day Moms and Dads Day Community Education Day Actor's Day
14	Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
15	America Recycles Day Philanthropy Day Pack Your Mom Lunch Day Clean-Out-Your-Refrigerator Day
16	Button Day Have a Party with Your Bear Day Fast Food Day
17	Take a Hike Day Homemade Bread Day
18	Debut of animated character Mickey Mouse in animated short Steamboat Willie (1928) Teddy Bear Birthday (1902) Elmer’s glue trademarked (1952)
19	Gettysburg Address delivered by President Lincoln (1863) Have-a-Bad-Day Day Play Monopoly Day Birth of the Pop Tart (1965)
20	Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910) Children's Day Future Teachers of America Day Absurdity Day Beautiful Day Peanut Butter Fudge Day Early version of the stoplight patented (1923)
21	World Hello Day False Confession Day
22	Stop the Violence Day Start-Your-Own-Country Day Go-for-a-Ride Day
23	You're Welcome Day Cashew Day First use of color photos (1863)
24	Whart Do-You-Love-about-America Day Birth of softball (1887)
25	Parfait Day
26	First Official Thanksgiving Day (1789) Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz's birthday (1922) Shopping Reminder Day
27	Pins and Needles Day Pie-in-the-Face Day
28	Author Mark Twain's Birthday (1835) French Toast Day Red Planet Day
29	King Tut's tomb opened (1922) Newspaper Day Square Dance Day
30	Stay-at-Home-Because-You're-Well Day Mousse Day

Floating Holidays: Book Lover's Day (1st Saturday) Drum, Dance & Pray for Peace Day (1st Saturday) Election Day (1st Tuesday after 1st Monday) Great American Smokeout (3rd Tuesday) Family Volunteer Day (Saturday before Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday) Buy Nothing Day (day after Thanksgiving) Specialty Weeks: 1st week: Card and Letter Writing Week Chemistry Week Health Information Week Kids Goals Education Week Pursuit of Happiness Week World Communication Week 2nd week: American Education Week Farm Week Random-Acts-of-Kindness Week 3rd week: Children's Book Week 4th week: Adoption Week (week of Thanksgiving) Family Caregivers Week (week of Thanksgiving) Game and Puzzle Week Specialty Months: Adoption Awareness Month American Indian Heritage Month Aviation History Month Child Safety and Protection Month Creative Child and Adult Month Diabetes Awareness Month Drum Month (International) Epilepsy Month Family Caregiver Month Family Literacy Month Family Stories Month Good Nutrition Month Hunger Awareness Month I-Am-So-Thankful Month Jewelry Month Latin American Month Model Railroad Month Peanut Butter Lovers Month Pepper Month Red Ribbon Month Sleep Comfort Month

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