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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