💜December

A full list of December holidays and observances in 2024. Remember these important dates, weeks and awareness days.

Daily December holidays and observances in 2024

December 18

• Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day
• Bake Cookies Day
• Flake Appreciation Day
• International Migrants Day
• National Roast Suckling Pig Day
• World Arabic Language Day

December 19

• Look for an Evergreen Day
• National Emo Day
• National Hard Candy Day
• National Heroes and Heroines Day
• National Oatmeal Muffin Day
• National Re-Gifting Day

December 20

• Cathode-Ray Tube Day
• Games Day
• Go Caroling Day
• Mudd Day
• National Sangria Day
• National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
• Sacagawea Day
• Underdog Day

December 21

• Don't Make Your Bed Day
• Gravy Day
• Humbug Day
• International Dalek Remembrance Day
• International Energy Drink Day
• Look On The Bright Side Day
• National Coquito Day
• National Crossword Puzzle Day
• National French Fried Shrimp Day
• National Flashlight Day
• National Homeless Persons' Remembrance Day
• National Short Girl Appreciation Day
• National Short Story Day
• Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day
• Ribbon Candy Day
• Winter Solstice
• World Basketball Day
• World Snowboard Day

December 22

• Forefathers' Day
• Mathematics Day
• National Cookie Exchange Day
• National Date Nut Bread Day
• National Short Person Day
• Mathematics Day
• National Cookie Exchange Day

December 23

• Festivus
• National Christmas Movie Marathon Day
• National Pfeffernusse Day
• National Roots Day

December 24

• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Book Flood
• Last-Minute Shopper's Day
• National Eggnog Day

December 25

• A'Phabet Day or No "L" Day
• Christmas Day
• Hanukkah
• National Pumpkin Pie Day

December 26

• Boxing Day
• Day After Christmas
• Day of Goodwill
• First day of Kwanzaa
• National Candy Cane Day
• National Thank You Note Day
• National Whiners' Day
• Proclamation Day
• St. Stephen's Day

December 27

• Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day
• National Fruitcake Day
• National Leftovers Day
• Visit the Zoo Day

December 28

• Holy Innocents Day
• National Call a Friend Day
• National Card Playing Day
• National Chocolate Candy Day
• National Download Day
• National Short Film Day
• Pledge of Allegiance Day

Sunday, December 29

• Falls Festival
• International Cello Day
• Pepper Pot Day
• Still Need To Do Day
• Tick Tock Day

December 30

• Falling Needles Family Fest Day
• National Bacon Day
• National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
• National Resolution Planning Day

December 31

• Hogmanay
• Make Up Your Mind Day
• National Champagne Day
• New Year's Eve
• No Interruptions Day
• Universal Hours of Peace
• Unlucky Day

Weekly holidays and observances in December 2024

• Advent: Dec. 1 – 24
• Better Conversations Week: Nov. 24 – Dec. 30
• Christmas Bird Count: Dec. 14 – Jan. 5, 2025
• Computer Science Education Week: Dec. 2 – Dec. 8
• Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week: Dec. 1 — Dec. 7
• Hanukkah: Dec. 25 – Jan. 2
• Inclusive Schools Week: Dec. 2 — Dec. 8
• Kwanzaa: Dec. 26 – Jan. 1
• National Cookie Cutter Week: Dec. 1 – Dec. 7
• National Handwashing Awareness Week: Dec. 2 – Dec. 8
• National Influenza Vaccination Week: Dec. 6 — Dec. 12
• Older Driver Safety Awareness Week: Dec. 2 — Dec. 6

Monthly observances in December 2024

• Bingo Month
• Blue Christmas
• Decembeard
• Gift of Sight Month
• National Cat Lover's Month
• National Fruitcake Month
• National Giving Month
• National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
• National Learn a Foreign Language Month
• National Write a Business Plan Month
• National Pear Month
• National Tie Month
• Operation Santa Paws
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• Spiritual Literacy Month
• Universal Human Rights Month
• Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
• Write to a Friend Month
• World AIDS/HIV Awareness Month