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2009 December

DECEMBER

MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
Bingo Month
Hi Neighbor Month
Identity Theft and Prevention Month
Learn a Foreign Language Month
National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
National Sign Up for Summer Camp Month
National Stress Free Family Holiday Month
National Tie Month
National Write a Business Plan Month
Prevent Blindness Month
Read A New Book Month
Rising Star Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Write to a Friend Month
 
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
First Week of Advent
Cookie Cutter Week
National Tolerance Week
Recipe Greetings for the Holidays Week
 
Second Week
Second Week of Advent
Coats for Kids Week
Human Rights Week
National Hand Washing Awareness Week
 
Third Week
Third Week of Advent
Gluten-Free Baking Week
International Language Week
 
Fourth Week
Fourth Week of Advent
It’s About Time Week
 
Fifth Week
Kwanzaa
 
December 1st
American Civil Air Patrol Founded (1941)
Day Without Art Day
Eat A Red Apple Day
Jan Brett’s Birthday (1949)
National Pie Day
World AIDS Day
 
December 2nd
Ann Patchett’s Birthday (1963)
Charles Ringling’s Birthday (1863)
Cold Moon
David Macaulay’s Birthday (1946)
Georges Seurat’s Birthday (1859)
Gianni Versace’s Birthday (1946)
National Fritters Day
Play Basketball Day
Special Education Day
 
December 3rd
Andy Williams’ Birthday (1930)
International Day of the Disabled Person
Joseph Conrad’s Birthday (1857)
Let’s Hug Day
National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day
Ozzy Osbourne’s Birthday (1948)
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Day (2009)
Special Kids Day
 
December 4th
Cracker Jack Day
Hanukkah Begins at Sunset
National Cookie Day
National Dice Day
Santa’s List Day
Wear Brown Shoes Day
 
December 5th
Bathtub Party Day
International Ninja Day
International Volunteer Day
National Communicate With Your Baby Day
Play Hooky Day
Repeal Day (Repeal of Prohibition)
Rose Wilder Lane’s Birthday (1886)
Walter Elias (Walt) Disney’s Birthday
 
December 6th
Coats and Toys for Kids Day
Dave Brubeck’s Birthday (1920)
Ira Gershwin’s Birthday (1896)
Joyce Kilmer’s Birthday (1886)
Miner’s Day
Mitten Tree Day
National Pawnbroker’s Day
Put on Your Own Shoes Day
St. Nicholas Day
 
December 7th
Harry Chapin’s Birthday (1942)
International Civil Aviation Day
Letter Writing Day
Marie Tussaud’s Birthday (1761)
National Cotton Candy Day
Pearl Harbor Day
Ted Knight’s Birthday (1923)
 
December 8th
Bad Hair Day
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
James Galway’s Birthday (1939)
James Thurber’s Birthday (1894)
Jim Morrison’s Birthday (1943)
Mary Queen of Scots’ Birthday (1542)
National Brownie Day
Take it in the Ear Day
USSR Ceased to Exist (1991)
 
December 9th
Christmas Card Day
Clarence Birdseye’s Birthday (1886)
Donny Osmond’s Birthday (1957)
Jean deBrunhoff’s Birthday (1899)
John Milton’s Birthday (1608)
Judy Dench’s Birthday (1934)
Margaret Hamilton’s Birthday (1902)
National Pastry Day
Nightgown Day
Weary Willy Day
 
December 10th
Emily Dickinson’s Birthday (1830)
Get a Poinsettia Day
Human Rights Day
Kenneth Branagh’s Birthday (1960)
Melvil Dewey’s Birthday (1851) (Dewey Decimal System)
Rumer Godden’s Birthday (1907)
Susan Dey’s Birthday (1950)
Treaty of Paris Signed (1898)
 
December 11th
King Edward VIII Abdicated Throne (1936)
National Noodle Ring Day
Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock (1620) see 12/21 too
UNICEF Anniversary (Est. in 1946)
UN International Mountain Day
William Joyce’s Birthday (1957)
 
December 12th
Bob Barker’s Birthday (1923)
Bonza Bottler Day
Day of the Horse
Edvard Munch’s Birthday (1863)
Gingerbread House Day
Gustave Flaubert’s Birthday (1821)
International Shareware Day
National Ding-A-Ling Day
Poinsettia Day
 
December 13th
Christopher Plummer’s Birthday (1927)
Dick Van Dyke’s Birthday (1925)
Ice Cream Day
International Children’s Day
International Shareware Day
Mary Todd Lincoln’s Birthday (1818)
National Cocoa Day
New Calendar Day
New Zealand Discovered (1642)
St. Lucy Day
Steve Buscemi’s Birthday (1957)
Violins Day
 
December 14th
Buy a Tree Day
Morey Amsterdam’s Birthday (1914)
NASCAR founded (1947)
National Bouillibaisse Day
Nostradamus’ Birthday (1503)
 
December 15th
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel’s Birthday
Bill of Rights Day
Cat Herders Day
National Lemon Cupcake Day
Tim Conway’s Birthday (1933)
 
December 16th
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
Boston Tea Party Anniversary (1773)
JANE AUSTEN’S BIRTHDAY (1775)
Ludwig Von Beethoven’s Birthday (1770)
Margaret Mead’s Birthday (1901)
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
 
December 17th
Arthur Fiedler’s Birthday (1894)
Bill Pullman’s Birthday (1953)
Cookie Cutter Day
John Greenleaf Whittier’s Birthday (1807)
John Kennedy Toole’s Birthday (1932)
National Regifting Day
National Maple Syrup Day
Wright Brother’s Day
 
December 18th
Bake Cookies Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
Play Bingo Day
Steven Spielberg’s Birthday (1947)
Underdog Day
Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day
 
December 19th
Chocolate Pizza Day
Eve Bunting’s Birthday (1928)
Look for An Evergreen Day
Oatmeal Muffin Day
Poor Richard’s Almanac Published (1732)
 
December 20th
Games Day
Go Caroling Day
Irene Dunne’s Birthday (1898)
Sacagewa Day
 
December 21st
Ann and Samantha Day
Chanukah
Crossword Puzzle Day
First Day of Winter
Forefather’s Day
Humbug Day
Look at the Bright Side Day
National Flashlight Day
National Haiku Poetry Day
Paul Winchell’s Birthday (1922)
Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock (1620) see 12/11
Ray Romano’s Birthday (1957)
Underdog Day
 
December 22nd
Barbara Billingsley’s Birthday (1922)
Giacomo Puccini’s Birthday (1858)
Maritime Day
National Date Nut Bread Day
National Haiku Poetry Day
Popcorn Popping Day
Winter Solstice
 
December 23rd
Family Caregivers Day
Festivus
Roots Day
Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear (1888)
 
December 24th
Christmas Eve
Ignatius Loyola’s Birthday (1491)
Johnny Gruelle’s Birthday (1880)
Kate Spade’s Birthday (1962)
National Chocolate Day
National Egg Nog Day
 
December 25th
Annie Lennox’s Birthday (1954)
A*Phabet Day or No “L” Day
Carroll Spinney’s Birthday (1933)
Christmas
Clara Barton’s Birthday (1821)
David Sedaris’ Birthday (1956)
Humphrey Bogart’s Birthday (1899)
National Pumpkin Pie Day
National Thank You Note Day
Sir Isaac Newton’s Birthday (1642)
Washington Crossed the Delaware (1776)
 
December 26th
Bah Humbug Day
Boxing Day
Henry Miller’s Birthday (1891)
Kwanzaa Begins
National Candy Cane Day
National Whiners Day
 
December 27th
Fruitcake Forever Day
Louis Pasteur’s Birthday (1822)
Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day
Saint John Feast Day
Visit the Zoo Day
 
December 28th
Card Playing Day
Childermas/Holy Innocents Day
National Chocolate Day
No Interruptions Day
 
December 29th
Mary Tyler Moore’s Birthday (1936)
Pepper Pot Day
Tick Tock Day
 
December 30th
Davy Jones’ Birthday (1945)
Falling Needles Family Fest Day
Mercer Mayer’s Birthday (1943)
Michael Nesmith’s Birthday (1942)
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
Oh My! Day
Rudyard Kipling’s Birthday (1865)
Sean Hannity’s Birthday (1961)
Tiger Woods’ Birthday (1975)
Tracey Ullmann’s Birthday (1959)
 
December 31st
Blue Moon
Diane von Furstenberg’s Birthday (1943)
First Nights
Henri Matisse’s Birthday (1869)
John Denver’s Birthday (1943)
Make Up Your Mind Day
New Year’s Eve
No Interruptions Day
Smoke Alarm Day
Unlucky Day
World Peace Meditation Day