December

The month of December celebrates these events:

BINGO'S BIRTHDAY MONTH

NATIONAL TIE MONTH

DECEMBER 1ST-7TH IS COOKIE CUTTER WEEK

DECEMBER 8TH-19TH IS OPERATION SANTA PAWS WEEK

1st         Rosa Parks Day (anniversary of Park's 1955 arrest)

1st         National Pie Day

1st         Eat a Red Apple Day

2nd        National Fritters Day

2nd        First artificial heart transplant (1982)

2nd        National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day (to focus attention on homeless)

3rd        International Day of Disabled Persons

4th        Wear Brown Shoes Day

5th        Mozart's Birthday (born in 1756)

5th        Bathtub Party Day

5th        Birth Anniversary of Walt Disney (1901-1967)

6th        National Gazpacho Day

6th        National Mitten Tree Day

6th        Saint Nicolas Feast Day

6th        Thomas Edison's first sound recording

7th        Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (1941)

7th        National Cotton Candy Day

7th        Delaware became first state to ratify the Constitution

9th        National Pastry Day

10th      Nobel Peace Prizes awarded

10th      Festival For the Soul of Dead Whales

11th      National Noodle Ring Day

11th      Day of the Horse

12th      National Ding-A-Ling Day

12th      Poinsettia Day

13th      Ice Cream Day

13th      Violins Day

14th      Tell Someone They're Doing a Good Job Day

15th      Bill of Rights ratified (1791)       

15th      National Lemon Cupcake Day

15th      National Firefighters Day

15th      "Gone With the Wind" premiered (1939)

16th      Boston Tea Party (1773)

16th      Beethoven's Birthday (born in 1770)

16th      National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

17th      Wright Brother's Day

17th      Underdog Day

17th      National Maple Syrup Day

18th      13th Amendment, abolishing slavery (1865)

19th      Oatmeal Muffin Day

20th      Games Day

20th      Winter Solstice

21st      National Flashlight Day

21st      National French Fried Shrimp Day

21st      National Hamburger Day

23rd      National Roots Day

24th      National Eggnog Day

24th      Anniversary of Silent Night (1818)

24th      Christmas Eve

25th      Christmas Day

25th      National Pumpkin Pie Day

26th      National Whiners Day

27th      National Fruitcake Day

28th      Card Playing Day

28th      National Chocolate Day

28th      Bairn Day (folk tradition considers this to be the unluckiest day of the year)

29th      Pepper Pot Day

29th      National Chocolate Day Again

31st      Unlucky Day

31st       New Years Eve - HAPPY 2001 EVERYONE !!!

Many thanks to RT 66 Elementary in Edgewood, New Mexico for their

contributions to this month's calendar !!

January   February   March   April   May   June   July  August   September   October   November   December

Little Sayings: hundreds of aphorisms listed by categories

Poems: just a few of my favorites

Jellybeans:   little bit of this and that...fun pages

 

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Updated 6/26/07