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 !!
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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