To reach as many people as you can, you need to generate content and serve it up in different ways. Here are some notable dates for the month of December to help inspire some ideas on how to do this:
Christmas is not the only day to celebrate in December!
December Is:
AIDS Awareness Month
Write to a Friend Month
Bingo’s Birthday Month
National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National and Universal Human Rights Month
National Tie Month
National Write a Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (1-24)
Quince and Watermelon Month
Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Tomato and Winter Squash Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
December Weekly Celebrations:
Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3 -10 Promoting Organizations Serving Deaf Diversity
Cookie Cutter Week: 1-7
Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week: 1-7
National Hand Washing Awareness Week: 4-10 (First Week)
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week: 3-9 (First Full Week)
Human Rights Week: 10-17
Halcyon Days: 14-28 (Always 7 days before and 7 days after the Winter Solstice)
Christmas Bird Count Week: December 14-January 5
Gluten-free Baking Week: 17-23 (Week Before Christmas)
Posadas: 16-24
Saturnalia: 17-23
It’s About Time Week: 25-31
Kwanzaa: December 26 – January 1
December Daily Celebrations:
Saturday, Dec. 1: AIDS Awareness Day; Eat a Red Apple Day
Sunday, Dec. 2: First Sunday of Advent; National Fritters Day
Monday, Dec. 3: National Roof Over Your Head Day
Tuesday, Dec. 4: Santa's List Day; Wear Brown Shoes Day
Wednesday, Dec. 5: Bathtub Party Day; Repeal Day—the 21st Amendment ends Prohibition; Ninja Day
Thursday, Dec. 6: St. Nicholas Day; Mitten Tree Day; Put On Your Own Shoes Day; Miners' Day
Friday, Dec. 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance; International Civil Aviation Day; Letter Writing Day; National Cotton Candy Day
Saturday, Dec. 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception; Hanukkah begins at sundown; National Brownie Day; Take It In the Ear Day
Sunday, Dec. 9: First full day of Hanukkah. This Jewish festival of lights lasts for eight days; Second Sunday of Advent; Christmas Card Day; International Children's Day; National Pastry Day; Salesperson's Day; Choral Day
Monday, Dec. 10: Human Rights Day
Tuesday, Dec. 11: National Noodle Ring Day; Mountain Day
Wednesday, Dec. 12: Poinsettia Day
Thursday, Dec. 13: Ice Cream Day; Violin Day
Friday, Dec. 14: National Bouillabaisse Day; Monkey Day
Saturday, Dec. 15: Bill of Rights Day; National Lemon Cupcake Day; Cat Herders Day
Sunday, Dec. 16: Last day of Hanukkah; Third Sunday of Advent; National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Monday, Dec. 17: Pan American Aviation Day; Wright Brothers Day; National Maple Syrup Day; Underdog Day
Tuesday, Dec. 18: Bake Cookies Day; National Roast Suckling Pig Day
Wednesday, Dec. 19: Look for an Evergreen Day; Oatmeal Muffin Day
Thursday, Dec. 20: Go Caroling Day; Games Day
Friday, Dec. 21: Winter Solstice, First Day of Winter; Humbug Day; National Flashlight Day; Look on the Bright Side Day; Hamburger Day
Saturday, Dec. 22: National Date Nut Bread Day; Haiku Poetry Day
Sunday, Dec. 23: Fourth Sunday of Advent; Festivus "For the Rest of Us"; Roots Day
Monday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve; George Washington's Birthday; National Chocolate Day; National Egg Nog Day
Tuesday, Dec. 25: Christmas—Christian observance of Jesus' birth; National Pumpkin Pie Day
Wednesday, Dec. 26: Kwanzaa, which lasts through Jan. 1; Boxing Day; Thank You Note Day; National Whiners Day
Thursday, Dec. 27: Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day; National Fruitcake Day
Friday, Dec. 28: Card Playing Day
Saturday, Dec. 29: Pepper Pot Day; Tick Tock Day
Sunday, Dec. 30: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day; Bacon Day
Monday, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve; Unlucky Day; No Interruptions Day
Create Away!
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