December Global Holidays Around the world

December Global Holidays List

December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the last of seven months to have a length of 31 days. December got its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus. There are so many celebrations people around the world celebrate, religious or traditions. Many holidays are observed throughout the month globally. One of the main celebration in this month is Christmas.

December National Month

International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month

• Learn a Foreign Language Month
• National Car Donation Month
• National Pear Month
• Bingo’s Birthday Month
• National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
• National Human Rights Month
• National Tie Month
• National Write A Business Plan Month
• Operation Santa Paws (1-24)
• Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• Spiritual Literacy Month
• Universal Human Rights Month
• Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
• World Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome Awareness Month

December International Days

December 1

• Antarctica Day
• World AIDS Day
• December 2
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

December 3

• International Sweater Vestival – First Friday After Thanksgiving
• United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 4

• Cabernet Franc Day
• Santa’s List Day
• International Cheetah Day
• World Wildlife Conservation Day
• Global Fat Bike Day – First Saturday in December
• International Spirit of the Game Day – First Saturday in December
• World Civil Aviation Day – First Saturday in December
• World Pear Day – First Weekend in December
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December 5

• International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development
• Krampusnacht
• World Soil Day

December 6

• Mitten Tree Day
• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
• St. Nicholas Day

December 7

December 8

• Bodhi Day (Japan)

December 9

• International Anti-corruption Day
• International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
• Lutefisk Day (Scandanavia)
• World Techno Day

December 10

• Nobel Prize Day
• Human Rights Day (International)
• International Animal Rights Day

December 11

• UNICEF Birthday
• International Mountain Day
• International Shareware Day – Second Saturday in December

December 12

• International Day of Neutrality
• Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (The Compassionate Friends) – Second Sunday in December
• World Choral Day – Second Sunday in December

December 13

• International Universal Health Coverage Day

December 14

• Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
• Monkey Day (International)

December 15

• International Tea Day

December 16

December 17

December 18

• International Migrants Day
• Arabic Language Day

December 19

December 20

• International Human Solidarity Day

December 21

December 22

December 23

December 24

• Christmas Eve

December 25

• Christmas

December 26

• Boxing Day
• Day of Goodwill
• Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1)

December 27

December 28

December 29

December 30

December 31

• New Year’s Eve

National Weeks in December

• National Pet Suffocation Awareness Week (Week After Thanksgiving)
• Clerc-Gallaudet Week (First Full Week)
• National Cookie Cutter Week (First Week)
• National Influenza Week – (First Full Week)
• Older Driver Safety Awareness Week – (First Full Week)
• Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week  (December 1-7)
• National Hand Washing Awareness Week  (First Full Week)
• Halcyon Days: (Always 7 days before and 7 days after the Winter Solstice)
• Computer Science Education Week (Begins the Second Monday)
• Christmas Bird Count Week: December 14-January 5
• Gluten-free Baking Week (Week Before Christmas)
• Las Posadas: December 16-24
• Saturnalia December 17-23
• Twelve Days of Christmas – December 25 – January 5
• Kwanzaa: December 26 – January 1

December National Day Holidays

December 1

• Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
• Day With(out) Art Day
• National Eat a Red Apple Day
• National Pie Day
• Rosa Parks Day

December 2

• National Fritters Day
• National Mutt Day
• Special Education Day 
• Faux Fur Friday – First Friday in December
• National Bartender Day – First Friday in December

December 3

• National Roof Over Your Head Day
• National Play Outside Day – First Saturday Every Month
• Skywarn Recognition Day – First Saturday in December

December 4

• National Cookie Day
• National Dice Day
• National Sock Day

December 5

• Bathtub Party Day
• International Ninja Day
• National Repeal Day
• National Sacher Torte Day

December 6

• Miners’ Day
• National Gazpacho Day
• National Microwave Oven Day
• National Pawnbrokers Day
• St. Nicholas Day
• World Trick Shot Day – First Tuesday in December

December 7

• National Cotton Candy Day
• National Illinois Day
• National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 8

• National Brownie Day
• Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day

December 9

• Christmas Card Day
• National Pastry Day
• Weary Willie Day
• National Salesperson Day – Second Friday in December

December 10

• Dewey Decimal System Day
• Human Rights Day
• National Lager Day
• Nobel Prize Day

December 11

• National Stretching Day ***
• National App Day
• National Noodle Ring Day

December 12

• National Ambrosia Day
• National Ding-a-Ling Day
• Gingerbread House Day
• Poinsettia Day

December 13

• National Cocoa Day
• National Violin Day
• National Day of the Horse  (Senate Res. 452)
• Pick a Pathologist Pal Day
• National Guard Birthday

December 14

• National Bouillabaisse Day
• National Alabama Day
• Monkey Day

December 15

• National Cupcake Day
• Bill of Rights Day
• Cat Herders Day
• National Wear Your Pearls Day

December 16

• National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day
• Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
• National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day – Third Friday in December
• Underdog Day– Third Friday in December

December 17

• National Maple Syrup Day
• Wright Brothers Day
• National Wreaths Across America Day – Changes Annually – (December 17, 2022)

December 18

• National Twin Day
• National Roast Suckling Pig Day
• Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day
• Chanukah Begins – Changes Annually (December 18, 2022)

December 19

• National Hard Candy Day
• National Oatmeal Muffin Day

December 20

• Go Caroling Day
• National Sangria Day
• Mudd Day

December 21 

• Crossword Puzzle Day
• Humbug Day
• National French Fried Shrimp Day
• National Maine Day
• Phileas Fogg Win a Wager Day
• Winter Solstice – Day Between December 20 and 23
• National Flashlight Day – Day of Winter Solstice
• National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day – First Day of Winter
• Yule – Day of Winter Solstice
• Anne & Samantha Day(also June. 21, 2022)

December 22

• National Date Nut Bread Day
• Forefathers Day – December 22 (Unless on Sunday, Then Following Monday)
• National Re-Gifting Day – Thursday before Christmas

December 23

• Festivus
• National Pfeffernusse Day
• National Roots Day

December 24

• Christmas Eve
• National Eggnog Day

December 25

• A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day
• Christmas
• National Pumpkin Pie Day

December 26

• Boxing Day (Canada)
• National Candy Cane Day
• National Thank-You Note Day
• National Whiner’s Day

December 27

• National Fruitcake Day

December 28

• Holy Innocents Day
• National Card Playing Day
• National Chocolate Candy Day
• National Short Film Day
• Pledge of Allegiance Day

December 29

• National Pepper Pot Day
• Tick Tock Day

December 30

• Bacon Day
• Falling Needles Family Fest Day
• National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
• No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year

December 31

• Leap Second Time Adjustment Day(Note: This is listed as an observance title only. Some years scientists do not make adjustments. But, if they do, then it’s done on either June 30 or December 31.)
• Make Up Your Mind Day
• National Champagne Day
• New Years Eve
• Universal Hour of Peace 

Fixed observances In the Month of December:

• A Christmas market in Dresden
• November 25 – December 10: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence

December 1

• Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
• Bifocals at the Monitor Day (unofficial)
• Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
• Day of Restoration of Independence (Portugal)
• Eat A Red Apple Day (United States)
• Feast for Death of Aleister Crowley (Thelema)
• First President Day (Kazakhstan)
• Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
• Great Union Day (Romania)
• Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
• National Day (Myanmar)
• Republic Day (Central African Republic)
• Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
• Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
• Self-governance Day (Iceland)
• Teachers' Day (Panama)
• World AIDS Day
• Day Without Art

December 2

• Armed Forces Day (Cuba)
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• National Day (Laos)
• National Day (United Arab Emirates)
• National Fritters Day (United States)

December 3

• Doctors' Day (Cuba)
• United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• December 4
• National Cookie Day (United States)
• Navy Day (India)
• Saint Barbara's Day-related observances:
• Barbórka (Poland)
• Eid il-Burbara (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)
• Thai Environment Day (Thailand)
• Tupou I Day (Tonga)

December 5

• Bathtub Party Day (unofficial)
• Children's Day (Suriname)
• Day of the Ninja (unofficial)
• Day of Military Honour – Battle of Moscow (Russia)
• Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
• International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
• Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
• Saint Nicholas Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK)
• Krampusnacht (Austria)
• King's Birthday (Thailand)
• Repeal Day (United States)
• World Soil Day

December 6

• Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador) Armed Forces Day (Ukraine) Constitution Day (Spain) Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Independence Day of Finland National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada) St Nicholas Day (Western Christianity)

December 7

• Armed Forces Flag Day (India) Eve of the Immaculate Conception (Western Christianity) and related observances: Day of the Little Candles, begins after sunset (Colombia) Quema del Diablo, begins after sunset. (Guatemala) Flag Land Base Day (Scientology) International Civil Aviation Day National Heroes Day (East Timor) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States) Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia)

December 8

• Battle Day (Falkland Islands) Bodhi Day (Japan) CARICOM–Cuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba) Constitution Day (Romania) Constitution Day (Uzbekistan) Day of Finnish Music (Finland) Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in several countries, a holy day of obligation in others), and its related observances: Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican Communion), lesser commemoration Christmas on Campus (University of Dayton) Mother's Day (Panama) Festa da Conceição da Praia, celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean (Salvador, Bahia) Festival of Lights (Lyon) Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day Saint Clement of Ohrid Day (North Macedonia) National Brownie Day (United States) National Youth Day (Albania)

December 9

• Anna's Day (Sweden and Finland) Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by St. Anne (Eastern Orthodox) Independence Day (Tanzania) International Anti-Corruption Day National Heroes Day (Antigua and Barbuda) National Pastry Day (United States) Navy Day (Sri Lanka) Remembrance for Egill Skallagrímsson (The Troth) Yuri's Day in the Autumn (Russian Orthodox Church)

December 10

• Alfred Nobel Day (Sweden) Constitution Day (Thailand) Human Rights Day (International)

December 11

• Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati) Indiana Day (Indiana, United States) National Have a Bagel Day (United States) National Noodle Ring Day (United States) National Tango Day (Argentina) Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines) Republic Day (Burkina Faso)

December 12

• Constitution Day (Russia) Croatian Air Force Day (Croatia) Day of Neutrality (Turkmenistan) Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico) Feast of Masá'il Baháʼí calendar (only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21, which it does for 2015) Kanji Day (Japan) Jamhuri Day (Kenya)

December 13

• Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians) National Day (Saint Lucia) Pick a Pathologist Pal Day Republic Day (Malta) Sailor's Day (Brazil) Saint Lucy's Day (mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy) December 14 Alabama Day (Alabama) Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo) Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh) Monkey Day (International)

December 15

• Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina) Cat Herders Day Homecoming Day (Alderney) International Tea Day National Cupcake Day (United States) Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty (Russia) Zamenhof Day (International Esperanto Community)

December 16

• Barbie and Barney Backlash Day National Day (Kingdom of Bahrain) Victory day of Bangladesh Day of Reconciliation in South Africa

December 17

• Accession Day (Bahrain) International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers National Day (Bhutan) National Maple Syrup Day (United States) Pan American Aviation Day (United States) Wright Brothers Day (United States)

December 18

• National Muffin Day (Brazil) December 19 Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India) National Heroes and Heroines Day (Anguilla)

December 20

• Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres (Réunion, French Guiana) Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar) International Human Solidarity Day (International) Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau) National Sangria Day (United States)

December 21

• Armed Forces Day (Philippines) First day of winter (some cultures) Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States) Humbug Day National Hamburger Day (United States) São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) The first day of Pancha Ganapati, celebrated until December 25 (Saiva Siddhanta Church)

December 22

• Armed Forces Day (Vietnam) Mother's Day (Indonesia) National Date Nut Bread Day (United States) National Mathematics Day (India) Teachers' Day (Cuba) Unity Day (Zimbabwe)

December 23

• The Emperor's Birthday, a national holiday in Japan Festivus HumanLight (Humanism)

December 24

• Christmas Eve Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland) Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy) Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden) Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations) Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City) Quviasukvik (Eskimo of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, NunatuKavut, Alaska, Greenland and Chukotka), a new year celebration held until January 7th. Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia) Independence Day (Libya) Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon paganism) National Eggnog Day (United States)

December 25

• Children's Day (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo) Christmas (Christianity) Constitution Day (Taiwan) Good Governance Day (India) Malkh-Festival (Nakh peoples of Chechnya and Ingushetia) Newtonmas (Atheist community) Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan) Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru) National Pumpkin Pie Day (United States)

December 26

• Independence Day in Slovenia – Independence and Unity Day Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1) (African-American community, United States) Saint Stephen's Day Wren Day (Ireland and the Isle of Man)

December 27

• Independence and Unity Day (Slovenia) Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Texas) Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall) St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland) Father's Day (Bulgaria) The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas) National Fruitcake Day (United States) Zartosht No-Diso (Zoroastrianism)

December 28

• Proclamation Day in South Australia

December 29

• Tick Tock Day

December 30

• Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia) Falling Needles Family Fest Freedom Day (Church of Scientology) National Bicarbonate of Soda Day (United States) Rizal Day (Philippines)

December 31

• International Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan) National Champagne Day (United States) New Year's Eve Novy God Eve Bisperás ng Bagong Taón (Philippines) Ōmisoka (Japan) Start of Hogmanay (Scotland) December 31 – January 1, in some cases until January 2.