The December 2026 Guide
December 1: World AIDS Day / Rosa Parks Day
December 2: National Mutt Day
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 4: National Cookie Day / Hanukkah Begins
December 5: International Volunteer Day
December 6: St. Nicholas Day
December 7: National Letter Writing Day
December 8: National Brownie Day
December 9: Christmas Card Day
December 10: Human Rights Day
December 11: International Mountain Day
December 12: National Gingerbread House Day
December 13: National Cocoa Day
December 14: Monkey Day (quirky)
December 15: National Cupcake Day
December 16: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17: National Maple Syrup Day
December 18: International Migrants Day
December 19: National Hard Candy Day
December 20: National Ugly Sweater Day (third Friday)
December 21: Winter Solstice
December 22: National Cookie Exchange Day
December 23: Festivus (for the rest of us!)
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 26: Kwanzaa Begins / Boxing Day
December 27: National Fruitcake Day
December 28: National Card Playing Day
December 29: Tick Tock Day (end-of-year prep)
December 30: National Bacon Day
December 31: New Year's Eve
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