Happy December 2023 Holidays List!

We’re getting you ready for the holiday season with an updated list of every December 2023 holiday! Besides the obvious merriment, did you know it’s also Universal Human Rights Month, as well as the month that observes the Winter Solstice on December 21st? However you celebrate this season or whatever days you choose to observe, we’re wishing you joy, peace, good health and continued success.

See the complete list of December 2023 Holidays and Observances below!

Monthly Holidays and Observances in December 2023:

• Art and Architecture Month #ArtAndArchitectureMonth
• Bingo Month #BingoMonth
• Egg Nog Month #EggNog
• Gift of Sight Month #GiftOfSightMonth
• Learn a Foreign Language Month #LearnAForeignLanguageMonth
• Made in America Month #MadeInAmericaMonth
• Month of Giving #MonthOfGiving
• National Cat Lovers’ Month #CatLoversMonth
• National Human Rights Month #HumanRightsMonth
• National Pear Month #Pear Month
• National Tie Month #TieMonth
• Read a New Book Month #ReadANewBookMonth
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month #SafeToysAndGiftsMonth
• Universal Human Rights Month #UniversalHumanRightsMonth
• Worldwide Food Service Safety Month #WorldwideFoodServiceSafetyMonth
• Write a Friend Month #WriteAFriendMonth
• Universal Human Rights Month #UniversalHumanRightsMonth

Weekly Holidays and Observances in December 2023:

• Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week #IBDVisible — December 1-7
• National Handwashing Awareness Week #HandwashingAwarenessWeek — December 3-9
• National Cookie Cutter Week #CookieCutterWeek — December 4-10
• National Influenza Vaccination Week #FightFlu — December 4-8
• Computer Science Education Week #CSEdWeek — December 6-12

Daily Holidays and Observances in December 2023:

December 1: Antarctica Day #AntarcticaDay, Day Without Art #DayWithoutArt, National Peppermint Bark Day #PeppermintBarkDay, National Pie Day #PieDay, Rosa Parks Day #RosaParksDay, #WorldAIDSDay

December 2: Candle Day #CandleDay, National Bartender Day #BartenderDay, National Build Joy Day #BuildJoyDay, National Fritters Day #FrittersDay, National Mutt Day #MuttDay, National Play Outside Day #PlayOutsideDay, #SpecialEducationDay

December 3: International Day of Persons With Disabilities #IDPD, Make a Gift Day #MakeAGiftDay, World Pear Day #PearDay

December 4: International Cheetah Day #CheetahDay, International Day of Banks #InternationalDayOfBanks, National Cookie Day #CookieDay, National Dice Day #DiceDay, National Sock Day #SockDay, Santa’s List Day #SantasListDay, Wildlife Conservation Day #WildlifeConservationDay

December 5: International Volunteer Day #VolunteerDay, National Blue Jeans Day #BlueJeansDay, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay, World Trick Shot Day #WorldTrickShotDay

December 6: National Gazpacho Day #GazpachoDay, National Miners Day #MinersDay, St. Nicholas Day #StNicholasDay

December 7: Hanukkah starts #Hanukkah, National Civil Avation Day #CivilAvationDay, National Cotton Candy Day #CottonCandyDay, National Joy Day #JoyDay, National Letter Writing Day #LetterWritingDay, National Slime Day #SlimeDay, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day #PearlHarborDay

December 8: National Blue Collar Day #BlueCollarDay, National Brownie Day #BrownieDay, National Brownie Day #BrownieDay, Pansexual Pride Day #PansexualPrideDay, Pretend To Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay

December 9: Christmas Card Day #ChristmasCardDay, International Day Of Commemoration And Dignity Of The Victims Of The Crime Of Genocide #GenocidePreventionDay, National Llama Day #LlamaDay, National Pastry Day #PastryDay, World Techno Day #WorldTechnoDay

December 10: International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay, International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay, Jane Addams Day #JaneAddamsDay, Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrizeDay

December 11: Green Monday #GreenMonday, International Mountain Day #MountainDay, National App Day #AppDay, National Stretching Day #StretchingDay, UNICEF Birthday #UNICEF

December 12: Gingerbread House Day #GingerbreadHouseDay, National Poinsettia Day #PoinsettiaDay

December 13: National Day of the Horse #DayOfTheHorse, National Guard Birthday #NationalGuard, National Violin Day #ViolinDay, National Cocoa Day #CocoaDay, National Cream Cheese Frosting Day #CreamCheeseFrostingDay

December 14: Monkey Day #MonkeyDay, National Free Shipping Day #FreeShippingDay, Roast Chestnuts Day #RoastChestnutsDay

December 15: Bill of Rights Day #BillOfRightsDay, International Tea Day #TeaDay, National Cupcake Day #CupcakeDay, National Wear Your Pearls Day #WearYourPearlsDay, National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day #UglyChristmasSweaterDay

December 16: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day #ChocolateCoveredAnythingDay, National Underdog Day #UnderdogDay, National Wreaths Across America Day #WreathsAcrossAmericaDay

December 17: National Maple Syrup Day #MapleSyrupDay

December 18: Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day #AnswerTheTelephoneLikeBuddyTheElfDay, National Twin Day #TwinDay, International Migrants Day #InternationalMigrantsDay

December 19: National Hard Candy Day #HardCandyDay

December 20: International Human Solidarity Day #HumanSolidarityDay, Go Caroling Day #GoCarolingDay, National Sangria Day #SangriaDay

December 21: National Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay, Look on the Bright Side Day #LookOnTheBrightSideDay, Winter Solstice #WinterSolstice, World Snowboard Day #SnowboardDay, Yule #Yule

December 22: National Short Person Day #ShortPersonDay, National Cookie Exchange Day #CookieExchang Day, National Date Nut Bread Day #DateNutBreadDay, Forefathers’ Day ForefathersDay

December 23: Festivus #Festivus, National Roots Day #RootsDay

December 24: Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve, National Eggnog Day #EggnogDay, Last Minute Shoppers Day #LastMinuteShoppersDay

December 25: Christmas #Christmas, National Pumpkin Pie Day #PumpkinPieDay

December 26: Boxing Day #BoxingDay, Kwanzaa Begins #Kwanzaa, National Candy Cane Day #CandyCaneDay, Day of Goodwill #DayOfGoodwill, National Thank You Note Day #ThankYouNoteDay

December 27: National Fruitcake Day #FruitcakeDay, Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day #MakeCutOutSnowflakesDay

December 28: National Call-a-Friend Day #CallAFriendDay, National Card Playing Day #CardPlayingDay, National Short Film Day #ShortFilmDay, Pledge of Allegiance Day #PledgeOfAllegianceDay

December 29: International Cello Day #CelloDay, No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay, Still Need To Do Day #StillNeedToDoDay

December 30: National Bacon Day #BaconDay, National Resolution Planning Day #ResolutionPlanningDay

December 31: Make Up Your Mind Day #MakeUpYourMindDay, New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve, National Champagne Day #ChampagneDay, Universal Hour of Peace #UniversalHourOfPeace