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December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and
December contains the
December's birth flower is the narcissus. Its birthstones are turquoise, zircon and tanzanite.
''This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.''
* November 25 – December 10: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
* December 1
** Battle of the Sinop Day (
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...
s. Its length is 31 days.
December's name derives from the Latin word ''decem'' (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus , which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name. Macrobius, '' Saturnalia'', tr. Percival Vaughan Davies (New York: Columbia University Press, 1969), book I, chapters 12–13, pp. 89–95.
In Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...
, as one of the four Agonalia
An Agonalia or Agonia was an obscure archaic religious observance celebrated in ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in ...
, this day in honour of Sol Indiges was held on December 11, as was Septimontium
The Septimontium was a proto-Urban area, urban Roman festival, festival celebrated in ancient Rome by ''montani'', residents of the seven ''(sept-)'' communities associated with the hills or peaks of Rome ''(montes)'': Oppius, Palatine Hill, Palati ...
. Dies natalis (birthday) was held at the temple of Tellus on December 13, Consualia was held on December 15, Saturnalia was held December 17–23, Opiconsivia was held on December 19, Divalia was held on December 21, Larentalia was held on December 23, and the dies natalis of Sol Invictus
Sol Invictus (, "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official Solar deity, sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol (Roman mythology), Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Inv ...
was held on December 25. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.
The Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...
referred to December–January as Ġēolamonaþ (modern English: " Yule month"). The French Republican Calendar contained December within the months of Frimaire
Frimaire () was the third month in the French Republican calendar. The month was named after the French word ''frimas'' 'frost'.
Frimaire was the third month of the autumn quarter (''mois d'automne''). It started between 21 November and 23 Novem ...
and Nivôse
Nivôse (; also ''Nivose'') was the fourth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ''nivosus'' 'snowy'.
Nivôse was the first month of the winter quarter (''mois d'hiver''). It started between 21 and 23 ...
.
Astronomy
December contains the winter solstice
The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's geographical pole, poles reaches its maximum axial tilt, tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern Hemisphere, Northern and So ...
in the Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the equator. For other planets in the Solar System, north is defined by humans as being in the same celestial sphere, celestial hemisphere relative to the invariable plane of the Solar ...
, the day with the fewest daylight hours, and the summer solstice
The summer solstice or estival solstice occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern). The summer solstice is the day with the longest peri ...
in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases, which consistently have none or 24 hours, respectively, near the solstice). December in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to June
June is the sixth and current month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June succeeds May and precedes July. This month marks the start of su ...
in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the astronomical winter
Winter is the coldest and darkest season of the year in temperate and polar climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Dif ...
is traditionally 21 December or the date of the solstice.
Meteor showers occurring in December are the Andromedids
The Andromedids meteor shower is associated with Biela's Comet, the showers occurring as Earth passes through old streams left by the comet's tail. The comet was observed to have broken up by 1846; further drift of the pieces by 1852 suggested ...
(September 25 – December 6, peaking around November 9), the Canis-Minorids (December 4 – December 15, peaking around December 10–11), the Coma Berenicids (December 12 to December 23, peaking around December 16), the Delta Cancrids (December 14 to February 14, the main shower from January 1 to January 24, peaking on January 17), the Geminids (December 13–14), the Monocerotids (December 7 to December 20, peaking on December 9. This shower can also start in November), the Phoenicids
The Phoenicids are a minor meteor shower, first noticed by observers in New Zealand, Australia, the Indian Ocean, and South Africa during an outburst of approximately 100 meteors an hour that occurred during December 1956. Like other meteor showe ...
(November 29 to December 9, with a peak occurring around 5/6 December), the Quadrantids (typically a January shower but can also start in December), the Sigma Hydrids (December 4–15), and the Ursids (December 17-to December 25/26, peaking around December 22).
Astrology
Thezodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south celestial latitude of the ecliptic – the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. Within this zodiac ...
signs for the month of December are Sagittarius (until December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 onward).The Earth passes the junction of the signs at 10:02 UT/GMT December 21, 2020, and will pass it again at 15:59 UT/GMT December 21, 2021.. Signs in UT/GMT for 1950–2030.
Symbols
December's birth flower is the narcissus. Its birthstones are turquoise, zircon and tanzanite.
Observances
''This list does not necessarily imply either official status or general observance.''
Non-Gregorian
(All Baháʼí, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown prior to the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.) * List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar *List of observances set by the Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese holidays are an essential part of harvests or prayer offerings. The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival), which is also celebrated in overseas ethnic Chinese communities (for example in ...
* List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar
* List of observances set by the Islamic calendar
* List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar
Month-long
* In Catholic tradition, December typically marks the beginning of the Season of Advent. It is also devoted to theImmaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not def ...
.
* National Egg Nog Month (United States)
* National Impaired Driving Prevention Month (United States)
* National Fruit Cake Month (United States)
* National Pear Month (United States)
Movable
* See also Movable Western Christian observances * See also Movable Eastern Christian observances Tuesday immediately following fourth Thursday of November * Giving Tuesday (United States
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) (can fall in December)
First Friday
* Farmer's Day (Ghana
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)
* Gospel Day (Marshall Islands
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The territory consists of 29 c ...
)
First Sunday
* Good Neighborliness Day ( Turkmenistan)
* Sindhi Cultural Day ( Sindhi diaspora)
Second Monday
* Green Monday
* National Tree Planting Day (Malawi)
December 15, unless the date falls on a Sunday, then December 16
* Koninkrijksdag (Kingdom of the Netherlands
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)
Winter Solstice
The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's geographical pole, poles reaches its maximum axial tilt, tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern Hemisphere, Northern and So ...
* Blue Christmas (holiday)
* Brumalia (Ancient Rome
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)
* Dongzhi Festival (Asia
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)
* Global Orgasm
* Korochun ( Slavic)
* Midsummer
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest Daytime, day of the year. The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of Eu ...
in the Southern Hemisphere. ( Contemporary Paganism)
* Sanghamitta Day ( Theravada Buddhism)
* Shalako ( Zuni)
* Yaldā (Iran
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)
* Yule in the Northern Hemisphere ( Contemporary Paganism)
* Ziemassvētki (Latvia
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)
December 22, unless that date is a Sunday, in which case the 23rd
* Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts
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)
December 26, unless that day is a Sunday, in which case the 27th
* Boxing Day (Commonwealth of Nations
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)
** Day of Good Will (South Africa
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and Namibia
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)
** Family Day (Vanuatu
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)
** Thanksgiving (Solomon Islands)
** Start of Boxing Week
Fixed
* November 25 – December 10: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
* December 1
** Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia
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)
** Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand
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)
** Portuguese Restoration War, Day of Restoration of Independence (Portugal)
** List of food days#December, Eat A Red Apple Day (United States
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)
** 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
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)
** 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)
** List of food days#December, National Fritters Day (United States
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)
* December 3
** National Doctors' Day, Doctors' Day (Cuba)
** United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
* December 4
** List of food days#December, National Cookie Day (United States
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)
** Navy Day (India)
** Saint Barbara's Day-related observances:
*** Barbórka (Poland)
*** Eid il-Burbara (Russia
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, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian National Authority, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)
** Thai Environment Day (Thailand
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)
** Tupou I Day (Tonga)
* December 5
** Children's Day (Suriname)
** Ninja Burger#Day of the Ninja, Day of the Ninja (Holiday#Unofficial holidays, unofficial)
** Days of Military Honour, Day of Military Honour – Battle of Moscow (Russia
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)
** Discovery Day#Hispaniola, Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
** International Volunteer Day, International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
** Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
** Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom, UK)
*** Krampusnacht (Austria)
** King's Birthday (Thailand)
** Repeal of Prohibition in the United States#External links, Repeal Day (United States
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)
** International Year of Soil, World Soil Day
* December 6
** Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)
** Armed Forces Day#Ukraine, 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)
** Saint 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)
** International Civil Aviation Day
** Culture of East Timor#Public holidays, National Heroes Day (East Timor)
** National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States
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)
** 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)
** Jean Sibelius, Day of Finnish Music (Finland)
** Feast of the Immaculate Conception (public holiday in Feast of the Immaculate Conception#Designation as public holiday, 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)
** List of LGBTQ awareness days, Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day
** Public holidays in North Macedonia, Saint Clement of Ohrid Day (North Macedonia)
** List of food days#December, National Brownie Day (United States
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)
** National Youth Day (Albania)
* December 9
** Name days in Sweden, Anna's Day (Sweden and Finland)
** Feast of the Immaculate Conception#Eastern Orthodoxy, 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)
** List of food days#December, National Pastry Day (United States
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)
** Armed Forces Day#Sri Lanka, Navy Day (Sri Lanka)
** Ásatrú holidays#The Troth, 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 observance, International)
* December 11
** Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati)
** Indiana Day (Indiana, United States)
** List of food days#December, National Have a Bagel Day (United States)
** List of food days#December, National Noodle Ring Day (United States)
** National Tango Day (Argentina)
** Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
** Republic Day (Burkina Faso)
* December 12
** Constitution Day (Russia)
** Armed Forces Day#Croatia, Croatian Air Force Day (Croatia)
** Day of Neutrality (Turkmenistan)
** Public holidays in Mexico, Feast of the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico)
** Baháʼí calendar, Feast of Masá'il Baháʼí calendar (only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21, which it does for 2015)
** Kanji of the year, Kanji Day (Japan)
** Jamhuri Day (Kenya)
* December 13
** Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
** National Day (Saint Lucia)
** Republic Day (Malta)
** Armed Forces Day#Brazil, Sailor's Day (Brazil)
** Saint Lucy's Day (mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy)
* December 14
** Alabama Day (Alabama)
** Forty-seven Ronin, Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
** Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
** Monkey Day (International observance, International)
* December 15
** United States Bill of Rights, Bill of Rights Day (United States)
*** 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
** Homecoming Day (Alderney)
** International Tea Day
** List of food days#December, National Cupcake Day (United States)
** Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty (Russia)
** Zamenhof Day (Esperantist, International Esperanto Community)
* December 16
** National Day (Kingdom of Bahrain)
** Victory day of Bangladesh
** Day of reconciliation (South Africa), Day of Reconciliation in South Africa
* December 17
** Accession Day (Bahrain)
** International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
** National Day (Bhutan)
** List of food days#December, National Maple Syrup Day (United States)
** Pan American Aviation Day (United States)
** Wright Brothers Day (United States)
* December 18
** International Migrants Day (United Nations)
** List of food days#Brazil, National Muffin Day (Brazil)
* December 19
** Liberation Day, Goa Liberation Day (Goa, India)
** Public holidays in Anguilla, National Heroes and Heroines Day (Anguilla)
* December 20
** Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as ''Cafres, Fête des Cafres'' (Réunion, French Guiana)
** Bo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar)
** International Human Solidarity Day (International observance, International)
** Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau)
** List of food days#December, National Sangria Day (United States)
* December 21
** Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
** First day of winter (some cultures)
** Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts
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, United States)
** List of food days#December, National Hamburger Day (United States)
** Public holidays in São Tomé and Príncipe, 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)
** List of food days#December, 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 Lads, Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
*** Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)
*** Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton, Julafton (Sweden)
*** Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
*** Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
*** The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square (Turku), 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 Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka), a new year celebration held until January 7th.
** Days of Military Honour, Day of Military Honour – Siege of Ismail (Russia)
** Independence Day (Libya)
** Mōdraniht (Anglo-Saxon paganism)
** List of food days#December, 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)
*** Newtonmas (Atheist community)
*** Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
*** Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
** List of food days#December, National Pumpkin Pie Day (United States)
* December 26
** Independence Day in Slovenia – Independence and Unity Day
** Kwanzaa (December 26 to January 1) (African-American, 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, Mauro Hamza Day (Houston, Houston, Texas)
** Mummer's Day (Padstow, Cornwall)
** Saint 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)
** List of food days#December, National Fruitcake Day (United States)
** Zartosht No-Diso (Zoroastrianism)
* December 28
** Proclamation Day (South Australia), Proclamation Day in South Australia
* December 29
* December 30
** Remembrance days in Slovakia, Day of the Declaration of Slovakia as an Independent Ecclesiastic Province (Slovakia)
** List of food days#December, National Bicarbonate of Soda Day (United States)
** Rizal Day (Philippines)
* December 31
** International Solidarity Day (Azerbaijan)
** List of food days#December, National Champagne Day (United States)
** New Year's Eve
*** Novy God, Novy God Eve
** Bisperás ng Bagong Taón (Philippines)
** Ōmisoka (Japan)
** Start of Hogmanay (Scotland) December 31 – January 1, in some cases until January 2.
See also
* Historical anniversaries * UndecimberReferences
External links
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