December is the most festive month of the year, filled with holidays, traditions and treats. Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve are the headline celebrations, while St. Nicholas Day and Festivus add their own charm. Food holidays include National Cookie Day, National Brownie Day and National Cocoa Day, and history is remembered on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and Wright Brothers Day. Find something to celebrate every December day below.
December 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat1World AIDS DayRosa Parks Day+12National Mutt DayNational Special Education Day+13International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesNational Roof Over Your Head Day+14National Cookie DayNational Sock Day+15International Volunteer DayWorld Soil Day+16St. Nicholas DayNational Miners Day+17National Pearl Harbor Remembrance DayNational Cotton Candy Day+18Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionBodhi Day+19National Pastry DayNational Llama Day+110Human Rights DayDewey Decimal System Day+111International Mountain DayNational App Day+112Feast of Our Lady of GuadalupeNational Gingerbread House Day+113St. Lucia DayNational Cocoa Day+114Monkey DayNational Bouillabaisse Day+115International Tea DayBill of Rights Day+116Las Posadas (begins)Boston Tea Party Day+117SaturnaliaNational Maple Syrup Day+118National Twin DayNational Ugly Christmas Sweater Day+219National Emo DayNational Hard Candy Day+120National Sangria DayInternational Human Solidarity Day+121Winter SolsticeYule+222Forefathers’ DayNational Short Girl Appreciation Day+123FestivusNational Pfeffernüsse Day+124Christmas EveFeast of the Seven Fishes+125Christmas DayNational Pumpkin Pie Day+126Kwanzaa (begins)Boxing Day+227National Fruitcake DayInternational Day of Epidemic Preparedness+128Holy Innocents’ DayPledge of Allegiance Day+129Tick Tock DayNational Pepper Pot Day+130National Bacon DayNational Bicarbonate of Soda Day+131New Year’s EveHogmanay+1