Month Long Observances

Hi Neighbor Month

National Stress Free Family Holiday Month

Read A New Book Month

Safe Toy and Gift Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Write to a Friend Month

December 1st

Eat A Red Apple Day

National Pie Day

Rosa Park's Day
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955.

World AIDS Day

December 2nd

National Fritters Day

December 3rd

International Day of the Disabled Person

National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

December 4th

Hanukkah Begins at Sunset

National Cookie Day

Wear Brown Shoes Day

December 5th

Walter Elias (Walt) Disney's Birthday
Born in Chicago in 1901.

December 6th

Ira Gershwin's Birthday
A Famous Composer born in 1896.

Mitten Tree Day

St. Nicholas Day

December 7th

National Cotton Candy Day

Pearl Harbor Day
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.

December 8th

National Brownie Day

December 9th

Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Patented In 1884.

First Christmas Seals Issued In 1907.

December 10th

Emily Dickinson's Birthday
Born in 1830.

Human Rights Day
United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded

December 11th

National Noodle Ring Day

UNICEF Anniversary
Established in 1946.

December 12th

Golf Tee Patented

Hovercraft Patented
In 1955 by Sir Christopher Cockerill.

Poinsettia Day

December 13th

National Cocoa Day

December 14th

First Miniature Golf Course Opened In 1929.

South Pole Discovered In 1911.


December 15th

Phonograph Patented By Thomas Edison in 1877.

December 16th

Boston Tea Party Anniversary In 1773.

Las Posadas

Ludwig Von Beethoven's Birthday
A Famous Composer born in 1770.

National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

December 17th

National Maple Syrup Day

Underdog Day

Wright Brother's Day
First flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

December 18th

Wear a Plunger On Your Head Day

December 19th

Oatmeal Muffin Day

December 20th

Games Day

December 21st

First Crossword Puzzle in a Newspaper

First Day of Winter

Humbug Day

Look at the Bright Side Day

National Flashlight Day

December 22nd

First Christmas Lights for Sale In 1882.

Thermometer Was Invented

December 23rd

Roots Day

December 24th

National Egg Nog Day

Christmas eve

December 25th

Christmas

National Pumpkin Pie Day

December 26th

Boxing Day

Kwanzaa Begins

National Whiners Day

December 27th

Visit the Zoo Day

December 28th

Card Playing Day

Chewing Gum Patented In 1869.

National Chocolate Day

December 29th

Bowling Ball Invented In 1862.

December 30th

Tiger Woods' Birthday Born in 1975.

December 31st

New Year's Eve

• stress [stres] n.强调；压力 vt.强调 (初中英语单词)
• holiday [´hɔlidi] n.假日，假期，节日 (初中英语单词)
• composer [kəm´pəuzə] n.作曲家；创作者 (初中英语单词)
• flight [flait] n.逃走；飞行；班机 (初中英语单词)
• puzzle [´pʌzl] n.迷(惑) v.(使)迷惑 (初中英语单词)
• roller [´rəulə] n.打滚的人；滚柱 (高中英语单词)
• declaration [,deklə´reiʃən] n.宣布；宣言；申报 (高中英语单词)
• miniature [´miniətʃə] n.缩样 a.雏型的 (高中英语单词)
• pumpkin [´pʌmpkin] n.南瓜 (高中英语单词)
• cookie [´kuki] n.家常小甜饼 (英语四级单词)
• chicago [ʃi´kɑ:gəu] n.芝加哥 (英语四级单词)
• brownie [´brauni] n.小精灵 (英语四级单词)
• anniversary [,æni´və:səri] n.周年纪念(日) (英语四级单词)
• muffin [´mʌfin] n.松饼 (英语四级单词)
• edison [´edisn] n.爱迪生 (英语六级单词)
• crossword [´krɔs,wə:d] n.纵横字迷 (英语六级单词)