Love December holidays?
Ever wonder what holidays besides Christmas are celebrated in December?
Here are 250 of ’em! ‘Tis the season to celebrate.
Whether you want to engage your social media followers, educate your students, or just figure out when your friends are celebrating religious holidays, you’re in the right place.
You’ve found a huge December holidays list, updated for 2021!
Over 250 for your enjoyment:
- Christian, Jewish, and pagan holidays.
- Fun and random holidays.
- Month-long, week-long, and daily December holidays.
- And everything in between.
Check it out!
How to Use December Holidays and Special Days
If you’ve ever wondered what to post on social media, you’re in the right place.
You’ll find more Instagram post ideas than you could ever use! And these weird holidays also make engaging Facebook content fans love.
Wondering how they fit in your social media strategy?
To set your overall plan for the month, check out these December marketing ideas. Then find how to pick the right holidays for your audience on my mega roundup of social media holidays.
You might also want to include some December quotes!
Why use hashtag holidays? Because fans love to interact with and share them, which increases your reach and grows your followers.
To get your posts seen by a wider audience, you’ll want to include holiday hashtags! Copy and paste the appropriate hashtag to include on Instagram and Twitter, where they’re a must.
Baffled by #hashtags? Learn more about how to use hashtags on the major social networks.
If you already understand hashtag basics and are looking to grow your presence on IG specifically, then don’t miss how to use hashtags on Instagram.
Month of December 2021 Holidays and Observances
There are 23 month-long holidays to celebrate in December. If one fits your audience, plan a month-long campaign to go with it!
| Month-long Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|
| Bingo’s Birthday Month | #BingosBirthdayMonth |
| Buckwheat Month | #Buckwheat |
| Decembeard | #Decembeard |
| Farm to Food Bank Month | #FarmToFoodBankMonth |
| Give the Gift of Sight Month | #GiveTheGiftOfSightMonth |
| HIV/AIDS Awareness Month | #AidsAwarenessMonth |
| Honor Your Pharmacists Month | #PharmacistLife |
| MADD Tie One On For Safety | #TieOneOnForSafety |
| National Car Donation Month | #NationalCarDonationMonth |
| National Impaired Driving Prevention Month | #ImpairedDriving |
| National Pear Month | #NationalPearMonth |
| National Tie Month | #NationalTieMonth |
| National Write A Business Plan Month | #WriteABusinessPlanMonth |
| Read a New Book Month | #ReadANewBookMonth |
| Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month | #RootVegetablesMonth |
| Safe Toys and Gifts Awareness Month | #SafeToysAndGifts |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month | #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder |
| Spiritual Literacy Month | #SpiritualLiteracyMonth |
| Tomato and Winter Squash Month | #WinterSquash |
| Universal Human Rights Month | #HumanRights |
| Worldwide Food Service Safety Month | #FoodServiceSafetyMonth |
| Write a Friend Month | #WriteAFriend |
| Youngsters on The Air (YOTA) Month | #YotaMonth |
December 2021 Weekly Holidays and Observances
Here are 16 holidays that last for about a week – more or less!
| Dates | Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1–7 | Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week | #CrohnsAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 1–24 | Operation Santa Paws | #OperationSantaPaws |
| Dec. 5–11 | Clerc-Gallaudet Week | #ClercGallaudetWeek |
| Dec. 5–11 | Human Rights Week | #HumanRightsWeek |
| Dec. 5–11 | National Cookie Cutter Week | #CookieCutterWeek |
| Dec. 5–11* | National Handwashing Awareness Week | #HandwashingAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 5–11* | Older Driver Safety Awareness Week | #OlderDriverSafetyAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 5–11* | Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week | #RecipeGreetingsForTheHolidaysWeek |
| Dec. 6–12* | Computer Science Education Week | #ComputerScienceEducationWeek |
| Dec. 12–18* | Gluten-free Baking Week | #GlutenFreeBaking |
| Dec. 13–17* | Cookie Exchange Week | #CookieExchange |
| Dec. 14–28* | Halcyon Days | #HalcyonDays |
| Dec. 14–Jan. 5 | Christmas Bird Count | #ChristmasBirdCount |
| Dec. 17–23 | Saturnalia | #Saturnalia |
| Dec. 25–31 | It’s About Time Week | #ItsAboutTimeWeek |
| Dec. 26–Jan. 1 | Kwanzaa | #Kwanzaa |
December 1 Holidays and Observances 2021
December boasts 213 daily holidays to celebrate!
| OBSERVANCE | HASHTAG |
|---|---|
| Antarctica Day | #AntarcticaDay |
| Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day | #BifocalsAtTheMonitorLiberationDay |
| Choose Women Wednesday* | #ChooseWomen |
| Civil Air Patrol Day | #CivilAirPatrolDay |
| Day Without Art Day | #DayWithoutArt |
| Eat a Red Apple Day | #EatARedAppleDay |
| National Christmas Lights Day | #ChristmasLightsDay |
| National Package Protection Day* | #PackageProtectionDay |
| National Pie Day | #NationalPieDay |
| Rosa Parks Day | #RosaParksDay |
| Special Kids Day* | #SpecialKidsDay |
| Wear a Dress Day | #WearADressDay |
| World AIDS Day | #WorldAidsDay |
December 2 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Business of Popping Corn Day | #BusinessOfPoppingCornDay |
| International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | #DayForTheAbolitionOfSlavery |
| National Fritters Day | #NationalFrittersDay |
| National Mutt Day | #NationalMuttDay |
| Play Basketball Day | #PlayBasketballDay |
| Safety Razor Day | #SafetyRazorDay |
| Special Education Day | #SpecialEducationDay |
December 3 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Bartender Appreciation Day* | #BartenderAppreciationDay |
| Faux Fur Friday* | #FauxFurFriday |
| International Day of Persons with Disabilities | #DisabilityDay |
| International Sweater Vestival* | #InternationalSweaterVestival |
| Let’s Hug Day | #LetsHugDay |
| Make a Gift Day | #MakeAGiftDay |
| National Apple Pie Day | #NationalApplePieDay |
| National Green Bean Casserole Day | #NationalGreenBeanCasseroleDay |
| National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day | #RoofOverYourHeadDay |
December 4 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Cabernet Franc Day | #CabernetFrancDay |
| Earmuff Day* | #EarmuffDay |
| Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day | #ExtraordinaryWorkTeamRecognitionDay |
| Global Fat Bike Day* | #GlobalFatBikeDay |
| International Cheetah Day | #InternationalCheetahDay |
| National Cookie Day | #NationalCookieDay |
| National Dice Day | #NationalDiceDay |
| National Rhubarb Vodka Day | #RhubarbVodkaDay |
| National Sock Day | #NationalSockDay |
| Santa’s List Day | #SantasListDay |
| Skywarn Recognition Day* | #SkywarnRecognitionDay |
| Wear Brown Shoes Day | #WearBrownShoesDay |
| Wildlife Conservation Day | #WildlifeConservationDay |
| World Pear Day* | #WorldPearDay |
December 5 Holidays and Observances 2021
| AFL-CIO Day | #AflCioDay |
| Bathtub Party Day | #BathtubPartyDay |
| International Ninja Day | #InternationalNinjaDay |
| International Volunteer Day | #VolunteerDay |
| Krampusnacht | #Krampusnacht |
| National Blue Jeans Day | #NationalBlueJeansDay |
| National Communicate With Your Kids Day | #NationalCommunicateWithYourKidsDay |
| National Commute With Your Baby Day | #NationalCommuteWithYourBabyDay |
| National Sacher Torte Day | #NationalSacherTorteDay |
| Repeal Day | #RepealDay |
| World Soil Day | #WorldSoilDay |
December 6 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Hanukkah ends | #Hanukkah |
| Miners’ Day | #NationalMinersDay |
| Mitten Tree Day | #MittenTreeDay |
| National Gazpacho Day | #NationalGazpachoDay |
| National Microwave Oven Day | #MicrowaveOvenDay |
| National Pawnbrokers Day | #NationalPawnbrokersDay |
| Put on Your Own Shoes Day | #PutOnYourOwnShoesDay |
| St. Nicholas Day | #StNicholasDay |
| Walt Disney Day* | #WaltDisneyDay |
December 7 Holidays and Observances 2021
| International Civil Aviation Day | #CivilAviationDay |
| Letter Writing Day | #LetterWritingDay |
| National Cotton Candy Day | #NationalCottonCandyDay |
| National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | #PearlHarborRemembranceDay |
| World Trick Shot Day | #TrickShotDay |
December 8 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | #ImmaculateConception |
| National Brownie Day | #NationalBrownieDay |
| National Christmas Tree Day | #NationalChristmasTreeDay |
| National Lard Day | #NationalLardDay |
| Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day | #PretendToBeATimeTraveler |
| Take it in the Ear Day | #TakeItInTheEarDay |
December 9 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Christmas Card Day | #ChristmasCardDay |
| International Anti-Corruption Day | #AntiCorruptionDay |
| International Day of Veterinary Medicine | #InternationalDayOfVeterinaryMedicine |
| International Jewish Book Day* | #InternationalJewishBookDay |
| National Llama Day | #LlamaDay |
| National Pastry Day | #NationalPastryDay |
| Weary Willie Day | #WearyWillieDay |
| World Techno Day | #WorldTechnoDay |
December 10 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Dewey Decimal System Day | #DeweyDecimalSystemDay |
| Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales | #FestivalForTheSoulsOfDeadWhales |
| Human Rights Day | #HumanRightsDay |
| National Lager Day | #NationalLagerDay |
| Nobel Prize Day | #NobelPrizeDay |
| Official Lost & Found Day* | #OfficialLostAndFoundDay |
December 11 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Gingerbread Decorating Day* | #GingerbreadDecoratingDay |
| Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day | #HolidayFoodDriveForNeedyAnimalsDay |
| International Mountain Day | #MountainDay |
| International Shareware Day* | #SharewareDay |
| National App Day | #NationalAppDay |
| National Have a Bagel Day | #NationalHaveABagelDay |
| National Noodle Ring Day | #NationalNoodleRingDay |
December 12 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | #OurLadyOfGuadalupe |
| Gingerbread House Day | #GingerbreadHouseDay |
| National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day | #12HourFreshBreathDay |
| National Ambrosia Day | #NationalAmbrosiaDay |
| National Ding-a-Ling Day | #NationalDingALingDay |
| Poinsettia Day | #NationalPoinsettiaDay |
| World Choral Day* | #WorldChoralDay |
| Worldwide Candle Lighting Day* | #CandleLightingDay |
December 13 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Green Monday* | #GreenMonday |
| Ice Cream Day | #IceCreamDay |
| National Cocoa Day | #NationalCocoaDay |
| National Day Of The Horse | #DayOfTheHorse |
| National Violin Day | #NationalViolinDay |
| Pick A Pathologist Pal Day | #PickAPathologistPalDay |
| U.S. National Guard Birthday | #NationalGuardBirthday |
December 14 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Asarah B’Tevet* | #AsarahBTevet |
| Monkey Day | #MonkeyDay |
| National Bouillabaisse Day | #BouillabaisseDay |
| Roast Chestnuts Day | #RoastChestnutsDay |
December 15 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Bill of Rights Day | #BillOfRightsDay |
| Cat Herders’ Day | #CatHerdersDay |
| International Tea Day | #InternationalTeaDay |
| National Cupcake Day | #NationalCupcakeDay |
| National Wear Your Pearls Day | #NationalWearYourPearlsDay |
December 16 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Barbie and Barney Backlash Day | #BarbieAndBarneyBacklashDay |
| Boston Tea Party Day | #BostonTeaPartyDay |
| National Chocolate Covered Anything Day | #ChocolateCoveredAnythingDay |
| Stupid Toy Day | #StupidToyDay |
December 17 Holidays and Observances 2021
| National Maple Syrup Day | #MapleSyrupDay |
| National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day | #UglyChristmasSweaterDay |
| Pan American Aviation Day | #PanAmericanAviationDay |
| Underdog Day | #UnderdogDay |
| Wright Brothers Day | #WrightBrothersDay |
December 18 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day | #AnswerThePhoneLikeBuddyTheElfDay |
| Arabic Language Day | #ArabicLanguageDay |
| Bake Cookies Day | #BakeCookiesDay |
| Flake Appreciation Day | #FlakeAppreciationDay |
| International Migrants Day | #MigrantsDay |
| National Roast Suckling Pig Day | #RoastSucklingPigDay |
| National Twin Day | #NationalTwinDay |
| National Wreaths Across America Day | #WreathsAcrossAmericaDay |
| Super Saturday* | #SuperSaturday |
December 19 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Holly Day | #HollyDay |
| Look for an Evergreen Day | #LookForAnEvergreenDay |
| National Emo Day | #EmoDay |
| National Hard Candy Day | #NationalHardCandyDay |
| National Oatmeal Muffin Day | #OatmealMuffinDay |
December 20 Holidays and Observances 2021
The photo above features me surrounded by carolers at Disney California Adventure 😉
| Dot Your I’s Day | #DotYourIsDay |
| Games Day | #GamesDay |
| Go Caroling Day | #GoCarolingDay |
| International Human Solidarity Day | #HumanSolidarityDay |
| Mudd Day | #MuddDay |
| National Sangria Day | #NationalSangriaDay |
| Sacagawea Day | #SacagaweaDay |
December 21 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Anne and Samantha Day* | #AnneSamanthaDay |
| Crossword Puzzle Day | #CrosswordPuzzleDay |
| Don’t Make Your Bed Day* | #DontMakeYourBedDay |
| First Day of Winter* | #FirstDayofWinter |
| Forefathers’ Day | #ForefathersDay |
| Humbug Day | #HumbugDay |
| International Dalek Remembrance Day | #DalekRemembranceDay |
| Look at the Bright Side Day | #LookAtTheBrightSideDay |
| National Coquito Day | #CoquitoDay |
| National Flashlight Day | #NationalFlashlightDay |
| National French Fried Shrimp Day | #FrenchFriedShrimpDay |
| National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day | #HomelessPersonsRemembranceDay |
| National Kiwi Fruit Day* | #NationalKiwiFruitDay |
| Phileas Fogg Win A Wager Day | #PhileasFoggWinAWagerDay |
| Ribbon Candy Day | #RibbonCandyDay |
| Short Girl Appreciation Day | #ShortGirlAppreciationDay |
| Winter Solstice* | #WinterSolstice |
| Yule* | #Yule |
December 22 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Abilities Day | #AbilitiesDay |
| National Cookie Exchange Day | #CookieExchangeDay |
| National Date Nut Bread Day | #DateNutBreadDay |
December 23 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Festivus | #Festivus |
| HumanLight | #HumanLight |
| National Pfeffernusse Day | #NationalPfeffernusseDay |
| National Regifting Day | #NationalReGiftingDay |
| National Roots Day | #NationalRootsDay |
December 24 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Christmas Eve | #ChristmasEve |
| Last-Minute Shopper’s Day | #LastMinuteShoppersDay |
| National Eggnog Day | #NationalEggnogDay |
December 25 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Christmas Day | #MerryChristmas |
| National Pumpkin Pie Day | #NationalPumpkinPieDay |
| No “L” Day | #NoLDay |
December 26 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Boxing Day | #BoxingDay |
| National Candy Cane Day | #NationalCandyCaneDay |
| National Thank You Note Day | #NationalThankYouNoteDay |
| National Whiner’s Day | #NationalWhinersDay |
December 27 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Christmas Day observed | #Christmas |
| National Fruitcake Day | #NationalFruitcakeDay |
| Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day | #MakeCutOutSnowflakesDay |
| Visit The Zoo Day | #VisitTheZooDay |
December 28 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Call a Friend Day | #CallAFriendDay |
| Boxing Day observed | #BoxingDay |
| Holy Innocents’ Day | #HolyInnocentsDay |
| National Card Playing Day | #CardPlayingDay |
| National Chocolate Candy Day | #ChocolateCandyDay |
| National Download Day | #DownloadDay |
| National Short Film Day | #ShortFilmDay |
| Pledge of Allegiance Day | #PledgeOfAllegianceDay |
December 29 Holidays and Observances 2021
| National Hero Day | #NationalHeroDay |
| National Pepper Pot Day | #NationalPepperPotDay |
| Still Need To Do Day | #StillNeedToDoDay |
| Tick Tock Day | #TickTockDay |
December 30 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Bacon Day | #BaconDay |
| Falling Needles Family Fest Day | #FallingNeedlesFamilyFestDay |
| Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | #FestivalOfEnormousChangesAtTheLast Minute |
| National Bicarbonate of Soda Day | #BicarbonateOfSodaDay |
December 31 Holidays and Observances 2021
| Hogmanay | #Hogmanay |
| Make Up Your Mind Day | #MakeUpYourMindDay |
| National Champagne Day | #NationalChampagneDay |
| New Year’s Eve | #HappyNewYear |
| No Interruptions Day* | #NoInterruptionsDay |
| Universal Hour of Peace Day | #HourOfPeaceDay |
| Unlucky Day | #UnluckyDay |
| World Peace Meditation Day | #PeaceMeditationDay |
Conclusion
Did you ever think there could be so many December holidays?
While it’s not the only one by far, for most Western nations, Christmas trumps all. So you may want to include a few Christmas marketing ideas.
I’ve got a page each for:
→ And Christmas Bible verses.
There’s never a dull moment when you’re celebrating December holidays!
Enjoy.
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