Love December holidays?
Wondering 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 2022!
Over 250 to entertain your friends, followers, and students:
- Christian, Jewish, and pagan holidays.
- Fun and random holidays.
- Month-long, week-long, and daily December holidays.
- And everything in between.
Let the celebrations begin!
How to Use December Hashtag Holidays
If you’ve ever wondered what to post on social media, you’re in the right place.
You probably know that social media platforms use algorithms to determine which of their users will see which of your posts.
And unfortunately, unless your posts get a lot of engagement, they’ll quickly be relegated to the “don’t show these” pile.
But these weird holidays grab attention and comments!
Start by setting your overall plan for the month with these December marketing ideas. Then sprinkle in some of these special days to get that essential engagement.
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 social media.
Month of December 2022 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!
December offers a huge variety of birthstones: blue topaz, turquoise, tanzanite, and zircon.
December flower of the month is poinsettia.
December vegetable of the month is winter squash.
| 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 |
| Month-long Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|
| 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 2022 Weekly Holidays and Observances
Here are 19 holidays that last for about a week – more or less!
Asterisked dates are know to change yearly. Dates below are for 2022.
This group is the hardest to pin down, so I suggest double-checking before planning a promotion.
| Dates | Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1–7 | Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week | #CrohnsAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 1–24 | Operation Santa Paws | #OperationSantaPaws |
| Dec. 4–10* | Clerc-Gallaudet Week | #ClercGallaudetWeek |
| Dec. 4–10 | National Human Rights Consciousness Week | #HumanRightsWeek |
| Dec. 4–10* | National Cookie Cutter Week | #CookieCutterWeek |
| Dec. 4–10* | National Handwashing Awareness Week | #HandwashingAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 4–10* | Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week | #RecipeGreetingsForTheHolidaysWeek |
| Dec. 5–9* | Older Driver Safety Awareness Week | #OlderDriverSafetyAwarenessWeek |
| Dec. 5–11* | Computer Science Education Week | #ComputerScienceEducationWeek |
| Dates | Holiday | Hashtag |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 14–28* | Halcyon Days | #HalcyonDays |
| Dec. 14–Jan. 5 | Christmas Bird Count | #ChristmasBirdCount |
| Dec. 15–Jan. 1 | Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over | #DriveSober |
| Dec. 16–24 | Posadas | #Posadas |
| Dec. 18–26* | Chanukah | #Chanukah |
| Dec. 17–23 | Saturnalia | #Saturnalia |
| Dec. 18–24* | Gluten-free Baking Week | #GlutenFreeBaking |
| Dec. 19–23* | Cookie Exchange Week | #CookieExchange |
| Dec. 25–31 | It’s About Time Week | #ItsAboutTimeWeek |
| Dec. 26–Jan. 1 | Kwanzaa | #Kwanzaa |
December 1 Holidays and Observances 2022
December boasts 213 daily holidays to celebrate!
| OBSERVANCE | HASHTAG |
|---|---|
| Antarctica Day | #AntarcticaDay |
| Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day | #BifocalsAtTheMonitorLiberationDay |
| Civil Air Patrol Day | #CivilAirPatrolDay |
| Day Without Art Day | #DayWithoutArt |
| Eat a Red Apple Day | #EatARedAppleDay |
| National Christmas Lights Day | #ChristmasLightsDay |
| National Pie Day | #NationalPieDay |
| Rosa Parks Day | #RosaParksDay |
| Wear a Dress Day | #WearADressDay |
| World AIDS Day | #WorldAidsDay |
December 2 Holidays and Observances 2022
Asterisked ones here are always the first Friday in December.
| Bartender Appreciation Day* | #BartenderAppreciationDay |
| Business of Popping Corn Day | #BusinessOfPoppingCornDay |
| Faux Fur Friday* | #FauxFurFriday |
| International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | #DayForTheAbolitionOfSlavery |
| International Sweater Vestival* | #InternationalSweaterVestival |
| 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 2022
Asterisked ones here are always the first Saturday in December.
| Earmuff Day* | #EarmuffDay |
| Global Fat Bike Day* | #GlobalFatBikeDay |
| International Day of Persons with Disabilities | #DisabilityDay |
| Let’s Hug Day | #LetsHugDay |
| Make a Gift Day | #MakeAGiftDay |
| National Apple Pie Day | #NationalApplePieDay |
| National Green Bean Casserole Day | #NationalGreenBeanCasseroleDay |
| National Rhubarb Vodka Day* | #RhubarbVodkaDay |
| National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day | #RoofOverYourHeadDay |
| Skywarn Recognition Day* | #SkywarnRecognitionDay |
| World Pear Day* | #WorldPearDay |
December 4 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Cabernet Franc Day | #CabernetFrancDay |
| Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day | #ExtraordinaryWorkTeamRecognitionDay |
| International Cheetah Day | #InternationalCheetahDay |
| National Cookie Day | #NationalCookieDay |
| National Dice Day | #NationalDiceDay |
| National Sock Day | #NationalSockDay |
| Santa’s List Day | #SantasListDay |
| Wear Brown Shoes Day | #WearBrownShoesDay |
| Wildlife Conservation Day | #WildlifeConservationDay |
December 5 Holidays and Observances 2022
Walt Disney Day is always the first Monday in December.
| 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 |
| Walt Disney Day* | #WaltDisneyDay |
| World Soil Day | #WorldSoilDay |
December 6 Holidays and Observances 2022
World Trick Shot Day is always the first Tuesday in December.
| 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 |
| World Trick Shot Day* | #TrickShotDay |
December 7 Holidays and Observances 2022
Special Kids Day is always the first Wednesday in December.
| International Civil Aviation Day | #CivilAviationDay |
| Letter Writing Day | #LetterWritingDay |
| National Cotton Candy Day | #NationalCottonCandyDay |
| National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | #PearlHarborRemembranceDay |
| Special Kids Day* | #SpecialKidsDay |
December 8 Holidays and Observances 2022
| 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 2022
National Salesperson Day and Official Lost & Found Day are observed on the second Friday in December.
| Christmas Card Day | #ChristmasCardDay |
| International Anti-Corruption Day | #AntiCorruptionDay |
| International Day of Veterinary Medicine | #InternationalDayOfVeterinaryMedicine |
| National Llama Day | #LlamaDay |
| National Pastry Day | #NationalPastryDay |
| National Salesperson Day | #NationalSalespersonDay |
| Official Lost & Found Day* | #OfficialLostAndFoundDay |
| Weary Willie Day | #WearyWillieDay |
| World Techno Day | #WorldTechnoDay |
December 10 Holidays and Observances 2022
Gingerbread Decorating Day and International Shareware Day are observed on the second Saturday in December.
| Dewey Decimal System Day | #DeweyDecimalSystemDay |
| Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales | #FestivalForTheSoulsOfDeadWhales |
| Gingerbread Decorating Day* | #GingerbreadDecoratingDay |
| Human Rights Day | #HumanRightsDay |
| International Shareware Day* | #SharewareDay |
| National Lager Day | #NationalLagerDay |
| Nobel Prize Day | #NobelPrizeDay |
December 11 Holidays and Observances 2022
World Choral Day and Worldwide Candle Lighting Day are observed on the second Sunday in December.
| Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day | #HolidayFoodDriveForNeedyAnimalsDay |
| International Mountain Day | #MountainDay |
| National App Day | #NationalAppDay |
| National Have a Bagel Day | #NationalHaveABagelDay |
| National Noodle Ring Day | #NationalNoodleRingDay |
| World Choral Day* | #WorldChoralDay |
| Worldwide Candle Lighting Day* | #CandleLightingDay |
December 12 Holidays and Observances 2022
Green Monday is observed the Monday before December 15th.
| Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | #OurLadyOfGuadalupe |
| Gingerbread House Day | #GingerbreadHouseDay |
| Green Monday* | #GreenMonday |
| National 12-hour Fresh Breath Day | #12HourFreshBreathDay |
| National Ambrosia Day | #NationalAmbrosiaDay |
| National Ding-a-Ling Day | #NationalDingALingDay |
| Poinsettia Day | #NationalPoinsettiaDay |
December 13 Holidays and Observances 2022
| 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 2022
Many of the remaining days of December will be a lighter on celebrations, as people are busy with holidays preparations, family time, visits and parties. A couple big days are yet to come though!
| Monkey Day | #MonkeyDay |
| National Bouillabaisse Day | #BouillabaisseDay |
| Roast Chestnuts Day | #RoastChestnutsDay |
December 15 Holidays and Observances 2022
| 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 2022
National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day and Underdog Day are observed on the third Friday in December.
| Barbie and Barney Backlash Day | #BarbieAndBarneyBacklashDay |
| Boston Tea Party Day | #BostonTeaPartyDay |
| National Chocolate Covered Anything Day | #ChocolateCoveredAnythingDay |
| National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day* | #UglyChristmasSweaterDay |
| Stupid Toy Day | #StupidToyDay |
| Underdog Day* | #UnderdogDay |
December 17 Holidays and Observances 2022
National Wreaths Across America Day is observed on the second Saturday in December. Super Saturday is observed on the last Saturday before Christmas Eve.
| National Maple Syrup Day | #MapleSyrupDay |
| National Wreaths Across America Day* | #WreathsAcrossAmericaDay |
| Pan American Aviation Day | #PanAmericanAviationDay |
| Super Saturday* | #SuperSaturday |
| Wright Brothers Day | #WrightBrothersDay |
December 18 Holidays and Observances 2022
Chanukah begins at nightfall today. Also spelled Hanukkah, it begins on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar.
| Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day | #AnswerThePhoneLikeBuddyTheElfDay |
| Arabic Language Day | #ArabicLanguageDay |
| Bake Cookies Day | #BakeCookiesDay |
| Chanukah begins | #Chanukah2022 |
| Flake Appreciation Day | #FlakeAppreciationDay |
| International Migrants Day | #MigrantsDay |
| National Roast Suckling Pig Day | #RoastSucklingPigDay |
| National Twin Day | #NationalTwinDay |
December 19 Holidays and Observances 2022
| 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 2022
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 2022
Asterisked holidays below are observed on the first day of Winter.
The first day of Winter occurs when the Sun reaches its southernmost point.
| 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 | #ationalCoquitoDay |
| 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 2022
National Regifting Day is observed the Thursday before Christmas.
| Abilities Day | #AbilitiesDay |
| National Cookie Exchange Day | #CookieExchangeDay |
| National Date Nut Bread Day | #DateNutBreadDay |
| National Regifting Day* | #NationalReGiftingDay |
December 23 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Festivus | #Festivus |
| HumanLight | #HumanLight |
| National Pfeffernusse Day | #NationalPfeffernusseDay |
| National Roots Day | #NationalRootsDay |
December 24 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Christmas Eve | #ChristmasEve |
| Last-Minute Shopper’s Day | #LastMinuteShoppersDay |
| National Eggnog Day | #NationalEggnogDay |
December 25 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Christmas Day | #MerryChristmas |
| National Pumpkin Pie Day | #NationalPumpkinPieDay |
| No “L” Day | #NoLDay |
December 26 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Boxing Day | #BoxingDay |
| Christmas Day observed (US federal holiday) | #ChristmasHoliday |
| National Candy Cane Day | #NationalCandyCaneDay |
| National Thank You Note Day | #NationalThankYouNoteDay |
| National Whiner’s Day | #NationalWhinersDay |
December 27 Holidays and Observances 2022
| National Fruitcake Day | #NationalFruitcakeDay |
| Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day | #MakeCutOutSnowflakesDay |
| Visit The Zoo Day | #VisitTheZooDay |
December 28 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Call a Friend Day | #CallAFriendDay |
| 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 2022
International Jewish Book Day is is observed the 5th of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.
| International Jewish Book Day* | #InternationalJewishBookDay |
| National Pepper Pot Day | #NationalPepperPotDay |
| Still Need To Do Day | #StillNeedToDoDay |
| Tick Tock Day | #TickTockDay |
December 30 Holidays and Observances 2022
No Interruptions Day is observed on the last working day of the year.
| 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 |
| No Interruptions Day* | #NoInterruptionsDay |
December 31 Holidays and Observances 2022
| Hogmanay | #Hogmanay |
| Make Up Your Mind Day | #MakeUpYourMindDay |
| National Champagne Day | #NationalChampagneDay |
| New Year’s Eve | #HappyNewYear |
| 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?
And the other months have even more! Here are 330 January 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 non-Christmas December quotes.
There’s never a dull moment when you’re celebrating December!
Enjoy.
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