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Don't worry about trying to keep track of all of the December holidays and observances for 2024. We've put together some lists by month, week and day so that you won't miss a thing!
Christmas is just one of many holidays and observances happening in December 2023. Did you know about National Cookie Day or No Interruptions Day?! Find out more!
In addition to Christmas, December holidays and observances include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, and dozens of other celebrations and national days.
Christmas Eve (24 December) – Day before Christmas. Traditions usually include big feasts at night to celebrate the day to come. It is the night when Santa Claus delivers presents to all the good children of the world. Christmas Day (25 December) – Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus.
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code , in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.
S. School Day of Non-violence and Peace; Season for Nonviolence; Senior Week; September (Earth, Wind & Fire song) Sequential time; Shutdown Day; Singles Awareness Day
Dec. 11: UNICEF Day for Change, National App Day, National Noodle Ring Day, International Mountain Day, National Tango Day, National Have a Bagel Day, Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day
Wright Brothers Day (December 17) is a United States national observation.It is codified in the US Code, and commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, the Wright Flyer, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [1]