December 2008
MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS
Choose a Summer Camp Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (3D Month)
National Write a Business Plan Month
National Stress-Free Family Holiday Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Nov. 25 – Dec. 31 Tie One On for Safety Campaign
WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS
1-7 National Aplastic Anemia Week
1-8 Recipe Greetings for the Holidays Week
10-17 Human Rights Week
10-17 International Language Week
14-20 Gluten-Free Baking Week
SPECIAL DAYS
1 - World AIDS Day
1 – United Nations: International Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Day
1- Feb. 11 Take a New Year’s Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS)
2 - Special Education Day
2 - United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 - Special Kids Day
3 - United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons
4 - Extraordinary Work Team Recognition Day
5 - United Nations International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
6- Coats and Toys for Kids Day
6 - Miner's Day
6 - National Pawnbrokers Day
7 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
7 - United Nations International Civil Aviation Day
10 - Human Rights Day
10 - Nobel Prize Awards Ceremonies
11 - United Nations International Mountain Day
12 - Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
12 - Poinsettia Day
13 - International Shareware Day
13 - National Day of the Horse
14-28 Halcyon Days
14- National Children’s Memorial Day and Worldwide Candle Lighting
15 - Bill of Rights Day
16-24 Mexico: Posadas
17 - Wright Brothers Day
18 - United Nations International Migrants Day
19 - United Nations International Day for South-South Cooperation
20 - United Nations International Human Solidarity Day
21 - Forefathers' Day
21 - Abilities Day
21 - Winter begins
21 - World Peace Day/Winter Solstice
22 - National Haiku Poetry Day
22-29 Chanukah (Jewish Feast of Lights)
25 - Christmas
26-Jan. 1 Kwanzaa
31 - New Year's Eve
31 - Universal Hour of Peace (11:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1)
31 - World Peace Meditation
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE...
National Tie Month
Bingo’s Birthday Month
1 - Day With(out) Art
1 - Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
1-7 Cookie Cutter Week
1-22 Operation Santa Paws
4 - National Dice Day
5 - Bathtub Party Day
6 – National Pawnbrokers Day
15 - Cat Herders Day
19 - Underdog Day
21 - Humbug Day
25 - Alphabet Day
25-31 It's About Time Week
26 - National Whiner's Day™
29 - Tick Tock Day
31 - Make Up Your Mind Day
31 - No Interruptions Day
Chase’s Calendar of Events 2008
California Department of Education, 2008 Calendar of Events.
Earth Calendar
National Safety Council, 2008 Safety Observance Calendar
National Safety Council, 2008 Safety Observance Calendar
UN Special Observances and Days