Month of December Observances

• December 1: World AIDS Day
• December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities^[15]
• December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
• December 10: Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week
• December 15: Bill of Rights Day
• December 17: Wright Brothers Day

Thinking about this, I began to think about all the things happening in December:

• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• National Egg Nog Month^[21]
• National Fruit Cake Month^[21]
• December: National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
• December: National Critical Infrastructure Protection Month
• National Influenza Vaccination Week (first full week of December)
• World AIDS Day  Today (almost over)
• December 1, 1955 – The birth of the modern American civil rights movement occurred as Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
• December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• 12/5: World Soil Day
• December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
• December 10: Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week
• 12/11: International Mountain Day
• December 15: Bill of Rights Day
• December 17: Wright Brothers Day
• December 1 – World AIDS Day, recognized by the UN^[4][122]
• December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, recognized by the UN^[4][123]
• December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognized by the UN^[4][124]
• December 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, recognized by the UN^[4][125]
• December 7 – International Civil Aviation Day, recognized by the UN and ICAO^[4][126]
• December 9 – International Anti-Corruption Day, recognized by the UN^[4][127]
• December 10 – Human Rights Day, recognized by the UN^[4][128]
• December 10 – International Animal Rights Day, founded in 1998 by Uncaged Campaigns^[129]
• December 11 – International Mountain Day, recognized by the UN^[4][130]
• December 12 – The International Day Of Heavy Metal, a celebration of Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Music^{[131][132][133][134]}
• December 18 – International Migrants Day, recognized by the UN^[4][135]
• December 20 – International Human Solidarity Day, recognized by the UN^[4][136]
• December 25 – Christmas Day, recognized by the Christian and Western World
• Christmas Eve – December 24
• Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Day – December 25 (Birthday of the founder of Pakistan)
• Boxing Day – December 26
• Kwanzaa – December 26 to January 1
• New Year’s Eve – December 31

• National Food Months

• Egg Nog Month
• Food Safety Tips for the Holiday
• Fruit Cake Month
• Healthy Holiday Tips
• Pear Month
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month

• Handwashing Awareness Week (1st Full Week of December)