HAPPY DECEMBER 1!
I mentioned this last week, too. "Special days/months" are great fodder for social media posts. I just did a little Facebook live (I hope my office was clean) to let folks know that December is "Write a Friend Month." Thus, I'm writing all of you friends. Ha! Seriously, though, I challenged my followers to write a real note on PAPER (crazy, right) and MAIL it (yikes!) to a friend. I'm going to do that as soon as I send this email to you. Please know that I consider you a friend.
Here are the December special days. Neat, right? Some are sad, some are serious, some are odd, and some are funny. As a working mother and business owner, my favorite might be "Stress-Free Family Holidays Month." I need to research that one. Ha! Enjoy, and MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Crippled Beagle Publishing team!
DECEMBER SPECIAL DAYS
• Write a Friend Month
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• Stress-Free Family Holidays Month
• Read a New Book Month
• Learn a Foreign Language Month
• Sign Up for Summer Camp Month
• Art and Architecture Month
• AIDS Awareness Month
• National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
• National Handwashing Awareness Week (first week)
• National Influenza Vaccination Week December 3–9
• Christmas Tree Week (first full week)
• Tolerance Week (first full work week)
• Hanukkah (changes yearly and lasts for 8 days)
• Human Rights Week (second work week)
• Thank a Soldier Week (the week before or including Christmas)
• 1. Rosa Parks Day
• 1. World AIDS Day
• 2. Special Education Day
• 3. Make a Gift Day
• 4. Santa's List Day
• 4. Cookie Day
• 6. Give a Secret Gift Day
• 7. Pearl Harbor Day
• 7. Letter Writing Day
• 8. Winter Flowers Day
• 8. Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day
• 9. Homemade Gift Day
• 10. Human Rights Day
• 10. Nobel Prize Day
• 10. Day of the Horse (always second Saturday)
• 11. World Choral Day (always second Sunday)
• 13. Violin Day
• 14. Deck the Halls Day
• 15. Bill of Rights Day
• 16. Boston Tea Party Day
• 17. Wright Brothers' First Flight Anniversary
• 19. Build a Snowman Day
• 20. Go Caroling Day
• 20. Games Day
• 21. Forefathers Day
• 21. Look on the Bright Side Day
• 21. (approximate) Winter Solstice, which is also National Flashlight Day
• 23. Festivus
• 23. Roots Day
• 25. Christmas Day
• 26. National Whiners Day and Boxing Day
• 28. National Card Playing Day
• 30. Take a Walk Day
• 31. New Year's Eve