Dec. 1 International HIV/AIDS Day This day kicks off a whole month to raise awareness about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and to educate and support people living with HIV/AIDS.
Dec. 1-31 National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month
Dec. 1-8 National Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week
Dec. 1-8 National Older Driver Safety Awareness Week
Dec. 1-8 National Influenza Vaccination Week
Nov. 25–Dec. 10 National 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Dec. 2 National Giving Tuesday A day that is meant to encourage philanthropic giving during the holiday season.
Dec. 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec. 7 National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Commemorates the day in December 1941 when Axis-aligned Japan, then an imperial power, attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii. Then a neutral country, the event triggered the U.S.’s involvement in World War II.
Dec. 10 International Human Rights Day It is the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948.
Dec. 10 International Animal Rights Day Animal rights groups ask if humans deserve rights, why don’t animals? So they established Animal Rights Day on the same day and Human Rights Day.
Dec. 14-22 International Hanukkah A Jewish holiday that marks the recovery of Jerusalem in the second century BCE. The festival lasts for eight days and eight nights and is observed by lighting the candles of candelabrum, commonly called a menorah or hanukkiah.
Dec. 21 Northern Hemisphere Winter solstice The day of the year when it is darkest in the Northern Hemisphere. After this date, the days get incrementally longer until the summer solstice.
Dec. 25 International Christmas Most Christians celebrate on Dec. 25 in the Gregorian calendar, which has been adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, part of the Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 of the older Julian calendar, which currently corresponds to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar, according to Wikipedia. It is also a federal and state holiday. It is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ but is celebrated by many non-Christians around the world.
Dec. 26–Jan. 1 National Kwanzaa Is an annual celebration of African-American culture. First celebrated in 1966, it was was created by activist Maulana Karenga based on African harvest festival traditions.
Dec. 31 International New Year’s Eve
