Fun things to do in December:

• Get / Put up a Christmas Tree – make it an adventure and chop down your own!
• Make yummy apple fritters (Dec. 2 – Fritter’s Day)
• Watch your favorite Disney movie (Dec. 5 – Walt Disney Day)
• Give a secret gift without someone knowing (Dec. 6 – St. Nicholas / Mitten Tree Day)
• Take a sleigh ride
• Get a poinsettia and learn about Mexican traditions (Dec. 12 – Poinsettia Day)
• Learn about the Bill of Rights (Dec. 15 – Bill of Rights Day)
• Make gingerbread houses
• Appreciate the beauty of snowflakes (Dec. 18 – Flake Appreciate Day)
• Bake cookies and decorate (Dec. 18 – Bake Cookies Day)
• Make oatmeal muffins and share with neighbors and friends (Dec. 19 – Oatmeal Muffin Day)
• Go caroling
• Celebrate the Winter Solstice (Dec. 21 – Winter Solstice)
• Share something that brings you joy each day

The Month of December:

• Calendar – December got its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month.
• Season – December contains the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the day with the fewest daylight hours, and the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, the day with the most daylight hours (excluding polar regions in both cases). In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the astronomical winter is traditionally 21 December or the date of the solstice.
• Moon – “Full Sturgeon Moon” – Some Native American tribes knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this full Moon. Others called it the Green Corn Moon.
• Birthstone – December’s birthstones are the turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite.
• Flowers – December’s birth flower is the narcissus.
• Zodiac – Sagittarius (until December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 onwards).

December Days For Kids:

1 – Red Apple
2 – Fritters
3 – Make a Gift
4 – Santa’s List
5 – Walt Disney
6 – St. Nicholas / Mitten Tree
7 – Cotton Candy / Pearl Harbor
8 – Brownie
9 – Christmas Card
10 – Human Rights
11 – Mountain
12 – Poinsettia / Channukah
13 – Ice Cream / Violin
14 – Monkey
15 – Bill of Rights
16 – Boston Tea Party / Chocolate Covered Anything
17 – Wright Bros. / Saturnalia
18 – Flake Appreciation / Bake Cookies
19 – Oatmeal Muffin
20 – Sacagawea / Go Caroling
21 – Winter Solstice
22 –
23 –
24 – Egg Nog
25 – Christmas
26 –
27 – Cut out snowflakes
28 – Card Playing
29 –
30 – Bacon / Baking Soda
31 – New Year’s Eve