Social Media Content Ideas for December
Some Social Media Content Ideas for December
December is here! Say hello to snow, the yule log channel on television, and endless Christmas music on the radio. Of course, you knew those things were coming – but did you know that December is Watermelon Month? Or that December 13th is Ice Cream Day?
Bookmark this list, and use it to plan your social media content for the month going forward. We’d hate to see a Bakery miss out on National Pastry Day – December 9th!
December Monthly Observances
AIDS Awareness Month
Awareness Month of Awareness Months Month
Bingo’s Birthday Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Human Rights Month
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (12/1-12/24)
Quince and Watermelon Month

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Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Take a New Year’s Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/17-2/5)
Tomato and Winter Squash Month
Universal Human Rights Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
December Weekly Observances
Cookie Cutter Week, December 1-7
Clerc-Gallaudet Week, December 3-10
National Handwashing Awareness Week, First week of December
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week, First week of December
Computer Science Education Week, December (Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)
Cookie Exchange Week, December / First M-F Week Before Christmas
International Coelenterate Biology Week, December 5-9
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, December 5-9
Human Rights Week, December 10-17
Christmas Bird Count Week, December 14-1/5 (Always every year)
Halcyon Days, December 14-28 (Always seven days before/after the Winter Solstice)
Posadas, December 16-24
Saturnalia, December 17-23
Gluten-free Baking Week, December 18-24 (Week Before Christmas)
It’s About Time Week, December 25-31
Kwanzaa, December 26-January 1
December Daily Observances
Eat a Red Apple Day – December 1
National Pie Day – December 1
Rosa Parks Day – December 1
World AIDS Day – December 1
National Mutt Day – December 2
National Salesperson Day – December 2, 2016 (First Friday in December)
Special Education Day – December 2
Greenwood Day – December 3, 2016 (First Saturday in December)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – December 3
National Apple Pie Day – December 3
National Cookie Day – December 4
National Dice Day – December 4
World Wildlife Conservation Day – December 4
Bathtub Party Day – December 5
Day of the Ninja – December 5

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International Volunteers Day – December 5
Repeal of Prohibition Day – December 5
Microwave Oven Day – December 6
Miners’ Day – December 6
National Gazpacho Day – December 6
National Pawnbrokers Day – December 6
St. Nicholas Day – December 6
International Civil Aviation Day – December 7
National Cotton Candy Day – December 7
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – December 7
Feast of the Immaculate Conception – December 8, 2016 (Catholic)
National Chocolate Brownie Day – December 8
Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day – December 8
International Anti-Corruption Day – December 9
National Pastry Day – December 9
Weary Willie Day – December 9
Dewey Decimal System Day – December 10
Human Rights Day – December 10
International Shareware Day – December 10, 2016 (Second Saturday in December)
National Day of Animal Rights – December 10
National Lager Day – December 10
Nobel Prize Day – December 10
International Mountain Day – December 11
National Noodle Ring Day – December 11
UNICEF Birthday – December 11
World Choral Day – December 11, 2016 (Second Sunday in December)
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day – December 11, 2016 (Second Sunday in December)
Gingerbread House Day – December 12
National 12 Hour Fresh Breath Day – December 12
National Cocoa Day – December 12
Poinsettia Day – December 12
Ice Cream and Violins Day – December 13
National Day of the Horse – December 13
US National Guard Birthday – December 13
Monkey Day – December 14
National Bouillabaisse Day – December 14
Bill of Rights Day – December 15
Cat Herders Day – December 15
Free Shipping Day – December 15, 2016 (Third Thursday in December with participating retailers)
International Tea Day – December 15
National Cupcake Day – December 15
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day – December 16
National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day – December 16
National Underdog Day – December 16, 2016 (Third Friday in December)
Zionism Day – December 16
National Maple Syrup Day – December 17
Pan American Aviation Day – December 17
Wright Brothers Day – December 17

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International Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day – December 18
International Migrants day – December 18
National Roast Suckling Pig Day – December 18
National Hard Candy Day – December 19
International Human Solidarity Day – December 20
Mudd Day – December 20
National Fried Shrimp Day – December 20
National Sangria Day – December 20
World Snowboard Day – December 20, 2015
Ann & Samantha Day – December 21, 2016 (Summer & Winter Solstice Days – also June 20, 2016)
Crossword Puzzle Day – December 21
First Day of Winter/Winter Solstice – December 21, 2016 (movable day)
Forefather’s Day – December 21
Humbug Day – December 21
International Dalek Remembrance Day – December 21
Kiwi Fruit Day (California) – December 21
National Hamburger Day – December 21
National Homeless Person’s Remembrance Day – December 21
World Peace Day – December 21

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Yule – December 21
National Date Nut Bread Day – December 22
National Haiku Poetry Day – December 22
National Re-gifting Day – December 22, 2016 (Thursday before Christmas)
Festivus – December 23
Human Light Celebration – December 23
National Pfeffernuesse Day – December 23
Christmas Eve – December 24
National Egg Nog Day – December 24
A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day – December 25
Christmas – December 25
National Pumpkin Pie Day – December 25
Boxing Day – December 26
National Candy Cane Day – December 26
National Thank-You Note Day – December 26
National Whiner’s Day – December 26
National Fruit Cake Day – December 27
Visit the Zoo Day – December 27
Holy Innocents Day – December 28
National Chocolate Day – December 28 and 29
Pledge of Allegiance Day – December 28
Pepper Pot Day – December 29
Tick Tock Day – December 29
Bacon Day – December 30

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Falling Needles Family Fest Day – December 30
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day (Baking Soda) – December 30
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day – December 31
Make Up Your Mind Day – December 31
National Champagne Day – December 31

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New Year’s Eve – December 31
No Interruptions Day – December 31
Universal Hour of Peace Day – December 31
World Peace Meditation Day – December 31
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