- Eat a Red Apple Day: More
Choose from over 7,000 varieties.
- National Pie Day: More
Also January 23.
December;s birth stone is Zircon, Tanzanite and Turquoise., all with a blueish tint.
In the U.S., the birth flower is Holly/Narcissus which stands for sweetness, self-esteem,
vanity. They are, however, toxic, if ingested.
Two food holidays for tomorrow:
- Eat a Red Apple Day'.
[The Hankster says] You never know when a doctor is planning a visit. Wait a minute, they don't do that any more, do they. Well, have one anyway. You have a choice of over seven thousand varieties.
- National Pie Day'. Also on January 23.
[The Hankster says] Why two days. I believe it is because someone did not eat their required one apple a day. When they began to accumulate, they make pies.
Tomorrow is 'Cookie Cutter Week'. Week of December 1-7 by the Cookie Cutter Collectors Club.
Tomorrow is 'National Day of Giving'. Day afters Cyber Monday. Since 2012. Created by the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
[The Hankster says] This is not like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The gifts you give on this day are those that won't generate an offset. Well, maybe a thank you.
Awareness / Observance Days on: December 1
o Health
- 'World AIDS Day'. A U.N. effort since 1996.
- 'Day With(out) Art Day'.AIDS awareness day.
- 'National Anger Awareness Week'.
- 'National Safe Driving Week'. December 1-7 in Canada.
Historical events in the past on: December 1
In 1824, In the United States presidential election, 1824, since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. John Quincy Adams was chosen over Andrew Jackson (Jackson became president in 1829.).
In 1835, Hans Christian Andersen publishes his first book of fairy tales.
In 1885, The first serving of the soft drink, 'Dr Pepper' was at a drug store in Waco, Texas.
In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle publishes 'A Study in Scarlet', introducing detective Sherlock Holmes.
In 1891, James Naismith creates the game of basketball.
In 1903, 'The Great Train Robbery', the first Western film, is released.
In 1913, The Ford Motor Co. starts the first assembly line.
In 1929, The game of Bingo is invented by Edwin S Lowe.
In 1941, During World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
In 1941, Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
In 1955, In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
In 1959, Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
In 1964, The Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros.
In 2001, The last flight of TWA. The Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, lands in St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's purchase by American Airlines.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in December
Food
Buckwheat Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
Health
Aids Awareness Month
Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) (12/17 - 2/7)
Other
Bingo's Birthday Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month
National Tie Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Operation Santa Paws (1-19)
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Universal Human Rights Month
December is:
December origin (from Wikipedia): '
December gets 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. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.
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December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent
to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. D
ecember is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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