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Happy Go Caroling Day: Spread holiday cheer with the sounds of Christmas
If you need a little help getting in the holiday spirit, you’re in luck. Dec. 20 is all about the sounds of music. While the origins are unknown, it’s Go Caroling Day, an annual holiday that celebrates caroling. While not as popular as it once was, folks have been spreading holiday cheer by caroling for centuries. Saint Francis of Assisi is credited as the person who began the Christmas caroling tradition back in the 1200s. Instead of singing solemn hymns during the holidays,
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Happy Holly Day!
‘Tis the season – the holiday season, that is. Dec. 19 is Holly Day, an annual occasion created by the Queen of Holidays, Jace Shoemaker-Galloway, that celebrates, well, holly. With Christmas just days away, one of the most recognizable Christmas decorations is a flowering plant in the Aquifoliaceae family, a group of about 400 species of shrubs and trees belonging to the genus, Ilex, commonly referred to as Holly. The fruit of the holly, often referred to as berries, range
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Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day
Dec. 18 is (International) Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day, an annual elf-inspired occasion that celebrates a "classic" Christmas movie, “Elf.” The 2003 film, which stars Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, James Caan, Zooey Deschannel and Mary Steenburgen, is a charming movie that tells the tale of lovable Buddy, an orphan who was raised as an Elf in the North Pole and travels to New York to meet his biological dad. But things do not go as smoothly as Buddy hopes. Participati
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Bake Cookies Day
If your sweet tooth is aching for a sweet treat to eat, go grab your apron! Just in time for the holidays, today is Bake Cookies Day! Whether you celebrate Christmas,Hanukkah or Kwanza, nothing quite says the holidays like a delicious batch of homemade cookies baking in the oven. While the origins of this annual “holiday” are unknown, Bake Cookies Day is celebrated every Dec. 18. And you don't need to be an experienced chef or decorator extraordinaire to bake cookies either.
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National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: It's Time to Get Your Ugly On!
Uh oh. Have you heard the news? One of the most highly anticipated holidays in the entire year is almost here. Get ready to bedazzle your friends, folks. The third Friday in December is National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day. This fun-filled holiday is the perfect day to surprise (stun) your friends, family and co-workers by wearing the ugliest, tackiest and most hideous sweater you own - and the uglier the better! You know the ones – those bulky, ill-fitting cardigans, vest
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National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
If your sweet tooth is screaming for a little sweet treat to eat, you’re in luck! December 16 is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day! This annual food holiday, which falls smack dab between Thanksgiving and Christmas, has been celebrated for quite some time. Legend has it that a small town in Minnesota first celebrated the annual event eons ago. Whether it’s a piece of ooey gooey milk chocolate, a heapin' helpin' of chocolate pie, one or two chocolate-covered cherries, an
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It's National Cupcake Day, cupcake!
While many people are busy baking cookies for the holidays, December 15 is all about cupcakes. It’s National Cupcake Day in the U.S.A! While its origins are unknown, Americans have been gobbling up these sweet treats since the 19th century. Just how popular are cupcakes? Besides National Cupcake Day, which is celebrated today and/or in August, there is also a National Chocolate Cupcake Day, too! Now you really can have your (cup)cake and eat it too! Today is also Cat Herder
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Cat Herders Day: : Have you ‘herd’ the news?
Have you 'herd' the news? Dec. 15 is Cat Herders Day in the U.S.A! Despite its name, this annual “holiday” is not really about fabulous felines. Created by the folks at, well, Wellcat, today is actually about tackling a task, problem or job that seems nearly impossible or exceptionally complicated – like herding cats. And with the holidays right around the corner, even the most mundane task may seen overwhelming. Between buying and wrapping all those gifts, decorating the i
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Free Shipping Day: Retailers offer free shipping on last-minute gifts
If you are still have some last-minute Christmas shopping to do, you're in luck! On the heels of a super successful Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Green Monday, today is Free Shipping Day! The annual one-day online sale extravaganza is the perfect opportunity for last minute holiday shoppers to order those special gifts online with no shipping charges. Free Shipping Day was created by entrepreneur Luke Knowles and his wife back in 2008. Since its inception, more and more reta
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Monkey Day
When it comes to special days of the year, now isn't the time to monkey around! Or is it? Dec. 14 is dedicated to real "swingers" of all shapes and sizes! It's Monkey Day, an annual "holiday" that celebrates those magnificent primates. With hundreds of species worldwide, monkeys, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, lemurs, gibbons and even humans, are all part of the vast primate family. Primates have large brains, complex behaviors and are very social creatures. But sad
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National Ice Cream Day Scoop
Here's the scoop! If you’ve got a hankerin’ for something sweet to eat, get ready to get your scream on! December 13 is National Ice Cream Day! Yep, this cool and creamy food holiday is so popular, it’s celebrated twice a year. National Ice Cream Day is celebrated during the steamy summer month of July and smack dab in the middle of December! It just goes to show you that ice cream is the perfect treat to eat any time of the year! Whether you prefer to lick it, dip it or eat
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Gingerbread House Day
While the origins of this fun “holiday” are unknown, Dec. 12 is Gingerbread House Day! Just in time for the holidays, today is the perfect opportunity to get your creativity on and build yourself a fabulous gingerbread house! Elaborate or simple, big or small, nothing gets the little ones into the holiday spirit like building and designing their very own homemade home! Usually comprised of delicious gingerbread and decorated with colorful candies and icing, gingerbread houses
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Poinsettia Day: The colorful plant associated with the holiday season
Dec. 12 is not only Gingerbread House Day and National Ding-a-ling-Day, it also celebrates a beautiful plant often associated with the Christmas holiday season. It's Poinsettia Day, an annual holiday that not only celebrates a colorful plant but also commemorates the death of American botanist, physician and the first United States Minister to Mexico. In 1828, Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett noticed a beautiful shrub along the road in the Mexican countryside. He took some cuttings
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National Ding-a-Ling Day
If you tend to march to the beat of a different drummer, you’re in luck! Dec. 12 is National Ding-a-Ling Day, an annual “holiday” that celebrates the ding-a-ling and ding-dongs in all of us! According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a ding-a-ling is defined as a “person who is scatterbrained or eccentric.” Does that ring a bell with anyone? Legend has it the Ding-a-Ling Club sponsors this special day to promote ding-a-lings, the “wonderful, loving, intelligent, friendly,
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'Hoppy' National Lager Day
Have you heard the latest “buzz?” If you need a little something to get you into the holiday “spirit,” go grab your glass. A very refreshing "holiday" is here and Americans are more than ready to celebrate! Dec. 10 is National Lager Day, an annual “holiday” that celebrates the crisp, smooth and refreshing type of beer known as Lager. Derived from the German word “lager” which means “to store," Lager is the most consumed type of beer in the world and is the favorite type of be
