- It's almost the last month of 2024, if you can believe it!?
Do you know these random things about December? Like did you know there is a National Christmas lights day?
- National Candy Cane Day is on December 26th each year.
- The winter solstice begins in the month of December in the Northern Hemisphere, the shortest day of the year with the least light.
- The Geminid Meteor starts the night of December 13th 2024, after 9 p.m. This will be the most active meteor shower of the year. The peak of this meteor shower happens the day after the new moon, meaning the sky will be dark and perfect to watch the shower!
- There’s a Full Cold Moon on Saturday December 18th, 2024, that’ll reach its peak illumination by 11:37 p.m. EST.
- The moon names we use (within the Farmer’s Almanac and otherwise) comes from Native Americans, Colonial Americans and other sources of tradition, passed down through generations.
- A cold moon is a Mowhawk name that means frigid conditions of this time of year, when the cold weather really begins to set in. Did you know this as a random things about December?
- Monthly celebrations in December are National Egg Nog.
Day, National Fruit Cake Day, Hi Neighbor Month, Made in America Month. - December is the last month of the year of the Gregorian Calendar. (Whereas in the early Roman calendar or Julian calendar, it was the tenth month of the year, and January and February didn’t yet exist.
- December’s birthstone is turquoise, a symbol of good fortune and success. The birth flower for the month is Narcissus and Holly and the astrological signs for the month are Sagittarius (November 23rd-December 21st) and Capricorn (December 22nd-January 19th.)
- December 28th is considered one of the unluckiest days of the year by many. Did you know this as random things about December?
- More dentists are born in December than any other month.
- Candy canes are the most popular candy sold in the month of December.
- More than a 1.5 billion Christmas cards are sent in the month of December in the United States.
- The largest Gingerbread house used more than 3,000 pounds of sugar to be made.
- Alabama was the first state to make Christmas an official holiday.
- December has a bunch of odd and fun holidays to
celebrate including National Christmas Lights Day, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National Cookie Day, Bacon Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, National Violin Day, National Fruit Cake Month, National Santa List Day, and national Gingerbread House Day. There’s also Cotton Candy Day, Ugly Sweater Day, Mathematics Day, Roast Chestnuts Day, Nobel Prize Day, Rosa Parks Day, Christmas Card Day, Twin Day and Candle Day. - Over 3.5 million Japanese eat KFC as their dinner feast. Did you know this as random things about December?
- The world’s largest stocking too three months and was hand sewn.
- The tallest Christmas tree ever was 221 feet tall.
- 1.76 billion candy canes are made every year.
- Santa’s suit is red. But did you know his original suit colors were blue, green and purple.
- One of the biggest gifts given was the Statue of Liberty, which was gifted from France to the United States on Christmas day.
- Eggnog is so old it dates back to the Medieval Times.
- The Christmas Pickle is a German tradition that families all over the word enjoy each season.
Do you know these random things about December? Let me know what you think in the comments!