December 28 National Days

December 28, 2025, is the 362nd day of the year, with three days remaining until the end of the year. Falling on a Sunday, today’s observances focus on slowing down after the holidays, spending time together through conversation or card games, enjoying chocolates, and acknowledging milestones in film history and American civic life.

Below is a list of six national and international days celebrated on December 28, each with a brief explanation.

National & International Days on December 28

National Call a Friend Day encourages people to reconnect through phone calls during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year’s. It highlights voice conversations as a more personal way to stay connected than text messages.

National Card Playing Day invites people to pause the holiday rush and spend time together, using a deck of cards as a way to talk, laugh, and be present with one another.

National Chocolate Candy Day comes a few days after Christmas and is often associated with enjoying boxed chocolates, truffles, and chocolate candies received as gifts or tucked into stockings. The day is one of more than 70 chocolate-related observances spread throughout the year.

National Chocolate Candy Day

National Download Day reflects the post-holiday surge in app and software downloads as people set up new phones, tablets, and computers received as gifts. It highlights how this period is commonly used to personalize devices with games, shopping apps, streaming services, and health or productivity tools linked to fresh start goals for the coming year.

National Short Film Day commemorates December 28, 1895, when brothers Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière held the first public commercial film screening at the Grand Café in Paris, presenting a series of films lasting under a minute each. The modern observance was established in 2019 by Film Movement to recognize short films as the starting point of cinema and an enduring form of visual storytelling.

Pledge of Allegiance Day marks the anniversary of December 28, 1945, when the United States Congress formally adopted the Pledge of Allegiance into the United States Flag Code. The observance recognizes the pledge as a civic tradition used to express loyalty to the nation and reflect on shared ideals such as liberty, unity, and justice.