Looking for some inspirational content to post about in December? You are in the right place. Observing trending social media holidays is extremely popular and the trend is growing. Knowing what to celebrate much in advance gives you the upper hand, since you have time to plan your content and perfect it. When the social media holiday is trending on Twitter or Instagram it is already too late to jump on the bandwagon. In other words, make sure you always keep track of what’s going on.

This list of ours contains all major social media holidays and normal holidays celebrated in December 2024. Minor ones have been left off the list, so you can be sure that you won’t end up observing a holiday that no one has even heard of.

In addition to featuring monthly national days, I have curated a National Days Calendar that highlights one popular national day for each day. The calendar is also available as a printable version in my Etsy shop.

National Days in December 2024

Our list of social media holidays in December contains the major ones, ie. holidays that have gotten at least some traction online in previous years. Apart from giving you just the names of these holidays, we have also done our homework and studied which hashtags have been used in previous years. Some of these hashtags are the official ones, while some have simply been commonly used. We recommend you to use all of these hashtags for maximum exposure.

Our list starts with the national days whose dates change each year, like Candle Day, Walt Disney Day and Ugly Sweater Day. See the full list below:

  • National Day of Giving (Tuesday after Thanksgiving)
  • Bartender Appreciation Day a.k.a. National Bartender Day (1st Friday in December)
  • Faux Fur Friday (1st Friday in December)
  • Candle Day (1st Saturday in December)
  • Global Fat Bike Day (1st Saturday in December)
  • National Rhubarb Vodka Day (1st Saturday in December)
  • Walt Disney Day (1st Monday in December)
  • Gingerbread Decorating Day (2nd Saturday in December)
  • International Shareware Day (2nd Saturday in December)
  • Worldwide Candle Lighting Day (2nd Sunday in December)
  • Ugly Sweater Day (3rd Friday in December)
  • Underdog Day (3rd Friday in December)
  • No Interruptions Day (last work day of the year)

Now, let’s move on to the national days in December with fixed dates.

December is jam-packed with fun national days that everyone loves to celebrate. Starting on December 4th, National Cookie Day encourages you to bake, decorate, and share yummy cookies with friends and family. It is also a great opportunity for bakeries to use for their marketing – maybe run a special discount or host a special cookie event? Then, on December 8th, it’s time to indulge: it’s National Brownie Day. Fast forward to December 13th, and you can warm up with a cozy cup of hot cocoa for National Cocoa Day. Get creative on December 12th with National Gingerbread House Day, perfect for building and decorating cute gingerbread houses. If you like being a bit silly, don’t forget about National Ugly Sweater Day on the third Friday of December. Finally, wrap up the month with National Thank You Note Day on December 26th, a wonderful opportunity to express your gratitude for the gifts and kindness you’ve received during the holiday season.

December 1

  • National Eat A Red Apple Day #EatARedAppleDay
  • National Christmas Lights Day #NationalChristmasLightsDay #nationalchristmaslightsday🎄
  • National Cookie Cutter Day #NationalCookieCutterDay
  • National Peppermint Bark Day #NationalPeppermintBarkDay
  • World AIDS Day #WorldAIDSDay

December 2

  • Business of Popping Corn Day is a yearly event celebrating Charles Cretors’ invention of the first large commercial popcorn machine in 1885. This day is different from National Popcorn Day celebrated in January.
  • National Fritters Day #NationalFrittersDay
  • National Mutt Day #NationalMuttDay #nationalmuttday🐶
  • Special Education Day #SpecialEducationDay
  • World Computer Literacy Day #WorldComputerLiteracyDay
  • World Pollution Prevention Day #WorldPollutionPreventionDay

December 3

  • National Green Bean Casserole Day #NationalGreenBeanCasseroleDay
  • National Make a Gift Day a.k.a. Make a Gift Day #MakeaGiftDay
  • National Peppermint Latte Day #NationalPeppermintLatteDay
  • National Roof Over Your Head Day #NationalRoofOverYourHeadDay

December 4

  • Cabernet Franc Day #CabernetFrancDay #CabFrancDay #CabFrancDayDec4
  • International Cheetah Day #InternationalCheetahDay #Cheetah Day #SaveTheCheetah 
  • National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay #CookieDay
  • National Dice Day #NationalDiceDay #DiceDay
  • National Sock Day #NationalSockDay
  • World Wildlife Conservation Day #WorldWildlifeConservationDay #WildlifeConservationDay

December 5

  • Bathtub Party Day #BathtubPartyDay
  • International Ninja Day #InternationalNinjaDay
  • International Volunteer Day #InternationalVolunteerDay
  • National Repeal Day #RepealDay #RepealDayParty
  • National Sacher Torte Day a.k.a. Sachertorte Day #NationalSacherTorteDay #NationalSacherTorteDay
  • World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay

December 6

  • National Gazpacho Day #NationalGazpachoDay #GazpachoDay
  • National Microwave Oven Day #NationalMicrowaveOvenDay #MicrowaveOvenDay
  • World Trick Shot Day #WorldTrickShotDay

December 7

December 8

  • National Brownie Day #NationalBrownieDay #BrownieDay
  • National Lard Day #NationalLardDay #LardDay
  • Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay

December 9

  • Christmas Card Day #ChristmasCardDay
  • International Anti-Corruption Day #InternationalAntiCorruptionDay #AntiCorruptionDay
  • National Llama Day #NationalLlamaDay #LlamaDay
  • National Pastry Day #NationalPastryDay #PastryDay
  • Techno Day #TechnoDay

December 10

  • Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
  • International Animal Rights Day #InternationalAnimalRightsDay #AnimalRightsDay
  • National Lager Day #LagerDay #NationalLagerDay

December 11

  • Christmas Jumper Day #ChristmasJumperDay
  • International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay #InternationalMountainsDay
  • National Noodle Ring Day #NationalNoodleRingDay #NoodleRingDay

December 12

  • Gingerbread House Day #GingerbreadHouseDay
  • International Universal Health Coverage Day
  • National Ambrosia Day #NationalAmbrosiaDay
  • National Poinsettia Day #PoinsettiaDay

December 13

  • National Cocoa Day #NationalCocoaDay #CocoaDay
  • National Cream Cheese Frosting Day #NationalCreamCheeseFrostingDay
  • National Violin Day #ViolinDay #NationalViolinDay

December 14

  • Monkey Day #WorldMonkeyDay #MonkeyDay
  • National Bouillabaisse Day #NationalBouillabaisseDay #BouillabaisseDay

December 15

  • Bill of Rights Day #BillOfRights #BillOfRightsDay
  • Cat Herders Day #CatHerdersDay
  • National Cupcake Day #NationalCupcakeDay #CupcakeDay
  • National Lemon Cupcake Day #NationalLemonCupcakeDay #LemonCupcakeDay

December 16

  • National Chocolate Covered Anything Day #NationalChocolateCoveredAnythingDay

December 17

  • National Maple Syrup Day #NationalMapleSyrupDay #MapleSyrupDay
  • Wright Brothers Day #WrightBrothersDay

December 18

  • Arabic Language Day #ArabicLanguageDay
  • Bake Cookies Day #BakeCookiesDay
  • International Migrants Day #InternationalMigrantsDay #Migrants Day

December 19

  • National Hard Candy Day #NationalHardCandyDay
  • National Oatmeal Muffin Day #NationalOatmealMuffinDay #OatmealMuffinDay

December 20

  • International Human Solidarity Day
  • National Mudd Day
  • National Sangria Day #NationalSangriaDay #SangriaDay

December 21

  • International Dalek Remembrance Day #DalekDay
  • National Armagnac Day #NationalArmagnacDay
  • National Coquito Day #NationalCoquitoDay #CoquitoDay
  • National Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
  • National Flashlight Day
  • National French Fried Shrimp Day #NationalFrenchFriedShrimpDay
  • National Humbug Day
  • Short Girl Appreciation Day #ShortGirlAppreciationDay
  • Winter Solstice / First Day of Winter (Winter Shortest Day) #WinterSolstice #FirstDayofWinter

December 22

  • Forefathers Day
  • National Cookie Exchange Day #NationalCookieExchangeDay
  • National Date Nut Bread Day #NationalDateNutBreadDay

December 23

  • Festivus Day #Festivus #FestivusMiracle
  • National Pfeffernusse Day #NationalPfeffernusseDay
  • National Roots Day

December 24

  • Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
  • National Egg Nog Day #NationalEggNogDay EggNogDay

December 25

  • Christmas Day #Christmas #Christmastime
  • National Pumpkin Pie Day #PumpkinPieDay

December 26

  • Boxing Day (UK, Canada, Australia) #boxingday
  • Day After Christmas Day
  • National Thank You Note Day #ThankYouNoteDay
  • National Candy Cane Day #CandyCaneDay

December 27

  • National Fruitcake Day #NationalFruitcakeDay

December 28

  • Holy Innocents’ Day
  • National Chocolate Candy Day #NationalChocolateCandyDay #ChocolateCandyDay
  • Pledge of Allegiance Day

December 29

  • National Pepper Pot Day #NationalPepperPotDay #PepperPotDay
  • Tick Tock Day #TickTockDay

December 30

  • National Bacon Day #BaconDay
  • National Bicarbonate Of Soda Day #NationalBicarbonateOfSodaDay #BicarbonateOfSodaDay

December 31

  • New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve
  • National Champagne Day #NationalChampagneDay
  • Hogmanay (UK/Scotland)

National Weeks in December

  • December 1-7, 2024: National Cookie Cutter Week #NationalCookieCutterWeek
  • December 9-15, 2024: Computer Science Education Week a.k.a. CSEdWeek #CSEdWeek #ComputerScienceEducationWeek

National Months in December

  • Month of Giving #MonthofGiving
  • National Cat Lovers’ Month #NationalCatLoversMonth
  • National Tie Month #NationalTieMonth
  • National Write a Business Plan Month #NationalWriteaBusinessPlanMonth
  • Operation Santa Paws #OperationSantaPaws
  • Safe Toys and Gifts Month #SafeToysandGiftsMonth
  • Universal Human Rights Month #UniversalHumanRightsMonth

This was the list of social media holidays in December. We hope the list helps you come up with interesting social media content.

Which social media holidays will you observe? Are we missing an important one? Let us know in the comments.

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Last Update: June 16, 2024