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 2022. 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.

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Social Media Holidays: December 2022

Our list of social media holidays in December 2022 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.

December 1

  • World AIDS Day #WorldAIDSDay
  • Rosa Parks Day
  • National Eat A Red Apple Day #EatARedAppleDay #EatARedAppleDay2022
  • National Cookie Cutter Day #NationalCookieCutterDay
  • National Day With(out) Art #DayWithoutArt
  • National Peppermint Bark Day #NationalPeppermintBarkDay

December 2

  • National Bartender Day #NationalBartenderDay
  • National Fritters Day #NationalFrittersDay
  • Special Education Day

December 3

  • International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD #DisabilityDay
  • National Green Bean Casserole Day #NationalGreenBeanCasseroleDay
  • National Make a Gift Day #MakeaGiftDay
  • National Peppermint Latte Day #NationalPeppermintLatteDay
  • National Rhubarb Vodka Day
  • National Roof Over Your Head Day
  • New Zealand: Crate Day #CrateDay #CrateDay2022

December 4

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

December 5

  • Bathtub Party Day #BathtubPartyDay
  • International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development #InternationalVolunteersDay
  • National Repeal Day #RepealDay #RepealDayParty
  • National Sacher Torte Day a.k.a. Sachertorte Day #NationalSacherTorteDay #NationalSacherTorteDay
  • Walt Disney Day #WaltDisneyDay
  • World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay

December 6

  • National Gazpacho Day #NationalGazpachoDay #GazpachoDay
  • National Miners’ Day #MinersDay #NationalMinersDay
  • National Microwave Oven Day #NationalMicrowaveOvenDay #MicrowaveOvenDay
  • St. Nicholas Day a.k.a. Feast of Saint Nicholas #StNicholasDay

December 7

  • International Civil Aviation Day #InternationalCivilAviationDay #InternationalCivilAviationDay2022 #CivilAviationDay
  • National Cotton Candy Day #NationalCottonCandyDay #CottonCandyDay
  • Pearl Harbor Day #pearlharborday

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#AntiCorruptionDay
  • National Pastry Day #NationalPastryDay #PastryDay
  • World Techno Day

December 10

  • Dewey Decimal Day
  • Gingerbread Decorating Day #GingerbreadDecoratingDay
  • Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
  • International Animal Rights Day #InternationalAnimalRightsDay #AnimalRightsDay
  • International Shareware Day
  • National Lager Day #LagerDay #NationalLagerDay
  • Nobel Prize Day

December 11

  • Christmas Jumper Day
  • International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay #InternationalMountainsDay
  • National Noodle Ring Day #NationalNoodleRingDay #NoodleRingDay
  • Worldwide Candle Lighting Day

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

  • Free Shipping Day
  • 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 #NationalCupcakeDay2022 #CupcakeDay #CupcakeDay2022
  • National Lemon Cupcake Day #NationalLemonCupcakeDay #LemonCupcakeDay

December 16

  • National Chocolate Covered Anything Day #NationalChocolateCoveredAnythingDay
  • Ugly Sweater Day #UglyChristmasSweaterDay #UglySweaterDay
  • Underdog Day

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 #Christmas2022 #Christmas #Christmastime
  • National Pumpkin Pie Day #PumpkinPieDay

December 26

  • Boxing Day (UK, Canada, Australia) #boxingday #boxingday2022
  • 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 #NewYears2022 #NewYearsEve2022
  • National Champagne Day #NationalChampagneDay
  • Hogmanay (UK/Scotland)
  • No Interruptions Day

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.