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DECEMBER HOLIDAYS
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Holiday posters index | November | December | January | search site
December Observances: poster links resource links
Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month addictions posters National Ctr for Injury Prevention & Control
Safe Toys & Gifts Month safety posters Selecting Safe Toys for Your Child
First Week of December
Second Week of December
Third Week of December
Fourth Week of December
December Holidays
12-1, AIDS Awareness Day Understanding HIV - AIDS poster US Dept of Health & Human Services
12-6, St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas poster

12-5-2007, First Candle Lit for Chanukah (25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev)
(12-22-2008, 12-12-2009, 12-2-2010)
Chanukah posters Hanukkah Resource File
12-10, Human Rights Day - Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed, 1947 peace & justice posters United Nations Human Rights Comm.
12-20-2007, Eid-al-adha, Festival of Sacrifice
(12-8-2008, 11-27-2009, 11-16-2010)

Islam posters

The Islamic Garden
12-21, Winter Solstice, Yule Winter Season posters Analemma
12-25, Christmas - the birth of Jesus Christmas posters
12-26, First Day of Kwanzaa Kwanzaa posters
12-31, New Year's Eve
December Notable Dates
b. 12-1-1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, artist Expressionists prints Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Resource File
b. 12-2-1859 - Georges Seurat, artist Georges Seurat print Georges Seurat Resource File
b. 12-3-1755 - Gilbert Stuart, artist Gilbert Stuart bio poster Gilbert Stuart Resource File
12-3-1818; Illinois, 21st State Illinois posters Illinois Facts
b. 12-3-1842 - Ellen S. Richards, scientist Ellen Richards poster Ellen Richards Resource File
b. 12-3-1857 - Joseph Conrad, author Joseph Conrad print Joseph Conrad Resource File
12-3-1967, First Heart Transplant heart posters Heart Resource File
b. 12-4-1777 - Madame Recamier, author Madame Recamier print Madame Recamier Resource File
b. 12-4-1795 - Thomas Carlyle, philosopher Thomas Carlyle print Thomas Carlyle Resource File
b. 12-4-1865 - Edith Cavell, nurse Edith Cavell print Edith Cavell Resource File
b. 12-4-1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, artist Wassily Kandinsky print Wassily Kandinsky Resource File
b. 12-5-1782 - Martin Van Buren, NY Martin Van Buren print White House, Van Buren Bio
b. 12-5-1806 - Anne Pratt, artist Anne Pratt print Anne Pratt Resource File
b. 12-5-1830 - Christina Rossetti, poet Christina Rossetti print Christina Rossetti Resource File
b. 12-5-1884 - Evert Cornelis, pianist Evert Cornelis print Evert Cornelis Resource File
b. 12-5-1901 - Werner Heisenberg, physicist Werner Heisenberg Werner Heisenberg Resource File
b. 12-6-1875 - Evelyn Underhill, mystic theologian & author Evelyn Underhill print Evelyn Underhill Resource File
b. 12-6-1875 - Elissa Landi, actress Elissa Landi print Elissa Landi Resource File
12-7-1787, Delaware Ratifies, 1st Delaware posters Delaware Facts
b. 12-7-1863 - Pietro Mascagni, composer Mascagni print Pietro Mascagni Resource File
b. 12-7-1865 - Sybil Sanderson, opera singer Sybil Sanderson print Sybil Sanderson Resource File
b. 12-7-1873 - Willa Cather, author Willa Cather posters CP Links for Learning - Cather
12-7-1941, Pearl Harbor bombing by Japan WWII posters Attack on Pearl Harbor Resource File
b. 12-8-1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots print Mary, Queen of Scots Resource File
b. 12-8-1626 - Christina of Sweden Christina of Sweden Christina of Sweden Resource File
b. 12-8-1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor Eli Whitney poster Eli Whitney Bio
b. 12-8-1765 - Jean Sibelius, composer Jean Sibelius print Jean Sibelius Resource File
b. 12-8-1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, author Joel Chandler Harris print Joel Chandler Harris Resource File
b. 12-8-1894 - James Thurber, author James Thurber print James Thurber Resource File
b. 12-9-1608 - John Milton, poet John Milton poster John Milton Resource File
b. 12-9-1742 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele print Carl Wilhelm Scheele Resource File
b. 12-9-1850 - Emma Abbott, opera singer Emma Abbott print Emma Abbott Resource File
b. 12-9-1882 - Joaquin Turina, composer Joaquin Turina print Joaquin Turina Resource File
b. 12-9-1906 - Grace Hopper, scientist
Grace Hopper posters CP Links for Learning - Hopper
d. 12-10-1198 - Averroes, theologian Averroes print Averroes Resource File
b. 12-10-1815 - Ada, Countess of Lovelace, scientist Ada, Countess of Lovelace Ada, Countess of Lovelace Resource File
12-10-1817 - Mississippi, 20th State Mississippi posters About Mississippi
b. 12-10-1822 - Cesar Franck, composer Cesar Franck print Cesar Franck Resource File
b. 12-10-1830 - Emily Dickinson, poet Emily Dickinson posters CP Links for Learning - Dickinson
b. 12-10-1891 - Nelly Sachs, author Nelly Sachs print Nelly Sachs Resource File
12-11-1803 - Hector Berlioz, composer Hector Berlioz prints Hector Berlioz Resource File
12-11-1816 - Indiana, 19th State Indiana posters
b. 12-11-1843 - Dr. Robert Koch, researcher Robert Koch print Robert Koch Resource File
b. 12-11-1890 - Mark Tobey, artist Mark Tobey art print Mark Tobey Resource File
b. 12-11-1918 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn poster Alexander Solzhenitsyn Resource File
b. 12-11-1931 - Rita Moreno, actress Rita Moreno print Rita Moreno Resource File
12-11-1972 - Apollo 17 lands on moon astronomy posters Apollo 17 Resource File
12-12-1531- Vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe Lady of Guadalupe print Mexico Resource File
12-12-1745 - John Jay, jurist John Jay portrait John Jay Resource File
12-12-1787 - Pennsylvania, 2nd State Pennsylvania posters
12-12-1821 - Gustave Flaubert, author Gustave Flaubert print Gustave Flaubert Resource File
b. 12-12-1863 - Edward Munch, artist Edward Munch print Edward Munch Resource File
b. 12-12-1928 - Helen Frankenthaler, artist Helen Frankenthaler print Helen Frankenthaler Resource File
b. 12-13-1797 - Heinrich Heine, author Heinrich Heine print Heinrich Heine Resource File
b. 12-13-1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, KY Mary Todd Lincoln daguerreotype White House Bio Mary Todd Lincoln
b. 12-14-1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer Tycho Brahe print Tycho Brahe Resource File
d. 12-14-1780 - Ignatius Sancho, author Ignatius Sancho print Ignatius Sancho Resource File
12-14-1819 - Alabama, 22nd State Alabama posters All About Alabama
b. 12-14-1836 - Frances Ridley Havergal, author Frances Ridley Havergal print Frances Ridley Havergal Resource File
b. 12-14-1909 - Edward Lawrie Tatum, biologist Edward Lawrie Tatum print Edward Lawrie Tatum Resource File
b. 12-14-1946 - Patty Duke Astin The Miracle Worker poster Patty Duke Astin Resource File
12-15-1791 - Bill of Rights Bill of Rights posters The National Archives
b. 12-15-1852 - Antoine-Henri Becquerel Antoine-Henri Becquerel print Antoine-Henri Becquerel Resource File
b. 12-15-1888 - Maxwell Anderson, author Maxwell Anderson print Maxwell Anderson Resource File
b. 12-15-1916 - Maurice Wilkins, biologist Maurice Wilkins print Maurice Wilkins Resource File
b. 12-15-1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, artist Hundertwasser posters Friedensreich Hundertwasser Resource File
d. 12-16-705 - Wu Zetian, Chinese Empress Wu Zetian print Wu Zetian Resource File
12-16-1773 - Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party print Eyewitness Account by a Participant
b. 12-16-1775 - Jane Austen, author Jane Austen poster Jane Austen Society UK bio
b. 12-16-1863 - George Santayana, author George Santayana print George Santayana Resource File
b. 12-16-1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, author Arthur C. Clarke print Arthur C. Clarke Resource File
12-16-1944 - Battle of Bulge begins WWII posters Battle of the Bulge Resource File
d. 12-17-1663 - Queen Nzinga Mbande Queen Nzinga print Queen Nzinga Resource File
b. 12-17-1706 - Madame Émilie du Chatelet, scientist du Chatelet print Émilie du Chatelet Resource File
b. 12-17-1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer Beethoven posters Beethoven Resource File
12-17-1903 - Wright Bros 1st Flight Wright Bros posters CP Links for Learning - Wright Bros
12-17-1908 - Willard Libby, chemist Willard Libby TIME cover Willard Libby Resource File
12-18-1787 - New Jersey, 3rd State New Jersey posters New Jersey Facts
12-18-1865 - 13th Amendment Ratified Civil Rights posters 13th Amendment Resource File
b. 12-18-1913 - Willy Brandt, German politician Willy Brandt print Willy Brandt Resource File
b. 12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf, singer Edith Piaf print Edith Piaf Resource File
b. 12-20-1838 - Edwin A. Abbott, author Flatland print Edwin A. Abbott Resource File
b. 12-20-1954 - Sandra Cisneros, author Sandra Cisneros poster Sandra Cisneros Resource File
12-21-1603 - Roger Williams, theologian & founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams print Roger Williams Resource File
12-21-1620 - Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock (or 11th) Massachuetts posters Pilgrim Hall Museum
b. 12-21-1744 - Anne Vallayer-Coster, artist Anne Vallayer-Coster print
b. 12-21-1866; - Maud Gonne, actress Maud Gonne print Maud Gonne Resource File
b. 12-21-1892 - Dame Rebecca West, author Rebecca West prints Rebecca West Resource File
b. 12-22-1823 - Jean-Henri Fabre, entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre print Jean-Henri Fabre Resource File
b. 12-22-1856 - Frank B. Kellogg, Nobel Peace Prize Frank B. Kellogg TIME Magazine cover Frank B. Kellogg Resource File
b. 12-22-1858 - Giacomo Puccini, composer Giacomo Puccini posters Giacomo Puccini Resource File
b. 12-23-1867 - Madame C. J. Walker Madame C. J. Walker poster Madame C. J. Walker Resource File
b. 12-24-1809 - Kit Carson, explorer Explorer posters Kit Carson Resource File
b. 12-24-1818 - James Prescott Joule James Prescott Joule print James Prescott Joule Resource File
b. 12-24-1881 - Juan Ramon Jimenez, author Juan Ramon Jimenez print Juan Ramon Jimenez Resources File
b. 12-24-1887 - Lucrezia Bori, opera singer Lucrezia Bori print Lucrezia Bori Resource File
d. 12-25-1635 - Samuel de Champlain, explorer Samuel de Champlain print Samuel de Champlain Resource File
b. 12-25-1642 - Isaac Newton, scientist Isaac Newton poster Isaac Newton Resource File
b. 12-25-1821 - Clara Barton, nurse Clara Barton print Red Cross
b. 12-25-1865 - Felix Vallotton, artist Felix Vallotton print Felix Vallotton Resource File
b. 12-25-1874 - Lina Cavalieri, opera singer Lina Cavalieri print Lina Cavalieri Resource File
b. 12-25-1883 - Maurice Utrillo, artist Maurice Utrillo print Maurice Utrillo Resource File
b. 12-26-1716 - Thomas Gray, poet Thomas Gray print Thomas Gray Resource File
b. 12-26-1791/2 - Charles Babbage, mathematician Mathematicians posters Charles Babbage Resource File
b. 12-26-1894 - Jean Toomer, author Jean Toomer poster Jean Toomer Bio
b. 12-27-1571 - Johannes Kepler, astronomer Johannes Kepler print Johannes Kepler Resource File
b. 12-27-1778 - Humphry Davy, scientist Humphry Davy print Humphry Davy Resource File
b. 12-27-1793 - Alexander Gordon Laing, explorer Alexander Gordon Laing print Alexander Gordon Laing Resource File
b. 12-27-1822 - Louis Pasteur, scientist Louis Pasteur poster Louis Pasteur Resource File
b. 12-27-1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer Maria Callas print Maria Callas Resource File
12-28-1846 - Iowa, 29th State Iowa posters Iowa Facts
b. 12-28-1856 - Woodrow Wilson, US President Woodrow Wilson posters Woodrow Wilson Links for Learning
b. 12-28-1882 - Sir Arthur Eddington, astronomer Sir Arthur Eddington print Sir Arthur Eddington Resource File
b. 12-28-1901 - Marlene Dietrich, actress Marlene Dietrich print Marlene Dietrich Resource File
b. 12-28-1929 - Maarten Schmidt, astronomer Maarten Schmidt TIME cover print Maarten Schmidt Resource File
b. 12-29-1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor

Charles Goodyear poster

Charles Goodyear Resource File
b. 12-29-1876 - Pablo Casals, musician Pablo Casals poster Pablo Casals Resource File
12-29-1845 - Texas, 28th State Texas posters Texas Facts
b. 12-29-1893 - Vera Mary Brittain, author Vera Mary Brittain print Vera Mary Brittain Resource File
b. 12-30-1865 - Rudyard Kipling, author Rudyard Kipling print Rudyard Kipling Resource File
d. 12-31-1384 - John Wycliffe, theologian John Wycliffe print John Wycliffe Resource File
b. 12-31-1491 - Jacques Cartier, explorer Jacques Cartier poster Jacques Cartier Resource File
b. 12-31-1514 - Andreas Vesalius, anatomist & artist Andreas Vesalius print Andreas Vesalius Resource File
b. 12-31-1748 - Marie-Olympe de Gouges, explorer Marie-Olympe de Gouges print Marie-Olympe de Gouges Resource File
b. 12-31-1868 - Henri Matisse, artist Henri Matisse posters CP Links for Learning - Matisse
b. 12-31-1851 - Frederick Selous, explorer Frederick Selous print Frederick Selous Resource File
b. 12-31-1880 - George C. Marshall, military & statesman George C. Marshall poster George Marshall Resource File
b. 12-31-1880 - Pola Negri, actress Pola Negri print Pola Negri Resource file
b. 12-31-1881 - Max Pechstein, artist Expressionists prints Max Pechstein Resource File
b. 12-31-1930 - Jaime Escalante, math teacher Jaime Escalante print Jaime Escalante Resource File
December Facts & Tidbits

Peace on Earth, Art PrintDecember, 12th month of the year, name comes from the Latin decem for "ten", because December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar until January and February were added. Decem is the basic word for the decimal system, and a dime=10¢ or 1/10th of 100¢).

Astrological Signs Astrology
Sagittarius: Nov 22 - Dec 21 Sagittarius poster
Sagittarius, the Archer Ecard
mutable, fire, universal; "I seek," philosophic, fun-loving, adventurous, blundering, wanderlust, scattered, hips/thighs; free, straightforward, careless.
Capricorn: Dec 22 - Jan 19 Capricorn poster
Capricorn, the Archer Ecard
cardinal, earth, universal; "I build," ambitious, cautious, authoritative, cunning, competent, stable, saturnine, knees/skeleton; prudent, cautious, suspicious.
Birthstones

Turquoise is the traditional birthstone of December, signifies good fortune, success.
Blue Topaz and zircons are modern alternative birthstones of December.

Minerals Chart Art Print

Birthstones (U of Washington)
Turquoise Resource File
Topaz Resource File
Flowers

Holly
• Paper Whites
Poinsettia

flower posters Paper Whites Resource File
Holly Resource File
Poinsettia Resource File

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