Each month at Good Tuesday, we gather all the big (and little) dates you’ll want to know about. The most important dates for your calendar and the latest social media days for your diary; so you can plan ahead, join the conversation, and never miss a reason to celebrate.
Here are the important December dates for your calendar
December’s just around the corner, the month of twinkly lights, festive smells, and a perfectly good excuse to eat one too many mince pies.
It’s a busy one, with the usual festive chaos, but don’t forget Small Business Saturday on the 6th – an ideal time to show some love to your favourite indies. And on the 21st we have the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year giving us a very welcome excuse to linger in our PJ's a little longer.
Here are a few key December dates to help you plan your social content (or simply stay afloat in the seasonal madness).
💚 This month is:
- Small Business Saturday (UK)
- Winter Solstice (N.Hemisphere)
- New Years' Eve, Hogmanay (SCT)
- Universal Human Rights Month

December Dates For Your Calendar
Christmas | 24th - 26th Dec
Hanukkah | 14th Dec - 22nd Dec
Kwanzaa | 26th Dec - 1st Jan
1st - St Andrew's Day Holiday (SCT), World AIDS Day, Cyber Monday, Charity Week Begins (UK)
2nd - National Grief Awareness Week Begins (US), Giving Tuesday
3rd - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
4th - Positively Purple, National Sock Day (US)
5th - International Volunteer Day, World Soil Day
6th - Small Business Saturday (UK)
7th - International Civil Aviation Day
9th - Christmas Card Day, National Pastry Day (US)
10th - Nobel Prize Day, International Animal Rights Day
11th - UNICEF Birthday, Christmas Jumper Day (UK)
12th - Gingerbread House Day (US)
14th - First Day of Hanukkah
18th - International Migrants Day
20th - International Human Solidarity Day
21st - Winter Solstice (N.Hemisphere)
24th - Christmas Eve25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day
30th - Resolution Planning Day
31st - New Years' Eve, Hogmanay (SCT)
* Please note - please be sure to double check we have published the dates correctly, as dates may change after publishing, and we are only human so can make mistakes!