December is the twelfth month of the Julian and Gregorian calendars, lasting for 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, December is the month of the winter solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere, the month of the summer solstice. It is named after the Latin numeral decem, meaning "ten", as the month was originally the tenth month of the Julian calendar.

December's birthstones are tanzanite, turquoise, and zircon. Like March, December's flowers are the daffodils (Narcissus). In regards to the western zodiac, December is under the sign of Sagittarius until the 21st, when the sign of Capricorn begins.

Note: This should only be tagged when a monthly calendar is in the picture or when the picture is visibly December-themed. It should not be tagged for a themed art month (such as Inktober) or the month a post was originally created.

Events

Holidays

Fixed date

• Vaporeon Day – December 3
• Bathtub Party Day – December 5
• Itsenäisyyspäivä (Finland) – December 6
• Feast of the Immaculate Conception – December 8
• Monkey Day – December 14
• Christmas (Western Orthodoxies) – December 25
• Boxing Day – December 26
• Kwanzaa (1st–6th days) — December 26–31 (see also January)
• New Year Eve – December 31

Floating date

• Hanukhah — Within December (Hebrew calendar: 25 Kislev – 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet; see also January)
• Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) – around December 20-22

Month-long

• Destroy Dick December

Art challenges

TBA

Historical

• End of the Cold War (Dissolution of the Soviet Union) – December 26, 1991
• End of the Iraq War (Withdrawal from Iraq) – December 18, 2011

Calendar

More Information

• December (disambiguation)

External links

• December (Wikipedia)