Annie's "Month of December" Page
"While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall
not cease."
~Genesis 8:22~
December is the twelfth and last
month of the year according to
the Gregorian calendar, which is used in almost all the world
today. It was the tenth month in the early Roman calendar and
takes its name from the Latin word decem, which means ten. It
became the twelfth month in a later Roman calendar. In 46 B.C.,
the Roman statesman Julius Caesar added two days to December,
which before then had only 29 days.
Winter begins in December in the northern half of the world.
Some people call it "the frosty month." But winter does not begin
until December 21 or 22, and most of December is usually warmer
than other winter months. On the first day of winter, the sun
reaches the solstice, when it appears to have gone farthest
south.
In the Northern Hemisphere, it is the shortest day of the year.
But it is the longest day in the southern half of the world. The
latter part of December has long been a holiday season. The
Romans honored Saturn, the god of agriculture, with a festival
called Saturnalia. Today, Christmas is the chief holiday of
the
month in many countries. Christians celebrate it as the birthday
of Jesus Christ. The Druids of northern Europe used mistletoe in
a December festival. We still use mistletoe at Christmas.
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the
house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
Source: Attributed to Clement Clarke
Moore
Heap
on more wood! The wind is chill; |
The sun that brief December
day |
I heard the bells on
Christmas Day |
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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1 Hanukkah Begins (Dec 1st - Dec 9th) & Independence Day - (Portugal) |
2 Advent Begins Nov 28th this year! |
3 Annie's Advent Calendar Page |
4 International Hug Day(Dec-4) |
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7 Pearl Harbor Day |
8 Winter Flowers Day! Send a Winter Flowers Day Email Card |
9 Christmas Card Day |
10 | 11 | |
12 Guadalupe Day Mexico & Poinsettia Day |
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
17 | 18 |
19 A Christmas Carol Day |
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21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 Christmas |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 New Year's Eve |
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CHRISTMAS, on December 25,
is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. December
12th is Poinsettia Day! Activities.
The December holidays are a time for families to get
together,
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Thirty days
hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone
Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Source:
Old saying
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To see other Christmas Pages By Annie
Visit: Annie's Christmas Welcome
Page
Or go on to Annie's December Holidays
Page
Annie's
Featured Holiday Page |
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Featured Page |
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