Celebrate something every day using this complete list of official December Food Holidays, in a handy bulleted list as well as google calendar that you can copy to your own personal calendar!
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Check out the "holidays" below, calendar format first, list after. Some fun recipes included to help you celebr-eat!
Happy December!
And when you're ready and set, go plan ahead with the January Food Holidays calendar!
December Food Holidays Google Calendar
This is a PUBLIC calendar, so you can add it to your own google calendar!
If you happen to be here and it's not yet December, use the blue arrows < > on the calendar to click month-to-month for more.
(The calendar automatically shows the current month).
Month-long Celebrations in December
- Egg Nog Month
- Fruitcake Month
- Pear Month
Week-long Celebrations in December
- 1st Week of December: National Cookie Cutter Week
- 2nd Week of December: Lager Beer Week
December Holidays, Day-by-Day
December 25th is Christmas. This year Christmas is Sunday, December 25, 2022.
- December 1: Eat a Red Apple Day
- December 1: Peppermint Bark Day
- December 1: Fried Pie Day
- December 2: Fritters Day
- December 2: Feast of St. Bibiana
- December 3: Green Bean Casserole
- December 3: Peppermint Latte Day
- December 4: Cookie Day
- December 5: Comfort Food Day
- December 5: Repeal of Prohibition Day
- December 5: Sacher Torte Day
- December 6: Gazpacho Day
- December 6: Microwave Oven Day
- December 6. Cook for Christmas Day
- December 7: Cotton Candy Day
- December 7: Fairy Floss Day
- December 8: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Day
- December 9: Pastry Day
- December 9: Pear Day
- December 10: Lager Day
- December 11: Have a Bagel Day
- December 11: Noodle Ring Day
- December 12: National Ambrosia Day
- December 12: National Cocoa Day
- December 13: National Ice Cream Day
- December 13: Popcorn on a String Day
- December 14: Biscuits and Gravy Day
- December 14: Bouillabaisse Day
- December 14: Roasted Chestnuts. Day
- December 15: Gingerbread Latte Day
- December 15: Lemon Cupcake Day
- December 16: Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- December 17: Maple Syrup Day
- December 18: I Love Honey Day
- December 18: Roast Suckling Pig Day
- December 19: Hard Candy Day
- December 19: Oatmeal Muffin Day
- December 20: National Sangria Day
- December 21: Coquito Day
- December 21: Fried Shrimp Day
- December 21: Hamburger Day
- December 21: California Kiwi Day
- December 22: Date Nut Bread Day
- December 23: National Bake Day
- December 23: National Pfeffernusse Day
- December 24: Christmas Eve
December 24: Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes
December 24: National Eggnog Day - December 25: Christmas Day
December 25: Pumpkin Pie Day
December 25: Kiss the Cook Day - December 26: Candy Cane Day
- December 27: National Fruitcake Day
- December 28: Box of Chocolates Day
- December 29: National Pepper Pot Day
- December 30: National Bacon Day
- December 30: Baking Soda Day
- December 31: New Year's Eve
December 31: Champagne Day
December 31: Vinegar Day
What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in December?
Apples
Beets
Belgian Endive
Broccoli/Broccoli Rabe/Broccolini/Rapini
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots (year-round)
Cauliflower
Celeriac/Celery Root
Celery
Chard
Chicories like Escarole, Frisée, and Radicchio
Citrus, including Blood Oranges, Clementines, Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
Cranberries
Fennel
Horseradish
Jerusalem Artichokes / Sunchokes
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Onions and Shallots
Parsnips
Pears
Persimmons
Pomegranates
Potatoes
Quinces
Radishes
Rutabagas
Spinach
Sweet Potatoes
Turnips
Winter Squash
Food Holiday Calendars for the Entire Year
- January Food Holidays
- February Food Holidays
- March Food Holidays
- April Food Holidays
- May Food Holidays
- June Food Holidays
- July Food Holidays
- August Food Holidays
- September Food Holidays
- October Food Holidays
- November Food Holidays
- December Food Holidays — you're here!
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