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    Home » calendar » food calendar » December Food Holidays Calendar 2024, How to Celebrate Every Day

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    December Food Holidays Calendar 2024, How to Celebrate Every Day

    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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    Explore More
    • December Food Holidays Google Calendar
    • Month-long Celebrations in December
    • Week-long Celebrations in December
    • December Holidays, Day-by-Day
    • What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in December?
    • Food Holiday Calendars for the Entire Year

    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 - look, I barely bake cookies, let alone cooked that require the effort of chilling, rolling, cutting out, AND decorating? But I have fallen down this sub-reddithole multiple times and you should too
    • 2nd Week of December: Lager Beer Week

    December Holidays, Day-by-Day

    Hanukkah is observed starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar for eight nights, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. This year, Hanukkah is from sunset on Wednesday, December 25 2024 until sunset Thursday January 2, 2025.

    December 25th is Christmas. This year Christmas is Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

    • December 1: Eat a Red Apple Day try: Apple and Walnut Harvest Salad
      December 1: Fried Pie Day
      December 1: Peppermint Bark Day, if peppermint isn't your thing, try
      • Dark Chocolate Pistachio Bark or
      • Matcha White Chocolate Bark
    • December 2: Fritters Day
      December 2: Feast of St. Bibiana, Patron Saint of Hangovers
    • December 3: Green Bean Casserole Day
      December 3: Peppermint Latte Day
    • December 4: Cookie Day, try:
      • Three-Day Chocolate Chip Cookies
      • Heath Bar Toffee Cookies
      • Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
      • Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
    • 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: Fairy Floss Day
      December 7: Cotton Candy Day
    • December 8: Chocolate Fudge Brownie Day, try:
      • Brownie Baked Oatmeal
      • "Panic" Olive Oil Brownies
      • Peanut Butter Brownies
    • December 9: Pastry Day
      December 9: Pear Day, Arugula Pear Salad
    • 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, try the Italian-American version, Cioppino Seafood Stew
      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
      • Blueberry Muffin Baked Oatmeal
    • December 20: National Sangria Day
      • Traditional Red Wine Sangria
      • Sparkling Ginger Melon Sangria
    • 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, check out the Christmas Foods A to Z Guide and Menu
    • December 25: Hanukkah, until January 2, 2025
      • try this Latkes and Smoked Salmon Platter
    • December 25: Pumpkin Pie Day: try the Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe in America
      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, try:
      • Best No-Mess Way to Cook Bacon, in Oven
      • How to Cook Bacon into Aesthetic Wavy Strips
    • December 30: Baking Soda Day
    • December 31: New Year's Eve
      December 31: Champagne Day
      December 31: Vinegar Day
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    What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season in December?

    • Apples. Technically finished with harvest by late fall, apples stay fresh and crunchy in cold storage through the winter.
      • Apple Salad with Feta and Walnuts
      • Cabbage Apple Salad
      • Apple Cider Vinaigrette
    • Beets
      • Beet Yogurt Whip
      • Beet Hummus
      • Roasted Beets Quinoa Salad
    • Belgian Endive
    • Broccoli/Broccoli Rabe/Broccolini/Rapini
      • Charred Broccoli
    • Brussels Sprouts
      • Crispy Shaved Brussels Sprouts
      • Miso Roasted Brussels Sprouts
      • Shredded Brussels Sprouts Hash
      • Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Kimchi
      • Brussels Sprouts with Roasted Pears
    • Cabbage
      • Cabbage Apple Salad with Miso Dressing
    • Carrots (year-round)
      • Spicy Carrot Salad
      • Carrot Ginger Soup
      • Pickled Carrots and Daikon
      • Carrot Cake
    • Cauliflower
      • Cauliflower Parm
      • Cauliflower Gratin
      • Whole Roasted Cauliflower
      • Roasted Curried Cauliflower
      • How to Cut Cauliflower Steaks
      • Pull Apart Garlic Cheese Whole Cauliflower "Loaf"
    • Celeriac/Celery Root
    • Celery
    • Chard
    • Chicories like Escarole, Frisée, and Radicchio
    • Citrus, including Blood Oranges, Clementines, Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges
      • Citrus Avocado Salad
      • Orange Olive Oil Cake
      • Candied Oranges
      • Dehydrated Citrus Crisps
      • Lemon Olive Oil Cake
      • Lemoniest Lemon Vinaigrette
    • Cranberries
      • BEST Whole Cranberry Sauce
      • Cranberry Sorbet
      • Cranberry Bread
      • Cranberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich
      • Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies
      • Cranberry Cream Cheese Stuffed Baked French Toast
      • Cranberry Moscow Mule Cocktail
    • Fennel
    • Horseradish
    • Jerusalem Artichokes / Sunchokes 
    • Kale
    • Kohlrabi 
    • Leeks 
    • Mushrooms, year-round
      • Mushrooms Lentil Salad
      • Mushroom Barley Soup
      • Mushroom Gravy
      • Shiitake Mushroom Bacon
      • How to Cook Lion's Mane Mushrooms
      • Mushroom Stock
    • Onions and Shallots
    • Parsnips
    • Pears 
    • Persimmons 
      • Persimmon "Caprese" Salad
      • Fall Farmers' Market Salad with Maple Citrus Vinaigrette
      • Sqirl Café Persimmon Upside Down Cake
    • Pomegranates
      • Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
      • Pomegranate Salsa
      • Spicy Pomegranate Salsa
      • Homemade Pomegranate Molasses
    • Potatoes 
    • Quinces
    • Radishes
    • Rutabagas
    • Spinach
    • Sweet Potatoes
      • Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate
      • Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Dips
    • Turnips
    • Winter Squash
      • Roasted Butternut Squash with Whipped Feta and Pomegranate
      • Pan Roasted Honeynut Squash
      • Roasted Honeynut Squash with Kale Pesto
      • Butternut Squash Carbonara Pasta
      • How to Cook Spaghetti Squash for the Longest Strands

    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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