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 - 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 - 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:
- 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 - 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:
- 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. Technically finished with harvest by late fall, apples stay fresh and crunchy in cold storage through the winter.
- 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
- Mushrooms, year-round
- Onions and Shallots
- Parsnips
- Pears
- Persimmons
- Persimmon "Caprese" Salad
- Fall Farmers' Market Salad with Maple Citrus Vinaigrette
- Sqirl Café Persimmon Upside Down Cake
- Pomegranates
- Potatoes
- Quinces
- Radishes
- Rutabagas
- Spinach
- Sweet Potatoes
- Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Feta and Pomegranate
- Crispy Smashed Sweet Potatoes with Dips
- Turnips
- Winter Squash
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