Category: Culture and the Arts

Art, Day Without: December 1

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Created in 1989 as a way for artists, museums and other cultural institutions to raise awareness about AIDS, Day Without Art (DWA) now attracts thousands of institutions worldwide and has become part of t...

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Calendar Awareness Month, Intl.: December

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Learn a Foreign Language Month: December

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There are approximately 7,102 languages in the world. The top five for native speakers are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic in that order. This month is an opportunity to add to your...

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Read a New Book Month: December

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Rosa Parks Day (1955): December 1

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On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Louise Parks became known as 'The Mother of Modern Day Civil Rights Movement' when she refused to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a bus. A...

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Turner Prize Awarded (UK): December 1

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Awarded to artist working primarily in Britain or British citizens globally, the Turner Prize honors the best artistic creations of the past year. This event first ran in 1984.

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Clerc-Galladet Week (1787): December 3-10

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First run in 1974, DC Public Library established Clerc-Gallaudet Week to honor two pioneers in deaf education, Laurent Clerc, born December 26, 1785, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, born December 10, 1787....

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Galveston Dicken's on the Strand (US-TX):...

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Black Pound Day (UK): December 4

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Born in 2020 in the wake of the Black Lives Matter global protest, Black Pound Day in the United Kingdom is a monthly event occurring on the first Saturday of each month (except the first day, which was h...

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Dickensian Christmas Festival, Kent (UK):...

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Step into Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and live the experience as in Victorian, England. Each year the city of Rochester in Kent, the United Kingdom, rolls out the red carpet, plumb pudding and Ch...

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Krampuslauf (Krampus): December 5

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Have you been naughty or nice this past year? On the eve of St. Nicholas Day in Europe children enjoy wearing masks and chasing the devil (Krampuslauf) out of town. It's a colorful tradition of fun and pr...

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Ninja, Day of the (2003): December 5

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Musical Instrument Gift Day (343 AD): Dece...

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Musical Instrument Gift Day is celebrated in the United States each year. Sponsored by the National Pawnbrokers Association and coinciding with St. Nicholas Day, (which commemorates the death of Nikolao...

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Lady of Camarin Day (GU): December 8

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Christmas Card Day: December 9

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Christmas cards have been around since Sir Henry Cole commissioned the creation of such on May 1, 1843. This first set of cards was illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London. Sir Henry was charged wi...

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Lost & Found Day, Official: December 10

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The second Friday of each December the world turns its attention to Official Lost and Found Day. This event first occurred in 2012. It's a day to take another look and try to find something that you misp...

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Nobel Prize Anniversary, (1896): December...

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Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. He devoted his life to peace, science and literature. Upon his death, December 10, 1896, he willed $9 million to create a prize honoring the...

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Gingerbread Decorating Day: December 11

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Gingerbread is a popular holiday bread/cookie and construction resource. Gingerbread has existed since 2400BC, with the first known recipe from the Greeks. The Chinese further developed the cookie, but it...

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Kaleidoscope Day (1781): December 11

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Mountain Day, Intl: December 11

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