Charms & Charm Bracelets

Here we are, at the end of the year and facing the two biggie holidays of the calendar: Christmas and Hannukah. Trying to find the right gift for the people on your gift list can be challenging, but charms and charm bracelets have always been hands-down favorites. Not to mention they can be very economical, and as versatile as can be for each individual.

Astrological Information

Sagittarius:  November 22  – December 21
Capricorn: December 22 – January 19

We all know someone who has a birthday in December, and know how challenging it can be during this busy gift-giving season to find the right gift. Sagittarius and Capricorn charms make perfect gifts! Build a whole charm bracelet around the holidays and events in December, and you have a wonderful keepsake for someone.  The Birthstone of the Month is  Blue Topaz or Turquoise (modern) or Zircon, Turquoise, or Lapis Lazuli (traditional). You can find charms with these stones, or jewelry.  The Flower of the Month is the beautiful Narcissus. The Narcissus stands for self-love.

Monthly Observances

• Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month (US National)
• GERD Awareness Week (Gastroesophageal Reflux disease)
• Hi Neighbor Month (Something we’ve seen on some of the online greeting card sites.)
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• Prevent Blindness America
• Stress Free Family Holiday Month

First Week of December

• Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week (National)
• Hand Washing Awareness Week (National)

Second Week of December

• Hannukkah/Channukkah. In 2009 Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday December 11. Hanukkah is a eight-day holiday both in Israel and outside of Israel.  Future dates are:
  • Wednesday December 1 in 2010
  • Tuesday December 20 in 2011
  • Saturday December 8 in 2012
  • Wednesday November 27 in 2013
  • Tuesday December 16 in 2014
  • Sunday December 6 in 2015

• Coats For Kids Days. Many communities run annual Coats and Toys For Kids drives and most distribute the coats (and/or toys) somewhere around the 10th of December.

December Holiday & Observance Daily Calendar

December 1

• AIDS Awareness Day (World Aids Day)
• Eat A Red Apple Day
• Playboy Magazine first published, 1953
• Rosa Parks Day

December 3

• The world’s first heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1967
  International Day of Disabled Persons (observed December 3rd every year)

December 5

• Volunteer Day (International).

December 6

• St. Nicholas Day, December 6th

December 7

• Civil Aviation Day (National)
• Delaware was the first state to join the Union on December 7, 1787.
• Pearl Harbor Day – National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 9

• International Children’s Day of Broadcasting

December 10

• Grand Ole Opry – first radio broadcast from Nashville TN, 1927
• Human Rights Day (UN)
• Mighty Mouse Playhouse premiered 1955 – Saturday morning cartoon on CBS – “Here he comes to save the day!”
• Mississippi becomes the 20th US State, 1817
• The Nobel Prize is awarded on December 10th, the anniversary of Nobel’s death in 1896.

December 11

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Muhammad Ali’s last fight, 1981
• Apollo 17 lands on the moon, 1972
• The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, 1620 (Some sources say December 11th, some say December 21st.)
• Indiana became the 19th US State on December 11, 1816.
• Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, 1941
• UNICEF is established

December 12

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Bonza Bottler Day.  An excuse to celebrate. This happens every month when the day and the date are the same number  (Sept 9, Oct 10, Nov 11, Dec 12, etc.)
• Boys Town was founded, 1917, by Father Edward J. Flannigan.
• Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Observed December 12th every year
• Poinsettia Day

December 13

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Ice Cream and Violins Day — December 13 each year
• First Susan B. Anthony Dollar, 1978
• St. Lucy Day (Catholic Religion)

December 14

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Alabama becomes the 22nd US State, 1819
• NASCAR founded, 1947

December 15

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Bill of Rights Day, the United States Bill of Rights is passed on December 14, 1791
• First episode of the TV show Davy Crockett airs, 1954
• Gone With the Wind premiers, 1939
• Netscape Navigator is released, 1994

December 16

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Battle of the Bulge began, 1944
• Boston Tea Party, 1773
• “Dragnet” premiers on TV, 1951

December 17

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• 1903 – First flight by the Wright Brothers, 1903 (59 seconds, Outer Banks NC)

December 18

• Hanukkah – December 11 – 19, 2009
• Japan was admitted to the United Nations, 1956
• New Jersey Admission Day, December 18. Became the third state on December 18, 1787.
• The 13th Amendment is ratified on December 18, 1865 (abolishing slavery.)

December 21

• Forefathers’ Day, December 21 – Observed in New England since 1769. Commemorates the landing of the Pilgrims.

December 22

• Maritime Day (US National)
• Winter Solstice – Winter Begins

December 24

• Christmas Eve

December 25

• Christmas Day

December 26

• Boxing Day. Observed the same date each year in: UK, Canada, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, West Virginia
• Erie Canal Opens, 1825
• FM Radio is patented, 1933
• Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas, 1946
• First Day of Kwanzaa – A Celebration of Family, Community & Culture

December 27

• Howdy Doody premiers on NBC, 1947
• Radio City Music Hall opens in 1932
• Spain becomes a democracy, 1978

December 28

• The Edge of Night (Daytime TV Soap Opera) final episode, 1984
• Iowa becomes the 29th US state on December 28, 1846.
• Montgomery Ward goes out of business on December 28, 2000
• First American test tube baby is born in Norfolk, VA – 1981

December 29

• Texas became the 28th US State on December 29, 1845.
• Formation of the first YMCA in the United States in Boston, 1851

December 30

• The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) is formed, 1922
• The Wonderful World of Disney TV Series is cancelled, 1980

December 31

• New Year’s Eve

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