December
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For other uses, see December (disambiguation).
December (listen) is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
In Latin, decem means "ten". December was also the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February.
December's flower is the narcissus or holly. December's birthstones are turquoise, lapis lazuli, zircon, topaz (blue), or tanzanite.[citation needed]
December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
December starts on the same day of the week as September.
[edit] Events in December
- Union Day of Romania (1 December)
- World AIDS Day (December 1)
- National Day of United Arab Emirates (December 2)
- Sinterklaas in The Netherlands (December 5)
- Father's Day (King's Birthday) in Thailand (December 5)
- Independence Day in Finland (December 6)
- Constitution Day in Spain (December 6)
- Pearl Harbor Day in the United States (December 7)
- Fukuoka Marathon is held on first Sunday in December.
- Día de la Madre en Panamá (Mother's Day) in Panama. (December 8)
- Day of the Mary Immaculate Conception. (December 8)
- Constitution Day in Romania. (December 8)
- In the Ásatrú religion, Egil Skallagrimsson's Day (December 9) is a day of remembrance for the Viking hero.
- Human Rights Day (December 10)
- Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe, or Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico (December 12)
- Independence Day (Jamhuri Day) in Kenya (December 12)
- Saint Lucy (December 13)
- Honolulu Marathon is held on second Sunday in December.
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