December Fun Facts
December is a great month filled with lights, decorations and music. The closer we get to the 25th the happier everyone becomes - probably because it means that life can return to normal in "x" days!
Besides December being my birth month - and yes I get a whole month - other December birthdays belong to Emily Dickinson, James Doolittle, Jane Austin and Noel Coward just to name a few.
Little known facts. December 27th is National Chocolate Day and I think we should all band together that day and eat chocolate (it would be the right thing to do of course). December is National Stress Free Family Holiday month. Really? Can you think of a worse month to declare it stress free? I think January would be a better choice because by then all the leftovers have been eaten or tossed, presents unwanted have been returned and a general air of calm and thank goodness that's over for another year sets in.
The bowling ball was invented on December 29, 1862. Here's another interesting but rather scary statistics. Do you know what the number one item bought on Black Friday was? If you answered televisions you'd be wrong. It was handguns. Never thought to put that on my wish list.
Quote for December: “How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?” – Dr. Seuss.
Nearly 33 million Christmas trees, 2.5 billion greeting cards, and 38,000 miles of ribbon will be sold this holiday season. All of this is part of the extra one million tons of additional waste generated each week between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Other things to know about December:
December 13: Ice Cream and Violins Day (who thought that up?)
December 7, 1877- Thomas Edison shows off his new invention, the phonograph.
December 15, 1939- Gone With the Wind premiered in where else but Atlanta, Georgia.
December 16th - National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day (I think we should celebrate the 16th as well as the 27th in a big way)
December 26, 1865 James Mason invented the coffee percolator.
Saint Nickolas, who would eventually be called Santa Claus, was originally the patron saint of children, thieves and pawnbrokers!
December 28th is considered by some to be the unluckiest day of the year.
More than 40% of toys given to children on Christmas are broken by March (perhaps that's be design).
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