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Celebrate With Just Another Sunset
 Full Moon:December 21, 2010
The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon - "During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun."
-Farmers' Almanac
 Sun Sign:
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
Element: Fire
Planet: Jupiter
Celtic Tree:
Elder (November 25 - December 22)
December Birth Stone: Turquoise or Blue Topaz
December Birth Flower:
Narcissus
Holidays and Festivals
December is Universal Human Rights Month, National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Month, Read a New Book Month, and Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month
Hanukkah: Sundown December 1
Hanukkah is an 8 day Jewish Festival of Lights. After a group of Jews defeated a Greek army, they found that only a small bit of olive oil remained to light the Menorah in their temple. That small amount of oil miraculously burned for 8 days.
St. Nicholas Day: December 6
This is the day for celebrating Ol' Saint Nick. The practice of hanging up stockings came from St. Nicholas' practice of throwing coins into the open home windows of the impoverished. When the coins fell into a child's stocking, children who heard the story began hanging stockings with the hope that they too would catch gold coins.
Pearl Harbor Day: December 7
This day commemorates the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Human Rights Day: December 10
Bill of Rights Day: December 15
On this day in 1791, 1o amendments were added to the United States Constitution that guaranteed such rights as the freedom of the press and of religion, the right to bear arms, and the right of due process of law.
Winter Solstice or Yule: December 22
The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Christmas: December 25 Commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. Boxing Day: December 26 A day to donate to the poor. During the middle ages, the wealthy would fill boxes with food to give to the less fortunate. In modern times, it is a day to fill up boxes with non-perishable food and clothing in good condition and donate those items to charity. Kwanzaa: December 26 A 7 day holiday celebrating African-American heritage.
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