Fun Facts to Celebrate a December Birthday
Celebrating a December birthday? Download this December birth month fun facts sheet to display at a birthday party or give with a birthday gift. Included are the December birthstone and flower, a few fun holidays, interesting people born in December, and this month in history events.
December Birthstone
December’s birthstone is tanzanite, which comes in a range of blue and violet tones. The most traditional birthstone for December is turquoise, and December actually has a third official birthstone—zircon.
Turquoise is one of the few birthstones whose name also describes its color! Zircon is not the same as cubic zirconia.
December Flower
The traditional birth flower for December is narcissus, a bulb that is normally grown indoors and will often flower within a month of planting with fragrant flowers.
A secondary birth flower for December is holly. This evergreen bush provides a beautiful bright red pop of color during the winter months.
December Quote or Poem
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”
Mother Teresa
December Fun Holidays
Learn a Foreign Language Month
Eat a Red Apple Day (12/1)
Letter Writing Day (12/7)
Gingerbread House Day (12/12)
Go Caroling Day (12/20)
Crossword Puzzle Day (12/21)
National Card Playing Day (12/28)
Read: 25 Card Games for Family Game Night
Famous December Birthdays
Mary Norton (children’s book author of The Borrowers series)
Charles Babbage (credited with inventing the first mechanical computer)
Walt Disney (animator, film producer, and theme park owner)
Asa Candler (founder of the Coca-Cola Company)
Ludwig van Beethoven (revered German composer and pianist)
Florence Griffith Joyner (track and field athlete)
Carol Ryrie Brink (children’s book author of Caddie Woodlawn)
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (civil engineer most famous for his Eiffel Tower)
Martha Coston (inventor of signal flares used by the U.S. Navy)
Rowland Hill (invented the adhesive postage stamp)
Charles Macintosh (inventor of the waterproof raincoat)
Grace Hopper (mathematician and pioneer of computer programming)
December Events in History
Boston Tea Party occurred (1773)
Napoleon crowned Emperor of France (1804)
Anesthesia used for the first time in Britain (1846)
First issue of Vogue is published (1892)
Wright Brothers first successful airplane flight (1903)
Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole (1911)
Federal Reserve established (1913)
U.S.S.R. is formed (1922)
First human heart transplant (1967)
December Birth Month Fact Sheet
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