NATIONAL CANDY CANE DAY
National Candy Cane Day on December 26th gives candy lovers a day to celebrate the red and white striped candies found abundantly during the holidays. #NationalCandyCaneDay
NATIONAL THANK-YOU NOTE DAY
National Thank-You Note Day on December 26th recognized the time-honored tradition of thanking people for their gifts, hospitality, and generosity. It is a day to get some note cards, paper, pen, envelopes, and stamps to write those special thank-yous. #ThankYouNoteDay
NATIONAL WHINERS DAY
As the year starts to wind down, National Whiners Day on December 26th allows an opportunity to complain about just roughly anything. If you want, you are allowed to whine about being too tired, or overeating. Maybe you want to whine about having to go back to work or all the cleaning up you have to do. Are the lines long in the return aisle at the store? You can whine about that, too. The possibilities are endless. #NationalWhinersDay
Coming on December 27, 2025
National Days
NATIONAL FRUITCAKE DAY
Notable Birthdays for December 26
Thomas Nelson (1738-1789) - Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence.
George Dewey (1837-1917) - Highly decorated Navy Admiral.
Bazoline Estelle Usher (1885-1992) - Founder of the first Girl Scout troop for
Black girls in Atlanta.
Steve Kordek (1911-2012) - Pinball machine designer.
Steve Allen (1921-2000) - Co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show.
Norman Orentreich (1922-2019) - Dermatologist known as the Father of Modern Hair Transplantation.
Martin Cooper (1928-Still Living) - Inventor of the mobile phone.
Caroll Spinney (1933-2019) - Puppeteer and voice actor who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street.
John Walsh (1945-Still Living) - Creator and original host of America's Most Wanted.
Susan Butcher (1954-2006) - Dog musher and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 4x champion.
Chris Daughtry (1979-Still Living) - Lead singer of the rock band Daughtry.
Alexander Wang (1983-Still Living) - Fashion designer.
Memorable Events for December 26
1773 - Tea ships are expelled from Philadelphia.
1805 - The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is established in PA.
1862 - The first hospital ship is commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
1865 - The first coffee percolator is patented by James Mason.
1878 - The first store installs electric lights.
1919 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
1941 - President Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1944 - Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
1966 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated at California State University.
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