Welcome to December-By Libby Deege

When you think of December, do thoughts of Christmas come to mind? There is a lot more to December than holidays, presents and last minute shopping. There are other holidays during the month, many famous people

celebrate their birthday in December and many historic events took place during the last month of the year!


Did you know.....

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 every year. December ends on the same day of the week as April every year.

Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah usually begins in December. The dates vary from year to year. Some years Hanukkah begins in late November..

President Franklin Pierce was the first President to decorate the White House Christmas tree

Since the 1970’s, the Kennedy Space Center has made their shuttle landing facility available for emergency landing by Santa Claus should problems develop during his annual visit to children around the world!

A few Famous Birthdays!

Walt Disney, Larry Bird, Teri Hatcher, Mary Queen of Scots, Donny Osmond, Dick Van Patten, Kirk Douglas, Emily Dickinson, Bob Barker, Ted Nugent, Tim Conway, Brad Pitt, Phil Donahue, Lady Bird Johnson just to name a few!!

This is a great time of year to sit down with your clients and talk about their favorite holiday memories! Have them get out old pictures from long ago and relive some of their old memories with them!!

Happy December everyone!!