December

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December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, widely associated with winter in the Northern Hemisphere and major holidays such as Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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Label Occurrences
December canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf month
time period
associatedWith gift-giving
winter holidays
year-end celebrations
containsAstronomicalEvent December solstice
containsEvent Advent season
linked to: Advent

Boxing Day Test (cricket)
linked to: Boxing Day Test

New Year’s Eve celebrations
Saturnalia (historical)
linked to: Saturnalia

Yule
containsHoliday Boxing Day
Christmas Day
linked to: Christmas

Christmas Eve
Constitution Day of Spain
Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Festivus
Hanukkah
Human Rights Day
Independence Day of Finland
Kwanzaa
National Day of Qatar
New Year’s Eve
Saint Nicholas Day
Victory Day of Bangladesh
Winter Solstice
linked to: Yalda Night

World AIDS Day
etymologyFrom Latin "decem" meaning "ten"
etymologyLanguage Latin
follows November
hasAbbreviation Dec
Dec.
hasEnglishName December
hasISO8601MonthCode 12
hasNumberOfDays 31
isFinalMonthOf Gregorian calendar year
isInQuarter fourth quarter
isInSeason Christmas season
holiday season
partOf Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar
positionInYear 12
precedes January
typicalMeteorologicalSeasonNorthernHemisphere early winter
typicalMeteorologicalSeasonSouthernHemisphere early summer
typicalSeasonNorthernHemisphere winter
typicalSeasonSouthernHemisphere summer
wasTenthMonthIn Roman calendar

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boxing Day occursInMonth December
Roman calendar includedMonth December
Yalda Night occursInMonth December
The Moody Blues notableWork December
subject linked to: Moody Blues
Collective Soul notableWork December