December 18th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Flannán
  • Gatianus of Tours
  • O Adonai
  • Sebastian (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Winibald
  • December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Migrants Day
• National Day (Qatar)
• Republic Day (Niger)
• UN Arabic Language Day (United Nations)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day

Bake Cookies Day

Flake Appreciation Day

Guru Ghasidas Jayanti

National Crime Junkie Day

National Deborah Day

National Jeremy Day

National Roast Suckling Pig Day

National Twin Day

Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day

 

Katie Holmes’s Birthday

Joseph Stalin’s Birthday

Franz Ferdinand’s Birthday

DMX’s Birthday

Christina Aguilera’s Birthday

Stone Cold Steve Austin’s Birthday

Ronald Acuna Jr.’s Birthday

Rachel in Wonderland’s Birthday

Maria Brink’s Birthday

Keith Richards’s Birthday

Lyrica Anderson’s Birthday

Ashley Benson’s Birthday

Paul Klee’s Birthday

Ayaka Iida’s Birthday

Ray Liotta’s Birthday

Brad Pitt’s Birthday

Steven Spielberg’s Birthday

Bridgit Mendler’s Birthday

YBN Nahmir’s Birthday

Chris FamilyFunPack’s Birthday

ZaZa Bean’s Birthday

Billie Eilish

 

 

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A few of us were discussing the perils of drinking and driving when my five-year-old granddaughter threw in her two cents.

“I can see why it would be dangerous to drink and drive,” she said.

“The straw could go up your nose.”

 

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I’m a nurse in a hospital’s children’s ward. One night, I was at the nurses’ station when I heard a little boy in his room talking. He kept the patter up for some time.

Finally, I got on the intercom and said softly but firmly, “All right, Johnny, it’s time to go to sleep now.”

There was quiet in the room, and then he said, “OK, God, I will.” I didn’t hear a peep from him until morning.

 

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My 35-year-old son and I had just finished our meal when I realized I’d left my wallet in my truck. As I headed out the door, I told the waitress what had happened.

“But don’t worry,” I said with a grin. “I’m leaving my son for collateral.”

She looked at him. He winked at her. She turned back to me. “What else you got?”

 

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When someone asks me if I quit my diet... not only did I fall off the diet wagon,

I dragged it into the woods, set it on fire,

and used the insurance money to buy Twinkies.

 

 

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