Printable December Calendar
Free printable December calendar for any year. Choose the year, add holidays and notes, and download a December calendar PDF in Letter, A4, Legal or Tabloid.
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Tip: click straight into the calendar below to type events. Whatever you type is saved in this browser and printed with the PDF.
Generate a printable December calendar for any year you need. Set the year, choose whether the week starts on Sunday or Monday, switch holidays on, and download a print-ready PDF. December is the densest planning month of the year, stacking end-of-term deadlines, travel, gift shopping and holiday events into four short weeks.
A December calendar for any year
Most printable December calendars online are locked to a single year, which makes them useless twelve months later. This one is generated on demand, so a December calendar for next year, for a year in the past, or for a year a decade out all come from the same page.
The date maths is computed from the Gregorian calendar rules, including leap years, so the weekday alignment is correct whichever year you enter.
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Planning around December
December typically revolves around Christmas Eve, Christmas Day on the 25th and New Year's Eve on the 31st, and a printed month view is the fastest way to see how those dates fall against weekends. A common approach is a holiday countdown with shipping cut-offs and party dates marked.
Adding the notes column gives you a ruled sidebar for the things that do not belong in a specific date square: budgets, meal plans, reminders and running lists.
Where the name December comes from
December takes its name from decem, Latin for ten. The month sits in early winter in the northern hemisphere, and its position and length were fixed by the Julian reform of 46 BC and carried forward unchanged into the Gregorian calendar we use today.
That continuity is why a December calendar looks the same whether you generate it for this year or for a year in the eighteenth century: only the weekday alignment changes.
How to print your calendar
- Choose your paper size before downloading. The sheet is drawn at the exact dimensions of Letter, Legal, A4 or Tabloid, following the international paper size standards.
- Download the PDF file format file, or open it in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- In the print dialog set scaling to 100% or “Actual size”, never “Fit to page”, so the grid keeps its measured proportions.
- Match the printer’s paper tray to the size you picked. For Tabloid (11 × 17 in), use a printer or copy shop that feeds 11 × 17 stock.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I print a December calendar for any year?
- Yes. Type any year into the year control and the December grid is redrawn with the correct weekday alignment for that year.
- Does the December calendar include holidays?
- It can. Choose a holiday region and any public holidays falling in December are labelled inside their date cells.