2. In Latin, decem means ‘ten’. December was the 10th month in the Roman calendar until the introduction of the Gregorian calendar.

3. December is the month with the shortest day hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day hours in the Southern Hemisphere.

4. December in the Northern Hemisphere is the season equivalent to June in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa.

5. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 December. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 December.

6. 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.

7. The important events in December are- World AIDS Day (December 1), Nobel Prizes Day (December 10), Human Rights Day (December 10), Christmas Eve (December 24), Christmas (December 25) and New Year’s Eve (December 31)

8. December’s birthstone is the blue turquoise or zircon.

9. December’s birth flower is the Holly or Euphor- bia Pulcherrima.

10. The Zodiac sign for those born in this month is either Sagittarius or Capricorn, depending on which day you were born.