December 1

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • World AIDS Day
  • First Sunday of Advent (Christian)

• TV events:
  • 25 Days of Christmas, Freeform

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Cyber Monday

• TV events:
  • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming special airs, 8:30PM EST on NBC
• DVD/Blu-ray releases:
  • Buttons: A Christmas Tale
  • Game of Thrones - season 8
  • The Goldfinch
  • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
  • Ready or Not
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power - seasons 1-3

• TV events:
  • Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas TV movie premiere, 9PM EST on Freeform
  • The Moodys limited series premiere, 9PM EST on FOX

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Day of the Ninja
  • Krampusnacht
• TV events:
  • Same Time, Next Christmas TV movie premiere, 9PM EST on ABC
• Web events:
  • Tell Me a Story season 2 premiere, on CBS All Access
  • V Wars season 1, on Netflix

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Saint Nicholas Day (Christian; Europe)
• Movie openings:
  • The Aeronauts
  • Daniel Isn't Real
  • Playmobil: The Movie
• Web events:
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel season 3, on Amazon
  • Reprisal season 1, on Hulu

• Historic events:
  • Pearl Harbor Day (USA, 1941)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Second Sunday of Advent (Christian)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Human Rights Day (UN)
  • Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony (Sweden)
• DVD/Blu-ray releases:
  • Freaks
  • Hustlers
  • IT Chapter Two
  • Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
  • The Orville - season 2

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Santa Lucia (Christian; Sweden)
  • Free Shipping Day (online)
• Movie openings:
  • Black Christmas
  • A Hidden Life
  • Jumanji: The Next Level
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
• Web events:
  • The Expanse season 4, on Amazon
  • Runaways season 3, on Hulu

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Third Sunday of Advent (Christian)

• Historic events:
  • Boston Tea Party (US; 1773)

• Historic events:
  • First Flight (Kitty Hawk, NC, USA; 1903)
• DVD/Blu-ray releases:
  • Abominable
  • Ad Astra
  • Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture
  • Killjoys - season 5
  • Rambo: Last Blood
  • Trick

• TV events:
  • FX's A Christmas Carol TV movie premiere, 7:30PM EDT on FX

• Movie openings:
  • Cats
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Web events:
  • The Witcher season 1, on Netflix

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Fourth Sunday of Advent (Christian)
  • Winter Solstice / Yule (Pagan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Hanukkah (Jewish; Kislev 25-Tevet 3, A.M. 5780)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Festivus

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Christmas Eve
• Web events:
  • Lost in Space season 2, on Netflix
• DVD/Blu-ray releases:
  • Judy

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Christmas (Christian/Commercial; English quarter day)
• Movie openings:
  • 1917
  • Just Mercy (select theaters; opens wide Jan. 10)
  • Little Women
  • Spies in Disguise

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Boxing Day (UK & Canada)
  • St. Stephen's Day (Christian; Ireland)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Kwanzaa

• Movie openings:
  • Clemency (select theaters)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • New Year's Eve
  • Omisoka (New Year's Eve) (Japan)

• TV events:
  • The Twilight Zone New Year's Marathon airs, on Syfy

All years are Common Era unless otherwise indicated (years given for other calendars- e.g., Jewish, Islamic, Chinese- will be the current year for no particular reason, unlike CE years, which generally refer to historic dates). Most calendar links are to external websites, though a very few will be to other sections of this site. For DVD/Blu-ray releases, I try to find a link for the specific movie or show on the distributor's website; failing that, I'll link to a retailer like Target.com or Amazon.com.