December 1

"Here's to the heath, the hill and the heather,
The bonnit, the plaid, the kilt and the feather."
- Traditional Scottish

December 2

"Another day, another bender
No retreat and no surrender
While tomorrow, we'll try to remember
What to forget this day in Decemberember."
- Unknown

- Alternative -
"Shucram"
- Arabic, United Arab Emirates Constitution Day, December 2, 1971

December 3

"We'll think of all the friends we know
And drink to all worth drinking to."
- Unknown

December 4

"May your mornings bring joy
and your evenings bring peace...
May your troubles grow less
as your blessings increase!
May you get all your wishes but one,
so that you will always have something to strive for!"
- Traditional Irish

December 5

"When Christ turned water into wine
There were no drys to scold and whine;
Today prohibitors would rail
And send the Son of God to jail."
- The Repeal of Prohibition in the United States was accomplished with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on Decemberember 5, 1933

December 6

"What shall we drink to?
...To four in the morning!"
- Unknown

December 7

"Here’s to cold nights, warm friends, and a good drink to give them."
- Anonymous

December 8

"Early to rise and early to bed
makes a male healthy and wealthy
and dead."
- James Grover Thurber (Decemberember 8th, 1894 – November 2nd, 1961), an American author and cartoonist.

December 9

"I do think
we've had enough to drink
now the time is such...
let's drink too much"
- Unknown

December 10

"The horse and mule live thirty years
And never knows of wines and beers.
The goat and sheep at twenty die
Without a taste of scotch or rye.
The cow drinks water by the ton
And at eighteen is mostly done.
The dog at fifteen cashes in
Without the aid of rum or gin.
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for noggs and dies at ten.
But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men
Survive three-score years and ten.
And some of us...though mighty few
Stay pickled 'til we're ninety-two."
- Unknown

December 11

"To the corkscrew...
a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit,
the treasury of laughter,
the front door of fellowship,
and the gate of pleasant folly."
- Unknown
 
December 12

"And there's nothing so desperate, so dull or so drear,
as to sit at the bar, of a pub with no beer
So raise me a glass, as I sit right here
And pray once more, I'll never face that fear."
- Unknown

December 13

"May all your joys be pure joys,
And all your pain Champagne."
- Unknown

December 14

"If all be true as we do think
There are five reasons why we drink:
Good beer, a Friend, or being Dry
Or lest one should be, by and by …
Or any other reason why!"
- Henry Aldrich (1647 – 14 Decemberember 1710) Dean of Christ Church and English philosopher.
 
December 15

"To the holidays—all 365 of them."
- Anonymous

December 16

"Now, thrice welcome, Christmas
Which brings us good cheer,
Mince pies and plum pudding,
Strong ale and strong beer!"
- Anonymous

December 17

"I wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year
A pocket full of money
And a cellar full of beer!"
- Traditional

December 18

"Christmas...
Here's to holly and ivy hanging up,
And to something wet in every cup."
- Traditional

December 19

"May you live as long as you Wish,
and have all you Wish as long as you live.
This is my Christmas Wish for you."
- Unknown

December 20

"May your sheep all have lambs but not on Christmas night."
- Traditional Irish

December 21

"Peace and plenty for many a Christmas to come."
- Traditional Irish

December 22

"May you never be without a drop at Christmas."
- Traditional

December 23

"May you be poor in misfortune this Christmas
and rich in blessings
slow to make enemies
quick to make friends
and rich or poor, slow or quick,
as happy as the New Year is long."
- Traditional

- Variation -

"May you be poor in misfortune,
Rich in blessings,
Slow to make enemies,
And quick to make friends.
But rich or poor, quick or slow,
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward."
- Traditional

 December 24

"May your corn stand high as yourself,
your fields grow bigger with rain,
and the Marche know its own way home on Christmas night."
- Traditional Irish

- Alternative -

"I know I've wished you this before
But every year I wish it more,
A Merry Christmas."
- Unknown

December 25

"A Christmas wish...
May you never forget what is worth remembering
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Traditional

- Alternative -

May peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch on your door,
and happiness be guided to your home by the candle of Christmas..

December 26

"Here's wishing you more happiness
Than all my words can tell,
Not just alone for Christmas
But for all the year as well."
- Traditional

December 27

"I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; 
a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time;
a time when men and women seem by one consent...
to open their hearts freely;
and so I say 'God bless Christmas'."
- Charles Dickens

December 28

"We've holidays and holy days, and memory days galore;
And when we've toasted every one, I offer just one more.
So let us lift our glasses high, and drink a silent toast-
The day, deep buried in each heart, that each one loves the most."
- Unknown

December 29

"Then let us be merry and taste the good cheer,
And remember old Christmas comes but once a year."
- Unknown

December 30

"In the year ahead,
May we treat our friends with kindness
and our enemies with generosity."
- Traditional

- 2 -

"Tagalog Mabuhay" Translation: "Long life"
- Phillipines - Rizal Day "Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Dr. José Rizal"  (Death anniversary of National hero José Rizal)

- 3 -
"Gayola"
- Asturian - December 30, 1981, Asturias became an Autonomous Community

December 31

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to min',
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And here's a hand, my trusty fierce,
And gie's a hand o' thine,
And we'll tak' a right guid willie-waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,

We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint stowpt,
And surely I'll be mine,
And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne."
- Robert Burns

- Alternative -

"Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo arís.
Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit!"
Translation : "May we be alive at this time next year.
A prosperous New Year!"
- Traditional Irish

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