The Brookston Almanac

Boxing Day
Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God
Day of Our Theotokos (Byzantine)
St. Joseph’s Day
Family Day (Namibia)
Day of the Wren (Ireland)
Junkanoo (Bahamas)
Day of Goodwill (South Africa)
Goddess Month of Hestia begins
Day of the Wren (Ireland)
Feast of St. Stephen (Western; patron of stonecutters, bricklayers, builders, horses)
Feast of Fools (Day 1)
Kwanzaa begins (US, Africa)
Kwanzaa, Day 1: Umoja (Unity)
Blessing of the Wine (Luxembourg)
Unfairies’ Gathering (Fairy)
Recyclable Packaging Day
National Candy Cane Day
Round the Walls Running Race (Chester, UK)
National Whiner’s Day [ website ]

Henry Miller
Charles Babbage
Steve Allen
Juan Lovera
Thomas Nelson Jr.
“Admiral” George Dewey
Thomas Gray
Jean Toomer
Richard Widmark
Alan King
Phil Spector
Juan Lovera
Chris Chambliss
Susan Butcher
Ozzie Smith
Evan Bayh
Carlton Fisk
Lynn Martin
Ricky Dixon
Tony Covington
Willie Williams
Mao Tse-Tung

Wood Pulp Paper 1st exhibited
Coffee Percolator patented (1865)
1st Charity Walk
Magical Mystery Tour premiered
Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven released
Adam’s Rib premiered
Battle of Trenton (1776)
1st Pantomine
Harry S. Truman died (1972)
Exorcist premiered (1973)
Six-year old JonBenet Ramsey found murdered (Colorado; 1996)
Strindberg’s play, Dance of Death premiered (1900)
George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord reached No. 1 (1970)
British Navy sank German battlecruiser Scharnhorst (WW2; 1943)
US President Wilson ordered the government to seize the railroads (1917)
Mammals 1st appeared during Triassic Period (Sagan calendar)
1st Beer from Paul Weidmann Brewing, Brooklyn, NY, for sale (1890)
President Bill Clinton urged all 50 states to adopt a .08 blood alcohol limit and directed the Transportation Department to pressure the states (1998)
Anderson Valley Brewing opened (California; 1987)
St. Louis Brewery & Taproom opened (Missouri; 1991)
Boscos brewpub opened (Tennessee; 1992)