Vegan's Almanac

National Snuggle a Chicken Day; Publication of Animalia Americana: Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity , by Colleen Boggs; Health and Wealth in 2025 Webinar; The Rooster, by Abu'l Qasim As'ad ibn Billita.

Birthday of Sir Lewis Hamilton; Publication of The Secret Life of Pigs: Stories of Compassion and the Animal Save Movement, by Richard Hoyle and Anita Krajnc; Philippians 4:8.

National Bean Day; Birthday of Murray Rose; Birthday of Derrick Morgan, Publication of Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards Future Animal Rights Declarations, by Doris Schneeberger; I Believe In The Sun Even When It Is Not Shining, author unknown.

National Bird Day (U.S.); Publication of Animal Liberation Front : Complete Diary Of Actions- 40+ Year Timeline Of The A.L.F., And The Militant Animal Rights Movement, by Peter Young; Birds, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Birthday of Joyce Tischler; Publication of Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Paul Waldau; Publication of Animals Are Not Ours (No, Really, They’re Not): An Evangelical Animal Liberation Theology, by Sarah Withrow King; Candlelight Vigil for Elephants; The Elephant is Slow to Mate, by D.H. Lawrence.

Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, by Martha C. Nussbaum; San Diego’s Vegan Night Market; January, by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Western Feast Day for St. Basil; Birthday of Matt Ball; Publication of On Animals: Volume I: Systematic Theology, by David L. Clough; The North Wind Doth Blow.

Publication of The Dark Face of Science, by John Vyvyan; Publication of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegan Critical Theory, by Carol Adams; Publication of The Heretic’s Feast: A History of Vegetarianism, by Colin Spencer; Publication of Speciesism, by Joan Dunayer; Publication of The Minimalist Vegan: A simple manifesto on why to live with less stuff and more compassion, by Michael and Masa Ofei; Release of the Netflix Original series, You Are What You Eat; A Twin Experiment; A Prayer for 2025.

Time to Sign Up For Veganuary!; World Peace Meditation Day; A Guided Meditation From Dr. Lisa Miller.

National Bacon Day; A Prayer by Carol J Adams.

Vegan Tour and Hanukkah Celebration at Peaceful Fields Sanctuary in Winchester, Virginia; Vegan Book Club at the Quaker Meetinghouse in West Hartford, CT; Anonymous For the Voiceless Cube of Truth in Frankfort, Germany; The Bodhisattva Vow.

Holy Innocents Day; National Short Film Day; Birthday of Elaine Hendrix; Holy Innocents, by Christina Rosetti.

International Day for Epidemic Preparedness; Birthday of DaQuan Jones; Publication of Tyranny or Fraternity: The Perspective of Animal Liberation Theology, by Marco Túlio Procópio; Fear by Kahlil Gibran.

Birthday of Gaz Oakley; Publication of Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs; Animal Activist Online Support Group idausa.org/supportgroups; Winter Branches, by Margaret Widdemer.

Christmas in Bethlehem; Christmas Bells, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Last Day of Advent Season; LiveKindly.com Vegan Christmas Recipes; Publication of The Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Plant-Based Eating, by Neal D Barnard; Quote From Meister Eckhart.

Birthday of Jo-Anne McArthur; Monday Morning Meditation Online; O Holy Night, by John Sullivan Dwight.

Mathematics Day on the Birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan; Publication of Vegan Intermittent Fasting: Lose Weight, Reduce Inflammation, and Live Longer―The 16:8 Way―With over 100 Plant-Powered Recipes to Keep You Fuller Longer, by Petra Bracht and Mira Flatt; Winter Solstice Party at East End Brewing Company in Pittsburg, PA; The Delights of Mathematics, by Robert Fuller Murray.

Winter Solstice Day; 2nd Annual Vegan Holiday Event in Washington Square Park, NYC; Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost.

Publication of Blissful Basil: Over 100 Plant-Powered Recipes to Unearth Vibrancy, Health, and Happiness, by Ashley Melillo; Interview with Lifting Vegan Logic; Advent, by Christina Rosetti.

Look For An Evergreen Day; Birthday of Steven M. Wise; The Evergreen, by George Pope Morris.

Birthday of Billie Eilish; Make Cookies Day; The Cookie Jar, by Edgar Guest.

National Maple Sugar Day; Publication of We All Love: A Book for Compassionate Little Vegans and Vegetarians, by Julie Hausen; Kindness to Animals, Author Unknown.

Birthday of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Birthday of William Cowherd; The Hunting of the Hare, by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Publication of The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan: Look Good, Feel Good & Do Good in 30 Days, by Jasmin Singer; Publication of Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation, by Nathan Poirier; Release of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget; Hens and Chickens, by William Lisle Bowles.

Monkey Day; Birthday of Priscilla Cohn; Zoe Rosenberg's 1 Year Anniversary with an Ankle Monitor Party; A Reading for today from the Indian epic, Ramayana.

National Horse Day; National Cocoa Day; Council of Horses, by John Gay.

Birthday of Bob Barker; Birthday of Caldwell Esselstyn; Publication of The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health, by Thomas Campbell and T. Colin Campbell; A Reading from the Mahabharata.

Holiday Food Drive for Needy Animals Day; Publication of Diet for a New America, by John Robbins; Publication of Animal Sentience-the Other Minds Problem, by Stevan Harnad; I Dwell in Possibility, by Emily Dickinson.

Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales; International Animal Rights Day; Release of The Animal People documentary; Raven and the Whale, from the sacred stories of the Inuit peoples.

Genocide Prevention Day; National Llama Day; Publication of Animal Minds and Human Morals, by Richard Sorabji; Publication of Animals and World Religions, by Lisa Kemmerer; If I Must Die, by Refaat Alareer.

Birthday of Meagan Duhamel; Publication of How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, by Michael Greger MD and Gene Stone; A Meditation by Madeleine L’Engle, from Glimpses of Grace.

Birthday of Babette Davis; Publication of Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene, by Jo-Anne McArthur; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.

National Gazpacho Day; Publication of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, by Bethany Brookshire; Ode to Tomatoes, by Pablo Neruda.

Release of With My Own Eyes documentary; Publication of How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older, by Michael Greger M.D.; My Youth, by William Henry Davies.

International Cheetah Day; Birthday of Frances Power Cobbe; Birthday of J. Howard Moore; Birthday of Captain Peter Hammarstedt; A Prayer for Today.

Publication of Ethical Vegan: A Personal and Political Journey to Change the World, by Jordi Casamitjana; Publication of Simple Goodness: No-fuss, Plant-based Meals Straight from Your Pantry, by Makini Howell; Veg Society of DC’s Singles Game Night, Winter by Eliza Cook.

Passing of Lewis Gompertz; Birthday of Paul Watson; The Sea, by Barry Cornwall.

Birthday of Akala; Publication of Eating and Believing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Vegetarianism and Theology, edited by David Grumett and Rachel Muers; Birthday of Faux Mages Artisan Vegan Cheeses; December, by Christopher Pearce Cranch.

Birthday of Natasja Oerlemans; Birthday of Chad Ackerman; November, by Ruby Archer.

International Jaguar Day; Birthday of Bronson Alcott; Psalm 104.

Birthday of Tom Regan; Birthday of Jon Stewart; Thanksgiving, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

National Tree Week; Trees, by Joyce Kilmer.

Birthday of Sarah Grimke; Birthday of Ellen G White; Birthday of Joey Carbstrong; If, by Rudyard Kipling

Publication of REBEL VEGAN LIFE: A Plant-Based Nutrition & Beginner's Guide: How to Change Your Diet, Improve Health, Lose Weight & Build Sustainable Habits in 28 Days by Todd Sinclair; Publication of Vegan Alternatives for Leather(Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry) by Muthu and Ramchandani; A Pair of Nursery Rhymes.

National Sardines Day; Under the Sea, by Fannie Isabelle Sherrick

Western Feast Day for St. Clement of Alexandria; National Cashew Day; Hymn to Christ, by St. Clement of Alexandria.

Humane Society Anniversary Day; Cranberry Relish Day; Plant-Based Cooking for Kids: A Plant-Based Family Cookbook with Over 70 Whole-Food, Plant-Based Recipes for Kids, by Faith Ralphs; A Prayer by Carol J Adams.

World Fisheries Day; Birthday of Isaac Bashevis Singer; A portion of The Slaughterer, by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Live Q&A: How Vegans Can Improve Relationships and Communication During the Holidays, with Melanie Joy; Towards a Global Ban on Industrial Animal Agriculture, with Jeff Sebo; The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day, by Lydia Maria Child.