December Social Media Content Ideas
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It's hard to believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though—TBH I'm pretty over 2020. Next week December starts, so I wanted to share some content ideas (whether you use Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) for the month. Would you like to see this as a monthly topic of discussion? Let me know!
Monthly December Holidays:
- December 1
World Aids Awareness Day
- December 7
Letter Writing Day
National Cotton Candy Day
- December 8
National Brownie Day
- December 9
Christmas Card Day
National Pastry Day
- December 10
Hanukkah Begins
Human Rights Day
Nobel Prize Day
- December 11
National Noodle Ring Day
- December 13
Ice Cream Day
- December 14
International Monkey Day
- December 16
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
- December 17
National Maple Syrup Day
- December 21
Crossword Puzzle Day
Humbug Day
Winter Solstice - the shortest day of the year, date varies
- December 23
Festivus - for the rest of us
- December 24
National Egg Nog Day
Christmas Eve
- December 25
Christmas Day
National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 27
- National Fruitcake Day
- December 30
Bacon Day
- December 31
New Year's Eve
Content Ideas:
- Holiday Sale
- Share a Winter Recipe
- Celebrate a Holiday Outside of Your Country
- Holiday Gift Guide (Can be Your Products or Other Businesses)
- Feature a Small Business for Holiday Shoppers
- What's your favorite holiday song?
- Share a Helpful Holiday Blog (Shopping, Recipes, Etc.)
- Holiday Shopping Tips
- Stocking Stuffer Ideas
- Monday Motivation (Ways to Stay Motivated Even During the Holiday Season)
- Holiday Meme Post
- Holiday Cocktail Recipe
- Thank Customers for Supporting you Over the Year
- New Plans/Projects/Products for 2021
- Share Your Quarantine New Year's Eve Ideas
- Your Best (Or Your Businesses Best) Memory of the Year
- Host a Poll (Elf on the Shelf? Yay or Nay?)
- Tackiest Ugly Sweater Ideas
- How to Beat the Holiday Blues When You're Stuck at Home
This or That (Works Great with Instagram Stories):
- Hot Cocoa or Egg Nog
- Pumpkin Pie or Cheesecake
- Chocolate Chip Cookies or Peanut Butter Cookies
- Fake Christmas Tree or Real Christmas Tree
- Garland or No Garland
- Pumpkin Spice or Gingerbread
- Turkey or Ham
- Secret Santa or White Elephant
- Polar Express or The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Santa Clause or The Grinch
- Christmas Vacation or Bad Santa
- Black Friday or Cyber Monday
Tip: use a scheduler to be more efficient in streamlining your content so you aren't spending too much time every day on it.
For me, this month is one of the best months to show my creativity through design because I love creating holiday marketing content. There are so many options as to what direction you can take on social media, no matter what your business is. And in good holiday cheer, I decided to share some royalty-free images I've found with you! Click below for some FREE holiday graphics to get your creativity flowing.
I hope this helps. What do you find to be the hardest thing about managing your social media? Is it creativity? Time perhaps? Also, please let me know in the comments what you'd like to see me roll out the next few weeks that you might find helpful in your business. Have a good rest of your week! And good luck if you're running any holiday sales!
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