Nine happy festive days in Sunderland from years past now December is here - featuring Christmas jumpers, elves and gingerbread
Who knew! There are international days for talking like Buddy the elf, gingerbread and brownies.
It’s no joke but it is a Christmas cracker of an opportunity to celebrate.
And to put you in the spirit for loads more great days, we’ve combined them with some of the best Sunderland and East Durham retro pictures we could get our hands on.
Get ready for a look back on scenes of Christmas jumpers, chocolate and candlelight.
Every one of these theme days comes to us in December. Let’s take a look.
Get ready for a look back on scenes of Christmas jumpers, chocolate and candlelight.
5. Cupcakes in 2017
Claire Pickersgill of the Sunderland Empire was handing out chocolate cupcakes to the first people in the queue for Matilda tickets 5 years ago. In America, you can scoff cupcakes to your heart's content on National Cupcake Day on December 15. Photo: Kevin Brady
6. Check out this Chipper moment
It's National Chocolate Covered Anything Day in the USA on December 16. Closer to home, Woolworths had a chocolate snowman as a prize for the winner of a Chipper Club competition in 1992. Photo: Sunderland Echo
7. Jumpers galore
Pupils at Hudson Road Primary School in their Christmas jumpers in 2013. Wear your festive ganzie with pride on Christmas Jumper Day on December 9. Photo: Picture by Kevin Brady
8. Is reminiscing on the cards?
Sunderland's first poker tournament was held at the Chameleon lounge in 2005. Pictured preparing for it were Malcolm Hall, Ian Matthews, Nicky Charlton and David Sawyer. Who's ready for National Card Playing Day on December 28? Photo: JC