December 23 is the 357th day of the year. Eight days remain until the end of the year.
“When morning comes, you would better find yourself saying: 'I have so many choices of what to do or what to leave - every morning, every day. I better judge for myself, and - go ahead and do it.'“
Stefan Hell
Born today
Stefan Hell, 1962, Romanian-born German physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014
Observances
Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag flying day (Sweden)
Children's Day (South Sudan and Sudan)
Festivus, a secular holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall)
National Roots Day (US)
Saturnalia (US)
