December 2020
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Be You In December December 2020 1 - Eat a Red Apple Day 10 - Nobel Prize Day 19 - Look for an Evergreen Day 2 - National Fritters Day 11 - National Noodle Ring Day 20 - Go Caroling Day 3 - Roof over Your Head Day 12 - National Ding-a-Ling Day 21 - Crossword Puzzle Day 4 - Wear BrownWhat Shoes Daydoes Poinsettia unique Day mean? National Flashlight Day 5 - BathtubAs Party defined Day in Websters13 - Ice Cream dictionary Day unique Winter means- Solstice existing 6 - Mitten Tree Day Intl. Children’s Day 22 - Ntl. Date Nut Bread Day 7 - Intl. Civilas Aviation the only Day one14 or - Intl. as Monkey the Daysole example;24 - National single; Chocolate solitary Day in Letter Writing Day 15 - Bill of Rights Day 25 - Christmas Day Ntl. Cotton Candy Day typeNtl. Lemon or Cupcakecharacteristics. Day 27 - Cut Out Snowflakes Day Pearl Harbor Day 16 - Ntl. Chocolate Covered 28 - Card Playing Day 8 - National Brownie Day Anything Day 30 - Bacon Day 9 - Christmas Card DayD EC17E - Ntl.M MapleB ESyrupR Day 20312 - Make0 Up Your Mind Day NationalWhat Pastry Day traits18 - Bake describe Cookies Day youNew and Year’s Eve your S M T Character?W T H ? F S Examples: talented,1 2 beautiful,3 musical,4 artistic,5 helpful, kind, empathetic, proud, athletic, honest, respectful, 6 7 responsible,8 good9 listener,1 0 good1 1 friend,1 2 etc. 1 3 What1 4 1 5traits1 6 make1 7 you1 8 uniqe1 9 or 2 0 2different1 2 2 from2 3 everyone2 4 2 5 else?2 6 What traits do you have that set you apart frome others? 2 7 2 8 2 9 3 0 3 1 Are your traits something to be proud of? Share with your family or friends what your unique traits are and see what theirs are too! How do they compare? 1 Be You In December Journaling 'Tis the season for giving! But, the best gifts aren't always tied up in a pretty package. Sometimes the most valuable gifts are when you do something caring and What doesthou guniquehtful for someon e mean?else. Write about something that you are planning to do for another person As definedduring this inhol iWebstersday season. Te ldictionaryl why you think unique that perso nmeans- will existing appreciate your gift and predict how it will make you feel! as the(I fonly you n eoneed ins porira tasion ,the chec ksole out th eexample; next few pag single;es!) solitary in type or characteristics. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________What traits describe you and your ________________________________________Character? ? ________________________________________Examples: talented, beautiful, musical, artistic, helpful, ________________________________________ ________________________________________kind, empathetic, proud, athletic, honest, respectful, ________________________________________responsible, good listener, good friend, etc. ________________________________________ ________________________________________What traits make you uniqe or ________________________________________PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ________________________________________differentLOCAL B RfromANDS AN everyoneD BOOTHS! else? ________________________________________ ________________________________________What traits do you have that set you apart frome others? ________________________________________Are your traits something to be proud of? Share with your family or friends what your unique traits are and see what theirs are too! How do they compare? 2 Be You In December 31 Ways to spread COMFORT & CHEER What doesShare joy as youunique celebrate the season mean? with this unique challenge checklist. 1 Agree to exchange a homemade holiday gift with 16 Make a thoughtful coupon book for someone. 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Offer to read hWhatoliday-themed bo otraitsks or sing holiday sdescribeongs via 21 Set up a M AyouGIC MAIL S TAandTION with a ddyourresses of zoom with residents. people you'd like to reach out to all year. 6 Deliver thank you cards to your localCharacter? library staff. 22 Watch a black a?nd white movie as a family. 7 Count the number of items in your pantry. Donate 23 Thank essential workers in your community with a thExamples:at many quarters (or dtalented,ollars) to the food sbeautiful,helf. speci amusical,l card or a letter toartistic, the editor. helpful, 8 Readkind, a big-he aempathetic,rted, diverse book and di sproud,cuss. 24 athletic,Donate divers ehonest, books to a loca lrespectful, family shelter. 9 Gather over cocoa and color cheerful pictures to 25 Enjoy a favorite family tradition. send to COLresponsible,OR-A-SMILE. good listener,Talk abou t goodhow it got sfriend,tarted. etc. 10 Deliver poinsettias to someone unexpectedly. 26 Invite friends/family to join you on a safely distanced winter hike. 11 Bake (or buy) holiday treats to share with neighbors, along with holiday greetings. 27 Apologize to someone. Forgive yourself. 12 SurpriseWhat an isolated neigh btraitsor with an unexp ecmaketed, 28 Write t hayounk yous for youniqeur holiday gifts. or homemade holiday decoration. 29 Talk: How were you a helper/helped this year? 13 Create BIG-HEARTED AWARDS for your heroes. different from30 everyoneCall far-away relatives and wi shelse? them well. 14 Create and send a video "thank you" to someone who has been special to your family this year. 31 Choose 12 FAMILY ACTS OF KINDNESS or HABITS OF KINDNESS to add to your family life What traits do you have thato vseter the cyouoming n eapartw year. frome others? **PAreroject syour marked traitsin ALL CA PsomethingS involve a printab leto be proud of? Share awithvailable ayourt www.d familyoinggoodto orgeth efriendsr.org/bhf/blo whatg/31-day syour-of-com founiquert-and-cheer traits are andDoing GseeoodTog ewhatther.org theirs are too! How©2 0do20 Do itheyng Good Tcompare?ogether™ 3 Be You In December Resilience Skill of the Month: Avoid Thinking Traps or I Can See Clearly Now What does unique mean? As defined in WebstersNo one wants dictionary to get caught unique in a means- trap. Think existing about it— traps slow us down and might as the only oneeven or asstop the us solefrom example;reaching our single; goals. solitary in A mousetype ortrap characteristics. prevents the mouse from going about its day by stopping it in one place. Well, your thinking traps can hold you back from moving forward to whatever you want to do. What traits describe you and your So what in the world is a Character?thinking trap? ? This is whenExamples: the way talented, we look atbeautiful, a situation musical, artistic, helpful, prevents (or traps) us from seeing important information.kind, We empathetic, might make proud, bad decisions athletic, honest, respectful, because we wereresponsible, not seeing good things listener, clearly. good friend, etc. There are six different thinking traps. Keep in mind that we all know people who easily fall into thinking traps. Sometimes it is easier to see this in others rather than ourselves. What traits make you uniqe or differentHas any of fromthis happened everyone to you? else? You can’t find something. You are late to school or an event. What traits do Youryou teamhave lostthat a setgame. you apart frome others? You got into an argument with someone. Are your traits something to be proud of? How did you react? Think about how you react to different situations.Share Now with read your about family the thinking or friends traps what — do your you see unique traits yourself falling into any of these traps? are and see what theirs are too! How do they compare? 4 Be You In December ThinkingWhat Trap doesWhat it is uniqueExample mean? What I Should Do As defined in Websters dictionary unique means-Slow down. existing Believing that Your friend speaks to Jumping to something is true someone at a party, and you Ask your self what is Conclusionsas the onlyeven if oneyou have or asthink the that sole they arenexample;’t your thesingle; evidence solitary for and in little or no way to friend any more. against your prove it. thoughts. type or characteristics. Thinking you know Speak up. what another Your friend is not texting you person is thinking or back. You think that they are Did I ask for Mind Reading expect them to mad because you didn’t play information? Did I tell Whatknow traits what you are describevideo games yesterday. you andthem what yourI am thinking. thinking? Character?You miss a free throw at ? the Look outward. end of a game and your team Blaming yourself for loses by one point. You think Ask yourself how Me, Me,Examples: Me everything talented, bad that tobeautiful, yourself that youmusical, artistic,others or the helpful, happens. singlehandedly lost the game situation made a for your team. difference. kind, empathetic, proud, athletic, honest, respectful, responsible, good listener, good friend,Look etc.inward. Blaming others or You fail a test. You think to Them, Them, situations for yourself that your teacher Ask yourself how you Them everything bad that didn’t prepare you for it. contributed to the happens. situation. WhatBelieving thattraits bad You make ask someone toyou come to uniqeGrab control. or situations can’t be your game and they say no. Always, Always, changed and you You think to yourself that no Ask yourself what is Always have little or no one likes you and you are changeable and what control.