Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread December 1st through December 31st 2025

[Tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD DECEMBER 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31st 2025
Here we go! Our very first post in our very first Daily Thread!
However, CLICK HERE and read the practice Daily Thread. ​

Each day, I’ll drop in with a fresh post marked with the date so everyone knows exactly where to jump in. Then, when we wrap up the month, we’ll kick off a brand-new thread for January 2026. Let the daily fun begin!
Below is a list of things that happened on December 1st.
Of course, I knew all of these historical events, and I did not have to use Google to find them.
Did you know that on December 1st, 2025, I told a big fat lie? Can you find it?

1. 1955: Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2. 1865: Shaw University, the first historically black university in the Southern United States, was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. 1862: President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed the necessity of ending slavery in his second State of the Union Address, ten weeks after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
4. 1878: President Rutherford B. Hayes got the first telephone installed in the White House

Me at 3 years old with the same haircut I had when I was six. It looks like a melted, deformed Tupperware bowl was put on my head, and whatever hair was showing was cut. This is my dog. His name is embarrassing, but he was innocently named back then.

 

[Lilibet]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD DECEMBER 1st THROUGH DECEMBER 31st 2025
Here we go! Our very first post in our very first Daily Thread!
However, CLICK HERE and read the practice Daily Thread. ​

Each day, I’ll drop in with a fresh post marked with the date so everyone knows exactly where to jump in. Then, when we wrap up the month, we’ll kick off a brand-new thread for January 2026. Let the daily fun begin!
Below is a list of things that happened on December 1st.
Of course, I knew all of these historical events, and I did not have to use Google to find them.
Did you know that on December 1st, 2025, I told a big fat lie? Can you find it?

1. 1955: Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2. 1865: Shaw University, the first historically black university in the Southern United States, was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
3. 1862: President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed the necessity of ending slavery in his second State of the Union Address, ten weeks after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
4. 1878: President Rutherford B. Hayes got the first telephone installed in the White House

Me at 3 years old with the same haircut I had when I was six. It looks like a melted, deformed Tupperware bowl was put on my head, and whatever hair was showing was cut. This is my dog. His name is embarrassing, but he was innocently named back then.
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You are such a cutie, @Tricia!

I can’t find your “big fat lie.” I thought it might be the date of the first telephone in the White House, but sources are so variable, who knows? I learned a lot about President Rutherford B. Hayes though.

I found first phone dates in 1877, 1878 and 1879.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/hayes-orders-first-presidential-telephone-may-10-1877-238034

But Hayes didn’t even speak on a phone until June 1877, so I don’t think this date is likely.

Presidential Phone Call Historical Marker

On the 29th of June, in the year 1877, the first Presidential phone call was made between Rutherford B. Hayes who was at Rocky Point and Alexander Graham Bell in Providence. Mr. (A historical marker located in Warwick in Kent County, Rhode Island.)

www.hmdb.org

This article says the phone was installed “by October 1877.”

Rutherford B. Hayes - Google Arts & Culture

10 Things you didn't know about the 19th U.S. President.

artsandculture.google.com

1878

December 1, 1878 – First Telephone Installed in the White House by President Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th President of the United States, from 1877-1881. He graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced law in Ohio, eventually becoming involved in politics. He m…

legallegacy.wordpress.com

1879

Timeline

Visit President Rutherford B. Hayes' wooded estate named Spiegel Grove, home of America's first presidential library. Tour the president's 31-room Victorian mansion, see his tomb, visit the newly renovated museum, explore the library and walk the mile of paved trails.

www.rbhayes.org

ETA: Ha! Well, of course your “big fat lie” was saying you didn’t have to use Google to find the December 1 historical events. Silly me. It took awhile and a bunch of research on Hayes before it dawned on me, but it was fun.

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

Happy December!!

Here are a few things that happened in England/Britain on Dec1 (1/12/xxxx. )

1135 England's King Henry I died. He had fallen ill seven days earlier after eating too many lampreys (jawless fish resembling eels). He was 66, and had ruled for 35 years.


1581 Edmund Campion (later St. Edmund) and three other Jesuits were martyred. He was tried on a charge of treason for promoting Catholicism and was hanged in London.



1887 Beeton’s Christmas Annual went on sale, with 'A Study in Scarlet' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which first introduced the detective, Sherlock Holmes.


1895 Henry Williamson, author of the classic book 'Tarka The Otter', was born.

1990 Britain and France were joined for the first time in thousands of years as the last wall of rock separating two halves of the Channel Tunnel was removed.

2014 Christopher Law, the former owner of Britain’s last surviving temperance bar was prosecuted for drink-driving.



Lessons from Today in History include....Don't eat too many Lampreys!!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Happy 1st December.

Some from Australia

• 1811 – During a tour of Van Diemen's Land, Governor Macquarie gave directions for the layout of Hobart.
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• 1820 – Campbelltown, New South Wales is established.
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• 1838 – The first annual Royal Hobart Regatta is held.
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• 1876 – SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs help to rescue the passengers.
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• 1942 – The corvette HMAS Armidale is attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Timor.
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• 1973 – Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea.
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• 1976 – Douglas Nicholls is appointed the 28th Governor of South Australia becoming the first indigenous Governor of an Australian state.
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• 1982 – The Commonwealth introduced the Freedom of Information Act.
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• 1984 – The Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party is returned to power at federal election.
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• 1987 – Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland after 19 years in power. He is replaced by Mike Ahern.

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

PNG suprised me. Never realised it was under Australian control! The '73 move led to full independence in '75. Also, seeing it has a Pop. of 11m+ . Thanks TF, my addled mind is a touch richer

 

[Lilibet]

DBM

 

[Mo Thuairim]

I've always loved the Irish name for December, Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas). It feels so joyful, like there's so much to look forward to and enjoy all month long. In contrast the name for December in Scottish Gaelic is An Dùbhlachd, The Darkness (or Blackness)

PS The last thread was closed before I could reply but the quintessential Irish mammy threat to her children was: "Don't make me get out the wooden spoon."

 

[TootsieFootsie]

And my one I was going to post on the last thread.
My parents didn't say it, but I have heard it was a thing.

"you'll be laughing out of the other side of your face" Not sure if there were more words to it.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Is this month's thread a new day every day.

I mean is tomorrow what happened on 2nd December ?

 

[Dotta]

Today's (1 December) Name Day
is celebrated by:

Blanka, Natalia, Alexander, Edmund, Rudolf

Happy Name Day

In Poland we celebrate both Birthdays and Name days.

Name days are celebrated
because it comes from the Catholic tradition,
where the day of the Patron Saint
after whom a given person is named is celebrated.

 

[Bethan]

Think I’ll adopt the Name Day tradition @Dotta!
Two birthdays a year sounds like fun!

 

[Dotta]

Think I’ll adopt the Name Day tradition @Dotta!
Two birthdays a year sounds like fun!

Absolutely

The more Celebrations , the better

Life is short, let's enjoy every minute of it.

 

[scandinavian girl]

Today's (1 December) Name Day
is celebrated by:

Blanka, Natalia, Alexander, Edmund, Rudolf

Happy Name Day

In Poland we celebrate both Birthdays and Name days.

Name days are celebrated
because it comes from the Catholic tradition,
where the day of the Patron Saint
after whom a given person is named was celebrated.

We also have nameday in Sweden today december 1 is Ossian and Oskar

 

[Skigh]

And my one I was going to post on the last thread.
My parents didn't say it, but I have heard it was a thing.

"you'll be laughing out of the other side of your face" Not sure if there were more words to it.

It does seem such a shame to lose all the great posts ,especially the photos people have posted in the now closed thread . Could the old thread be merged with this one ?

 

[Dotta]

Proverbs for December (in my country)

Weather:

- How December begins,
the whole winter is supposed to be like this.

- A cold December, covered with snow,
gives a year full of grain.

 

[Alyce]

In the UK

Sherlock Holmes made his first-ever appearance – debuted – on December 1st. That was in 1887. The book was A Study in Scarlet.

 

[Alyce]

Hayes Lane, Bromley England - December 1st, 1987.
Terry Harry. From south London. The year before Terry was on holiday in Florida. He was bowled over by the very American, exuberant, over-the-top light shows and Christmas decorations on American homes.

“I’m taking some of that home,” said Terry. He brought back three 3-foot-high white angels. That was the nucleus of his collection. Eventually, it was a 40-foot-strong cast of giant Christmas characters.
It’s almost an understatement to say that Terry, came all over American at his house in Hayes Lane, in Bromley. You wanted to look for an authentic American Christmas that’s where you headed to. And thousands of people did. Every year. Went to Hayes Lane Bromley to see Christmas Light Show USA.
Light-up day was December 1st. And right through to New Year’s Day Terry’s house and garden was ablaze with lit-up reindeer, angels, toy soldiers, singing Christmas trees and Terry’s personal favourite – a giant Santa on a 7-foot long sledge. American Christmas comes to London.

Today (December 1) in London History – Stars & Stripes Day in London - London Walks

Do not miss our podcast Today (December 1) in London History – Stars & Stripes Day in London recorded by London Walks' founder David and his guests. Listen live here or find the links to other sources to listen.

www.walks.com

 

[Dotta]

Is this month's thread a new day every day.

I mean is tomorrow what happened on 2nd December ?

@TootsieFootsie

Guess what?

Today in the morning we had an important staff meeting at school,
our strict Headteacher was lecturing us about serious matters ( like potential accidents in the gym during PE lessons )
and suddenly ...
my wandering mind remembered your post about "clean underwear & potential accident" - from previous thread.
I felt an attack of wild laughter beginning,
pretended to have an attack of coughing and had to excuse myself and leave.
I laughed like a crazy woman in the restroom.
I blame you heeheeheehee


Jeez!!!

 

[tlcya]

today I go back to work after five days off. It is cold. I am not ready to go back and "people" but at the same time I am. After too much togetherness with family I need a break and work is going to provide it. Don't' mind me. Just getting a whine out of my system.

Happy December 1st.

 

[killarney rose]

Today I am “ officially” going to Christmas shop in person, in town. Have completed about half of my shopping online, but one group of gifts requires an in store purchase. I hope to be finished by the end of this week.

Speaking of Rosa Parks, Montgomery, AL has an excellent museum dedicated to her. We took my then 9 year old grandson there for a homeschool field trip while we were studying Alabama history. It has something for all ages and provides an informative glimpse into a dark time in our country’s history.