December 31st - World Events & Holidays

Bank Holiday	El Salvador Yemen
Commemoration of the Restoration, St Sylvester	Switzerland
Day of Azeri Solidarity	Azerbaijan
Festival Day	Montserrat
Foundation of the Congolese Labour Party	Congo (Republic of)
Kwanzaa	United States of America
New Year's Eve	Australia Bulgaria Canada Cook Islands Costa Rica Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Guatemala Iceland Norway Peru Philippines Puerto Rico San Marino Sweden Thailand United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela
Republic Day	Congo (Republic of)
Omisoka	Japan
Hogmanay	Scotland

...and 2008 Year In Review (source: JibJab.com)

December 30th - World Events & Holidays

Kwanzaa	United States of America
Republic Day	Madagascar
Rizal day	Philippines

December 29th - World Events & Holidays

Chanukkah	United States of America
Kwanzaa	United States of America

December 28th - World Events & Holidays

Chanukah / Festival of Lights	Israel
Chanukkah	United States of America
Holy Innocents' Day	Mexico
Kwanzaa	United States of America

December 27th - World Events & Holidays

Anniversary of the Constitution	North Korea
Chanukah / Festival of Lights	Israel
Commission Holiday	Niue
Family Day	Vanuatu
Chanukkah	United States of America
Kwanzaa	United States of America
Public Holiday	Cayman Islands Hong Kong
St. Stephen's Day	Bulgaria
Stanley Sports Day	Falkland Islands

December 26th - World Events & Holidays

Juledag (2nd day of Christmas) - Denmark

2nd day of Christmas - Croatia, Finland

Annual Sports Day - Falkland Islands

Boxing Day - Australia

Chanukah / Festival of Lights - Israel

Christmas Holiday - Slovakia

Day of Goodwill - South Africa

Family Day - Namibia

Chanukkah - USA

Independence Day - Slovenia

Junkanoo - British Virgin Islands

Junkanoo, New Providence - Bahamas (see image above)

Kwanzaa - USA

National Thanksgiving Day - Solomon Islands

Proclamation Day - Australia

St. Stephen's Day - Austria, Italy

Svatek vanocni 2 (2nd day of Christmas) - Czech Republic

Tweede Kerstdag (Second Day of Christmas) - Netherlands

December 25th - World Events & Holidays

A great Christmas video from years past by the group Wham! entitled "Last Christmas", enjoy and have a Merry Christmas:

Christmas Day - all over the world!!!

1st day of Christmas - Germany

Bain de Noël (Frotte feuilles) or Fete des Membres - Haiti

Catholic Christmas - Belarus

Chanukah / Festival of Lights - Israel

Children's Day - Congo (Republic of)

Christmas (Christian) - India

Christmas (Natal) - Mauritius

Christmas Day (Western Christians) - Bosnia-Herzegovina

Christmas Day / Family Day - Uruguay

Constitution Day - Taiwan

Día de Navidad (Christmas) - Mexico