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People are hungry and searching for special holiday promotions when dining out.

Business owners must realize that the festive holiday season is a great time to go out and celebrate with friends and family at a local bar or restaurant.

That’s where you must step up your game and put your Santa thinking hat on.

Of course, the main holidays in December are the big ones, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve.

Yet the December calendar is full of other great food holidays and plenty of reasons to put your marketing methods into full steam for the month.

So what are the best restaurant marketing ideas for December?

We’ve got a list of food holidays right here.

1 – Eat A Red Apple Day
2 – National Fritters Day
3 – National Peppermint Latte Day

3 – Make A Gift Day
4 – National Cookie Day
4 – Santa’s List Day
4 – Wear Brown Shoes Day
4 – World Wildlife Conservation Day
5 – Comfort Food Day
5 – National Sachertorte Day
5 – International Volunteer Day
6 – National Gazpacho Day
6 – National Miners Day
7 – National Cotton Candy Day
7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
8 – National Brownie Day
8 – Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
9 – National Pastry Day
9 – Christmas Card Day
10 – National Lager Day

11 – National Noodle Ring Day
11 – World Choral Day
11 – Worldwide Candle Lighting Day
12 – National Ambrosia Day
12 – Gingerbread House Day
12 – Poinsettia Day
12 – National Ding-a-Ling Day
13 – National Cocoa Day
13 – Violin Day
14 – National Bouillabaisse Day
15 – National Cupcake Day
15 – National Lemon Cupcake Day
15 – Cat Herders Day
16 – Chocolate Covered Anything Day
17 – National Maple Syrup Day
18 – National Ham Salad Day
18 – National Roast Suckling Pig Day
18 – Bake Cookies Day
18 – Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

18 – Underdog Day
19 – National Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 – National Sangria Day
20 – Go Caroling Day
21 – National Fried Shrimp Day
21 – National Kiwifruit Day
21 – Humbug Day
21 – Crossword Puzzle Day
21 – Look on the Bright Side Day
22 – National Date Nut Bread Day
22 – Forefathers Day
24 – Christmas Eve
24 – Hanukkah begins
25 – Christmas Day
25 – National Pumpkin Pie Day
26 – National Candy Cane Day

26 – Thank You Note Day
27 – National Fruitcake Day
28 – National Chocolate Candy Day
28 – Card Playing Day
29 – National Pepper Pot Day
31 – New Years Eve
31 – National Champagne Day
31 – No Interruptions Day
31 – Make Up Your Mind Day

Restaurants, bars, night clubs, coffee shops, and banquet halls will naturally expect their business to increase as the season to be merry nears.

Go through the list above and use several of the suggestions, or use them all when you map out your marketing calendar for December.

If you make your place a reason of the season to stop in your restaurant over your competition, you can almost bet that those happy customers will be back year after year as a repeat customer.