December 1

December 1 is known in checkiday.com and daysoftheyear.com as the 2nd "National Pie Day" and "National Christmas Lights Day".

Shorts

 * 1924 - Alice and the Three Bears

Births

 * 1929 - David Doyle (live-action/voice actor and comedian)
 * 1933 - Lou Rawls (soul, jazz and blues singer)
 * 1935 - Woody Allen (actor, director, screenwriter, comedian, musician and playwright)
 * 1940 - Richard Pryor (stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and emcee)
 * 1945 - Bette Midler (singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and producer)
 * 1957 - Deep Roy (actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian)
 * 1967 - Nestor Carbonell (live-action/voice actor)
 * 1970 - Sarah Silverman (stand-up comedian, live-action/voice actress, producer and writer)
 * 1971 - Emily Mortimer (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1973 - Lombardo Boyar (stand-up comedian and live-action/voice actor)
 * 1977 - Nate Torrence (live-action/voice actor and comedian)
 * 1982 - Riz Ahmed (actor and rapper)
 * 1985 - Janelle Monáe (actress, singer, songwriter, model, rapper and record producer)

Deaths

 * 2018 - Ken Berry (actor, dancer and singer)

Shorts

 * 1924 - Alice and the Three Bears

Films

 * 1966 - Follow Me, Boys! (Disney)
 * 1989 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was released in the U.S.A. (Warner Bros.)
 * 2000 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas was released to Denmark, Spain, Finland, the United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay and South Africa. (Universal Studios)

Television

 * 1978 - The final episode of The New Mickey Mouse Club premieres on ABC.
 * 1987 - The DuckTales episode "Duck to the Future" premieres in syndication.
 * 1992 - Frosty Returns was premiered in CBS.
 * 1995 - The Timon & Pumbaa episode "Be More Pacific/Going Uruguay" and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "NTV Top 11 Video Countdown" premiere in syndication.
 * 1998 - The Bear in the Big Blue House episode "I Was Just Thinking/Wish You Were Here" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
 * 2000 - The Ultimate Christmas Present, a Disney Channel Original Movie, premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2003 - The Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode "The Asteroid" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2006 - The Hannah Montana episode "Debt it Be" premieres on Disney Channel.
 * 2007 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Darby's Tooth and Nothin' But the Tooth/Snow Problem, Roo".
 * 2009 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Bursting Pooh's Bubble/Beaver Gets Skunked".
 * 2013
 * Sofia the First premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Holiday in Enchancia".
 * The Doc McStuffins episode "A Very McStuffins Christmas" premieres on Disney Junior.
 * 2015
 * The Evermoor Chronicles episode The Labours of Bella premieres on Disney Channel.
 * The Muppets episode "Going, Going, Gonzo" premieres on ABC.
 * 2016 - Whisker Haven ended its second season on Disney Junior.
 * 2017 - The two-part, season five premiere Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Orientation" premieres on ABC.
 * 2018 - Chinese Lilo & Stitch spin-off series Stitch & Ai makes its American debut on DisneyNOW, with twelve of the show's thirteen episodes quietly released on there for completely free viewing (without the need of a separate TV provider login).

Video Games

 * 1995 - Animated StoryBook: Pocahontas

Disney Theme Park Happenings

 * 2001 - The TriceraTop Spin opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 2009 - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express