December 8

December 8 is known in checkiday.com and daysoftheyear.com as the National days of Brownies and Christmas Trees.

Births

 * 1933 - Ana Ofelia Murguia (actress)
 * 1936 - David Carradine (actor and martial artist)
 * 1937 - James MacArthur (actor)
 * 1949 - Nancy Meyers (screenwriter, director and producer)
 * 1952 - Greg Collins (actor)
 * 1953 - Kim Basinger (actress)
 * 1955 - Joe Maggard (actor, singer and former deputy sheriff)
 * 1960 - David Cowgill (voice actor)
 * 1963 - Wendell Pierce (actor)
 * 1964 - Teri Hatcher (live-action/voice actress, writer and presenter)
 * 1966 - Matthew Labyorteaux (voice actor)
 * 1976 - Dominic Monaghan (actor)
 * 1987 - Aria Curzon (live-action/voice actress)
 * 1990 - Dana Terrace (storyboard revisionist, storyboard artist, animator and director)
 * 1993 - AnnaSophia Robb (actress, singer and model)

Deaths

 * 1983 - Slim Pickens (Rodeo performer and live-action/voice actor)
 * 1988 - Anne Seymour (film and television actress)
 * 1995 - George J. Lewis (actor)
 * 1996 - Teala Dunn (actress, singer and model)
 * 2006 - Martha Tilton (singer and actress)
 * 2008 - Bob Spiers (director)

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1998 - The Parent Trap and Mr. Magoo (re-issue)
 * 2009 - Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (ABC Studios)

Movies

 * 2000 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Universal Studios) was released in Brazil and Iceland.
 * 2005 - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" (Disney) was released in Germany, the U.K., Indonesia, Mexico (Captial Premiere), Malaysia, Portugal and Slovenia.

Television

 * 2000 - The PB&J Otter premiere on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Hoohaw is Where the Heart Is / Everything in Its Place".
 * 2012 - The Doc McStuffins episodes "Chilly Gets Chilly" and "Through the Reading Glasses" premiere on Disney Junior.
 * 2015
 * The Evermoor Chronicles episode "Nothing Rhymes with Cameron" premieres on Disney Channel.
 *  The Muppets episode "Single All the Way" premieres on ABC.
 * 2017
 *  The Lion Guard  episode "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas" premieres on Disney Junior.
 * The Once Upon a Time episode "One Little Tear" premieres on ABC.
 * The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "A Spent Life" premieres on ABC.

Video games

 * 2000 - Disney's The Jungle Book Groove Party is released for PlayStation.
 * 2010 - Just Dance 2 was released in Korea for the Wii.

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2015 - Ant-Man