diff --git a/calendar/base/content/calendar-month-view.css b/calendar/base/content/calendar-month-view.css
index 32617a4f3ec..872a3011500 100644
--- a/calendar/base/content/calendar-month-view.css
+++ b/calendar/base/content/calendar-month-view.css
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ calendar-month-day-box-item {
   margin: 1px;
   padding: 0px;
   padding-left: 1px;
+  font-size: x-small;
 }
 
 calendar-month-day-box-item[selected="true"] { 
@@ -66,11 +67,15 @@ calendar-month-day-box-item[selected="true"] {
 }
 
 .calendar-month-day-box-item-label {
-  font-size: 0.9em;
   padding: 0px;
   margin: 0px;
 }
 
+.calendar-event-box-container {
+  padding: 0px;
+  padding-left: 2px;
+}
+
 /*== calendar-month-view-column-header ==*/
 calendar-month-view-column-header {
   -moz-binding: url(chrome://calendar/content/calendar-month-view.xml#calendar-month-view-column-header);