We've seen small increases almost every week for the past few months, with the usual spike around the 7k's, yet these price movements are leading us into nothing, which means that they're nothing more than usual fluctuation and should not be taken as a sign that a massive upward is about to happen. We could see an increase in prices in the upcoming months, but it won't be because a bullish trend triggered a btc rally, it'll be because it's about time we see some upward movement after a long period of accumulation thanks to the bear market.
Yeah there's really no obvious reason to expect a bull run to end the year. The cryptospace has been relatively quiet besides the rumblings of a SEC ETF approval, so there isn't much to spur speculators into action. December being a strong month has been a trend for three years running though, if I remember correctly, so it will still be interesting to see if the month really has something to do with price movement.