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Christian holidays
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- Calendar of Saints - December 13
- St. Jose's Day (patron of harvests, ships; against fire, fever, storms)
- Saint Lucy's Day (patron of writers, lights, people with eye trouble, glass workers,
lamplighters; against dysentary, throat disease, blindness, hemorrhage)
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anniversaries
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- North and South Korea formally ended their war (1991) with the signing of a peace treaty - although the fighting had stopped 38 years earlier (1953)
- St. Lucia's Day - Sweden
- Lucia Day (Queen of Light) - Sweden
- Republic Day - Malta
- * Several countries KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Santa Lucia Day (Sweden) - festival of lights honors Saint Lucy in Sweden, whose name means "light." On the old calendar, Saint Lucy's Day fell on the winter solstice -- the shortest
and darkest day of the year! According to legend, the beautiful Lucy was engaged to be married, but in order to save the life of her ailing mother, she pledged to donate all her possessions to
charity and die a virgin so that her mother might live. Her angry fiancee denounced her as Christian to the local authorities, and Lucy was made a martyr, but not before plucking out her eyes and
presenting them to her suitor...who had mentioned that he admired them
- Santa Lucia Day (Sweden/U.S.) - Otherwise known as Luciadagen, this day honors the life of Santa Lucia and is celebrated in Sweden and U.S. Scandinavian communities.
- Ice Cream and Violins Day
- Republic Day - Malta (1974)
- Tell Someone They're Doing a Good Job Week
- Cocoa Day cards - December 13
- St. Lucy's Day (Swedish)
- Italy KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Norway KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Sweden KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Sweden KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Sweden KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Sweden KidsProj - St. Lucia
- Sweden KidsProj - St. Lucia
- United States KidsProj - Imam's Birthday
- National Day in Saint Lucia
- Republic Day in Malta
- St. Lucia in Sweden
- UN General Assembly created post of High Commissioner for Human Rights 1993
- December 13 1978 - Dollar Day - The first United States coin to honor a woman was the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
- December 13 - Tie Day - The clip-on tie was designed in 1816.
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directories
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December holidays & events by location
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- Malta Republic Day
- Santa Lucia Day / Luciadagen - in Sweden
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- Day 347, with 18 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Thursday
- 2002 A. D.: Friday
- 2003 A. D.: Saturday
- 2004 A. D.: Monday
- 2005 A. D.: Tuesday
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- 2006 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2007 A. D.: Thursday
- 2008 A. D.: Saturday
- 2009 A. D.: Sunday
- 2010 A. D.: Monday
- 2011 A. D.: Tuesday
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other calendars
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zodiac
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