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- Beetle Banquet and Badger Ball (Fairy)
- International Arbor Day a/k/a Old European Festival of Evergreen Trees - celebrated by planting evergreen trees and hanging evergreen wreaths
(symbols of eternal life)
- National Date-Nut Bread Day
- Taoist festival honoring Wang-Mu/Empress Mother, Mother of Compassion and Wisdom, and manifestation of the Tao (Cosmic Power of Creation and
Destruction). Also celebrates the peak of the feminine Yin half of the year and the Shen of Earth, North, and Winter; prayers are made for rest
and renewal, and offerings are made to the Cosmos - [excerpted from The Mystic's Wheel Of
The Year]
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Christian holidays
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anniversaries
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- The first Christmas tree lights were created by Thomas Edison (1882)
- The "Night Before Christmas" by Clement Moore was published (1823)
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directories
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December holidays & events by location
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- Dong Zhi (Winter Solstice) Festival - in China
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- Day 355, with 10 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Saturday
- 2002 A. D.: Sunday
- 2003 A. D.: Monday
- 2004 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2005 A. D.: Thursday
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- 2006 A. D.: Friday
- 2007 A. D.: Saturday
- 2008 A. D.: Monday
- 2009 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2010 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2011 A. D.: Thursday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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