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- New Year's Eve - many First Night celebrations throughout major cities of the world; all over the world, the new year is welcomed with noise
and lights; the most famous party in the US takes place at Times Square, New York City
- Check the Smoke Alarms Day
- Fairy Eve's Year News (Fairy)
- Kwanzaa, Day 6: Kuumba (creativity)
- Make Up Your Mind Day
- National Champagne Day
- No Resolution Day
- Noche de Pedimento (Wishing Night)
- Procrastinators Day - You have to make up your mind before the new year.
- Unlucky Day
- Watch Night
- World Peace Meditation Day - an international observance that begins at 12:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time and lasts for one hour. Participants in this annual rite focus their thoughts and energy on
peace for the entire hour.
- You're All Done Day
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Christian holidays
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- Calendar of Saints - December 31
- Saint Sylvester's Day - Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland honor St. Sylvester’s Day in remembrance of the death of Pope Sylvester I in 1335
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anniversaries
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- Roseland Ballroom Day - New York's Roseland Ballroom was opened at 1658 Broadway where it remained until 1956 when it moved to 239 West 52nd Street.
- UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar achieved cease-fire in El Salvador two minutes before midnight, ending his second term as Secretary-General 1991
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directories
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December holidays & events by location
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- Harvest Day - in Benin
- Independence Day - in Comoros (1975)
- Republic Day - in Congo (1969)
- Revolution Day - in Ghana
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- Solidarity Day - in Azerbaijan
- Namahge - in Japan; devil-appearing holiday
- Omisoka Day - in Japan
- Special Bank Holiday - in Sri Lanka
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- Evacuation Day - in Lebanon
- Bank Holiday - in Yemen
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- Hogmanay Day - in Scotland
- Baal Fire Festival - in Allendale, Northumberland; men carry on their heads barrels of blazing tar for a bonfire in the marketplace, to mark the end of the year; dating back to pagan times
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- Cowbellion de Rakin Revel - in Alabama
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- Festival Day in Montserrat
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- Day 365, with 0 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Monday
- 2002 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2003 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2004 A. D.: Friday
- 2005 A. D.: Saturday
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- 2006 A. D.: Sunday
- 2007 A. D.: Monday
- 2008 A. D.: Wednesday
- 2009 A. D.: Thursday
- 2010 A. D.: Friday
- 2011 A. D.: Saturday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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