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Winter Festivals & Traditions...!!!
November 1....................................... All Saints Day
November 11..................................... St. Martin's Day (Germany)
Last Thursday in November................ Thanksgiving Day (USA
Fourth Sunday before Christmas......... Advent begins
December 6 ...................................... St. Nicholas Day
December 8....................................... Bodhi Day in the Buddhists' faith
December 10..................................... Hannukah begins (date varies)
December 13..................................... Santa Lucia's Day (Italy, Sweden)
December 15 - 16 ............................ Posados or Novena begins
December 17 .................................... Hannukah ends (date varies)
December 19..................................... St. Nicholas Day (Julian Calendar)
December 20 .................................... St. Ignatious' Day in Romania
December 20/21................................ Winter Solstice
December 21..................................... St. Thomas' Day
December 23..................................... Little Christmas in Denmark
December 24..................................... Christmas Eve
December 25..................................... Christmas Day
December 26................. St. Stephen's Day, Boxing Day in England, Kwanzaa begins
December 27..................................... St. John's Day, Mother Night
December 28 .................................... Holy Innocents Day
December 30 .................................... Bringing in the Boar
December 31 ............... New Year's Eve, St. Sylvester's Eve, Hogmanay in Scotland
January 1........................................... New Year's Day, St. Basil's Day
January 2 .......................................... Snow Day, Holde's Day
January 3........................................... Evergreen Day
January 4 .......................................... St. Distaff's Day
January 5 .......................................... Epiphany Eve
January 6 .......................................... Epiphany, Three Kings Day, Twelfth Night
January 7 .......................................... Russian Christmas
First Monday after Epiphany................ Plough Monday in England's traditions
January 13 ........................................ Twentieth Day, St. Knut's Day in Scandanavia