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Blue Christmas (also called the Longest Night) in the Western Christian tradition is a day in the Advent season marking the longest night of the year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On this day, some churches in Western Christian denominations hold a church service that honours people that have lost loved ones and are experiencing grief.
Sunday before Christmas: December 20 . Christmas Sunday; Honesty Day ; Winter Solstice: December 21 . Blue Christmas (holiday) The Sunday between Christmas Day and New Year's Day (both exclusive), or December 30 if both Christmas Day and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God are Sundays: December 27. Feast of the Holy Family (Roman Catholicism)
Festivus (/ ˈ f ɛ s t ɪ v ə s /) is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", [1] [2] which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote.
Thursday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day Start your 2025 smart: Sign up for USA TODAY's Daily Briefing newsletter. Jan. 2025 holiday schedule: MLK Jr. Day, Inauguration Day, day of mourning, National Days
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
Happy Holidays is a Christmas album and the seventh studio album by Billy Idol. [1] It includes renditions of many traditional Christmas songs and two original Christmas songs, "Happy Holiday" and "Christmas Love". Music videos were released for "Jingle Bell Rock", "Happy Holiday", "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland".
What day of the week is Christmas this year? Much like Thanksgiving, the actual day of the week that Christmas is celebrated on changes each year. Christmas Day falls on Wednesday, December 25 in ...
Christmas is one of the major holidays of Italy. Christmas festivities in Italy (Italian: Natale, Italian:) begin on 8 December, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the day on which traditionally the Christmas tree is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the Epiphany (Italian: Epifania, Italian: [epifaˈniːa ...