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In some years where December 25 falls on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, various presidents have issued executive orders declaring a one-time holiday on either Christmas Eve (December 24) or the Day after Christmas (December 26), to provide federal workers with a longer weekend.
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.
In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government employees paid time off. The federal government does not require any private business to close or offer paid time off, as is the case for most state local governments, so employers ...
From Memorial Day to Thanksgiving, these are the dates of the 2023 federal holidays. 2023 federal holidays: New Year’s Day: Sunday, January 1 (Observed Monday, January 2)
Dec. 17: National Maple Syrup Day. Dec. 18: Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day, National Twin Day, International Migrants Day. Dec. 19: National Hard Candy Day, National Oatmeal...
Sunday, Dec. 18. Hanukkah Begins. Arabic Language Day. Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day. National Twin Day. International Migrants Day. Bake Cookies Day. National Roast Suckling Pig Day ...
In Ukraine, St. Nicholas (Mykolai) visits all children during the night and brings presents on 5–6 December. Before the calendar reform in Ukrainian churches , the holiday was celebrated on 18–19 December [O.S. 5–6 December] until 2023. From this day, Ukrainians start preparing for the Christmas holidays.
There are two official [according to whom?] holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar. Every year, the ...
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 December, nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Mary on 8 September. It is one of the most important Marian feasts in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church.
December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry. December’s name derives from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, which began in March.