December Religious Festivals and Dates

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By Vexen Crabtree 2023

#december #hinduism #islam #judaism #paganism

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Note that some traditions have festivals and dates that start at sundown or in the evening of the night before, such as (Jewish, Muslim and some Pagan events). There are few Hindu dates on these calendars yet, due to the complexity & multiplicity of all the various calendars in use. Likewise, there are few south-east Asian calendar dates.

Date	Event	Notes
Dec 1st Monday
Dec 2nd Tuesday
Dec 3rd Wednesday
Dec 4th Thursday
Dec 5th Friday
Dec 6th Saturday
Dec 7th Sunday
Dec 8th Monday (fixed)	Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary	Christianity (Catholic). The annual declaration by Catholics that Jesus' mother was herself born free from Original Sin.
Dec 9th Tuesday
Dec 10th Wednesday
Dec 11st Thursday (this year)	Feast of Masá'il (Questions)	Bahá'í Faith.
Dec 12nd Friday
Dec 13rd Saturday
Dec 14th Sunday (always on a Sun)	Advent Sunday	Christianity (Western churches). Four Sundays before Christmas. Candles are lit each Sunday for the end of the period of the sun's weakness. Historically developed from: Q4 Solstice (Yuletide)
Dec 15th Monday (8 days) (this year)	Hanukah	Judaism. For the day the Maccabee army defeated a Syrian Greek army.
Dec 16th Tuesday
Dec 17th Wednesday
Dec 18th Thursday
Dec 19th Friday (fixed)	The Feast of Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia	Christianity (Orthodox Churches).
Dec 20th Saturday
Dec 21st Sunday (this year)	Martyrdom of Ajit Singh and Jujhar Singh	Sikhism. The two elder sons of Guru Gobind Singh.
Dec 21st Sunday (12 days) (fixed)	Q4 Solstice (Yuletide)	Paganism. The Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year) in the Northern Hemisphere, the Summer Solstice in the Southern. Twelve days long, for the twelve zodiacs.
Dec 22nd Monday
Dec 23rd Tuesday
Dec 24th Wednesday
Dec 25th Thursday (this year)	Zaratosht No Diso	Zoroastrianism. Date can vary due to balancing between the solar Hijri calendar of Iran and the Fasli calendar. The death of prophet Zoroaster.
Dec 25th Thursday (fixed)	Nativity / Christmas Day	Christianity. Previously celebrated in spring, the birth of Jesus was moved in the 4th century to merge it with popular pagan celebrations on the 25th.
Dec 25th Thursday (fixed)	Christmas Day	(Western churches). Multicultural celebration with pagan roots, endowed with Christian stories, but mostly observed in a secular and commercialist manner. Historically developed from: Q4 Solstice (Yuletide)
Dec 26th Friday
Dec 27th Saturday (this year)	Laba Festival (Labajie)	Chinese religion. On the 8th day of La, the 12th month of Chinese calendar.
Dec 28th Sunday
Dec 29th Monday
Dec 30th Tuesday (this year)	Feast of Sharaf (Honor)	Bahá'í Faith.