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 Sunday
Dec 2nd Monday
Dec 3rd Tuesday
Dec 4th Wednesday
Dec 5th Thursday
Dec 6th Friday
Dec 7th Saturday
Dec 8th Sunday	Bodhi Day	Buddhism (Mahayana). Represents the day that Guatama Buddha attained enlightenment.
Dec 8th Sunday (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 Monday
Dec 10th Tuesday
Dec 11st Wednesday (this year)	Feast of Masá'il (Questions)	Bahá'í Faith.
Dec 12nd Thursday
Dec 13rd Friday
Dec 14th Saturday
Dec 15th 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 16th Monday
Dec 17th Tuesday
Dec 18th Wednesday
Dec 19th Thursday (fixed)	The Feast of Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia	Christianity (Orthodox Churches).
Dec 20th Friday
Dec 21st Saturday (this year)	Martyrdom of Ajit Singh and Jujhar Singh	Sikhism. The two elder sons of Guru Gobind Singh.
Dec 21st Saturday (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 Sunday
Dec 23rd Monday
Dec 24th Tuesday
Dec 25th Wednesday (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 Wednesday (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 Wednesday (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 Thursday (8 days) (this year)	Hanukah	Judaism. For the day the Maccabee army defeated a Syrian Greek army.
Dec 27th Friday
Dec 28th Saturday
Dec 29th Sunday
Dec 30th Monday (this year)	Feast of Sharaf (Honor)	Bahá'í Faith.