Celebrating all 12 December Holidays?
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Okay - in order (although why all 12 I don't understand :))\nAdvent - this is the 4 weeks before christmas and is usually observed by lighting a candle each day within an 'advent wreath' which is a round candle holder with 5 candles, 3 purple, 1 pink and 1 white (the white goes in the center and is lit on Christmas Eve).  The candles are lit one at a time on the four Sundays of Advent and the same one, two, three or four candles are lit each evening, usually before dinner.  This is a Roman Catholic tradition that you can look up on line for more info.\n\nBoxing Day - this is an English holiday that started in Victorian times.  It was the day that the servants got their presents from their employers, usually in the boxes that the family had used for their own gifts the day before (hence the name).  it is a bank/governmental holiday there and is a day when unwanted gifts are given to the needy.  I don't know anything more about this holiday.  To celebrate it if you are not in Britian, i suggest you refrain from going to any stores to exchange gifts and, instead, do something nice for someone who has less than you.\n\nChristmas...whatever you normally do to celebrate this holiday, whether it be with a tree and gifts and decorations, a nice meal, etc.\n\nFeast of our Lady of Guadalupe - this is a Mexican religious holiday.  have a mexican meal and say a prayer for peace to "our lady of the americas".  Again, a roman catholic tradition, feast day.  the same is true of the feast of the Immaculate conception.  This is simply a holy day of obligation and has no festivities associated with it.  If you are catholic, you should attend mass on this day.  it is a recognition in the belief of the sinlessness of mary the mother of jesus.\n\nFestivus - not familar at all with this holiday\n\nGuess I am out of room for the others...
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the do posadas every night in December. and they open x-mas gifts the night of the December 24. weird huh..
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I think the answer to your question is yes, but only briefly. The world is divided into 24 time zones. Each one corresponds with an hour of the day. So when it becomes December 25th (12:00 a.m.) in the last time zone, it is 11:00 p.m. in the first time zone, if I have done my math right. So for one hour, it is christmas day all over the world.
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huh?  I didn't think I did!\n\nCan you be too happy?  Can you thank God too much for the good things of the world?  How can you have too many holidays?
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December 1st and take them down by 12th night (January 5th)
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Yes i am! As soon as I see the first holiday ad in the newspapers, i know christmas is here! So its become a crass, commercialised holiday that everyone exploits, but you gotta love it. It's the most wonderful time of the year!
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Cinco de Mayo in the States!  In Hong Kong, it was a Bank holiday and I got the link for you!  Well, I guess that you already knew by now!
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Nothing.  (Not part of my culture/heritage)\nMaybe you should post in the Holidays section.....
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August 14th....oh your birthday is so close to Christmas !!\n\nHappy Birthday to all you November/December birthday people..just in case I forget...hope you all had/have great celebrations .
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There are many variations of the "Countdown to Christmas" item you are referring to....you can even get them with little chocolates hidden behind each date. There are usually 25 days to open.\n\n   HAPPY HOLIDAYS
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Christmas eve 2006\nChristmas day 2006\nBoxing day 2006
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My family celebrates Christmas and we have Jewish friends who celebrate Hanukkah. It's fun to visit & join in thier celebrations and include them in ours.
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9th of June this year
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Great question, and I am with you...here are some stats based on a 2003 FOX News national poll conducted December 3-4 by Opinion Dynamics Corporation. \n\nPolling was conducted by telephone December 3-4, 2003 in the evenings. The sample is 900 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points.  \n\n1. Which of these late December holidays do you celebrate? (Multiple responses allowed)\n\n1. Christmas - 96%\n2. Hanukkah - 5%\n3. Kwanzaa - 2%\n4. (Other/Refused) - 1%\n5. (None) - 1%\n\nSo, I say if the majority celebrates it...why let the minority get us down...
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12 - 2nd of January, 2nd or February, 2nd March........
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December 24th, 0000 at 11:59:59 PM\n\nHA!
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Don't worry, it's not quite the religious holiday Dradle makes it out to be. There will be all the drunken partying you can handle.\n\nAs to what to do, check this site out -\n\nhttp://www.stpatricksday.ie/cms/events.html