historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is celebrated religiously by...
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Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). Boxing Day was once a day to donate...
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Games held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on Christmas Day, December 25, have been an annual tradition since the league's second season...
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Football League (NFL) on Christmas Day, December 25, are an occasional part of the league's schedule. In contrast to Thanksgiving Day games, however, they...
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The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized...
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This Christmas Day is the fifth studio album and first official Christmas album by English singer Jessie J, released by Republic Records on 26 October...
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areas, men from both sides ventured into no man's land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to mingle and exchange food and souvenirs. There were joint...
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Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity. Christmas Day is the First Day....
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Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world...
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territory derives its name from its discovery on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors. Christmas Island had a population of 1,692 residents as of...
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Christmas Day refers to the day of December 25, commonly known as simply Christmas. It may also refer to: "Christmas Day" (Squeeze song) "Christmas Day"...
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2020 Nashville bombing (redirect from 2020 Christmas Day bombing)
After the Christmas Morning Bombing, Downtown Nashville Restaurants Are Still Recovering". Eater Nashville. Retrieved July 7, 2022. "Christmas Day bombing...
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Christmas in July, also known as Christmas in Summer or Christmas in Winter, is a second Christmas celebration held on 25 July that falls outside the traditional...
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Operation Linebacker II (redirect from Christmas day raids)
Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings, was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets...
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1 January (as the Feast of the Circumcision, not New Year's Day), along with Christmas Day and Twelfth Night, was celebrated as one of three main festivities...
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Christmas Every Day is a 1996 American made-for-television fantasy-comedy film based on the 1892 short story "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells...
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Gavin & Stacey (section Christmas special (2008))
1 January 2010 on BBC Three and later on BBC One. Broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010, episodes of the final series formed a significant...
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Incorporating Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the various celebrations during this time create a peak season for the retail sector (Christmas/holiday "shopping...
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on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day). The carol, whose words were...
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"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song...
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material, with both adaptations of Christmas novels, in the forms of Christmas films, Santa Claus films, and Christmas television specials. It also includes...
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Christmas theme. The album proved to be a long-running success during subsequent Christmas seasons, initially reaching No. 6 on Billboard's Christmas...
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National Day, sometimes known internationally as Singapore Independence Day, is a major public holiday in Singapore which commemorates an independent and...
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Niño de Cebú. Liturgically, the Christmas season is observed by the Catholic Church in the Philippines from Christmas Day (December 25) to the Feast of...
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Catalan holiday on the day after Christmas may be related to the practical need for time to return home after a Christmas Day gathering and may date back...
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erect the Vatican Christmas Tree. In the Western Christian tradition, Christmas trees are variously erected on days such as the first day of Advent, or even...
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Academic year (redirect from Christmas break)
the day after Labour Day. The winter break lasts for two weeks (sometimes a day or two longer), beginning on Saturday and encompassing Christmas Day and...
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Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates...
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the evening of Christmas Day itself. The meals are often particularly rich and substantial, in the tradition of the Christian feast day celebration, and...
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legal middle name; she was named so after the fact that she was born on Christmas day. She is the former lead singer of defunct Brooklyn-based noise rock...
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