Holidays in December
A Global Celebration of Seasonal Joy
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Immaculate Conception Day
December 8, 2023
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The Catholic Crusade Reports
November 22, 2021
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National Catholic Register Reports
December 3, 2021
| 8 Things You Need to Know About the Immaculate Conception | |
December 8th marks the feast of the Immaculate Conception. It celebrates an important point of Catholic teaching, and it is a holy day of obligation.
Here are 8 things you need to know about the teaching and the way we celebrate it.
The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of
original sin.
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Bodhi Day
December 8, 2023
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International Academy for Multicultural
Cooperation Reports
December 8, 2022
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Bodhi Day Reports
December 3, 2021
| Celebration of Bodhi Day, the Day of Awakening | |
There are really two Bodhi Days each year. The “Secular” Bodhi Day, celebrated on a fixed date in much of the Western World and Japan, is December 8.
The other Bodhi Day is based on the lunar calendar so, like Easter, the date changes year to year. I call the lunar Bodhi Day the “real” one. January 18, 2024, is the next Lunar Bodhi Day.
The most recent one was December 30, 2022. See this link for how I figured out this January 18, 2024 lunar Bodhi Day.
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Feast Day of Our Lady Guadalupe
December 12, 2023
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NBC News Reports
December 12, 2017
| Why Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated across the U.S. | |
If you see a colorful procession in your city or town on Tuesday, it may have to do with a venerated "lady" whose presence is ubiquitous in many Latino communities across the U.S.
The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, is celebrated on December 12. For Mexicans and Mexican-Americans as well as other Latinos, Our Lady of Guadalupe is a powerful symbol of devotion, identity, and patriotism. Her image inspires artists, activists, feminists and the faithful.
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Saint Paul Center Reports
December 12, 2020
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Hanukkah
(December 7, 2023-December 15, 2023)
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History Reports
December 2, 2010
| History of the Holidays: Hanukkah |
Happy Madison Reports
December 6, 2012
| Adam Sandler Chanukah Song | |
USA Today Reports
December 7, 2023
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When is Hanukkah in 2023?
A look at the history and why the holiday is celebrated.
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Hanukkah – the Jewish festival of lights – arrives late each year, marking a time for both celebration and reflection. Rich with history and laced with just a bit of latke grease, Hanukkah is a time for Jews to gather with family and friends and retell a fabled story of resistance.
While certain symbols of the holiday like the menorah (a decorative candelabra) and the dreidel (a four-sided spinning top) may be more easily recognizable in popular culture, there is plenty more to learn about Hanukkah and why it is celebrated.
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Yule
(December 21, 2023-January 1, 2023)
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Britannica Reports
November 7, 2023
| The History of the Yule Festival | Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago. Its roots are complicated and difficult to trace, although there are several theories about how and why the festival was celebrated. | |
Jacob Toddson Reports
December 15, 2021
| How to Celebrate the Yule Holiday | |
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Christmas Day
December 25, 2023
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History Reports
December 23, 2014
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Britannica Reports
December 5, 2023
| History of Christmas Holiday | |
Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin.
The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice.
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Boxing Day
December 26, 2023
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History Reports
August 10, 2023
| Why is the Day After Christmas Called 'Boxing Day'? | |
December 26 is not only a day for Santa Claus to catch his breath. It's also a public holiday known as "Boxing Day" in the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
In spite of its peculiar name, Boxing Day has nothing to do with fisticuffs, the trashing of empty boxes left over from Christmas or the return of unwanted presents to department stores.
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National Geographic Reports
December 26, 2017
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Kwanzaa Day
December 26, 2023- January 1, 2023
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Inside Edition Reports
December 25, 2019
| What Is Kwanzaa and How Is It Celebrated? | |
The Holy Spirit Reports
December 23, 2021
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Kwanzaa, the celebration of cultural heritage and traditional values in the Black community, falls this year between December 26 and January 1.
The first time Kwanzaa was ever celebrated was in December 1966, when it was introduced by Maulana Karenga, a Black nationalist and college professor, to help those of African descent have an opportunity to celebrate their heritage.
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Zarathosht Diso Day
December 26, 2023
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Redlands Daily Facts Reports
December 19, 2019
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Professing Faith: Traditions in the lesser-known Zoroastrian faith are familiar to a wider world
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The month of December is known for a variety of religious holidays and holy days. This month, the faithful will or have observed Hanukkah, the feast days for Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe, winter solstice, and perhaps the most widely known, Christmas.
But there is a little known holy day sacred to the Zoroastrian faith called Zarathosht Diso, which falls on Dec. 26 in the Western calendar, which recalls the death of the Persian prophet Zarathustra, or Zoroaster.
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Zoroastrain Society of
Ontario Reports
December 26, 2021
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New Year's Eve
December 31, 2023
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History Reports
December 30, 2019
| The History of The New Year | |
History Reports
November 28, 2023
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The earliest recorded festivities in honor of a new year’s arrival date back some 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. For the Babylonians, the first new moon following the vernal equinox—the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness—heralded the start of a new year.
They marked the occasion with a massive religious festival called Akitu (derived from the Sumerian word for barley, which was cut in the spring) that involved a different ritual on each of its 11 days.
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