Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Also referred to as Pearl Harbor Day, is observed annually in the United States on December 7, to remember and honor the 2,403 Americans who were killed in the Japanese […]

Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)

Also known as Our Lady of Guadalupe, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a series of five Marian apparitions in December 1531, and venerated image […]

Christmas Eve

The evening or entire day before Christmas day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due […]

Hanukkah (Day 1)

Also known as the Festival of Lights, is a Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt […]

Christmas Day

Public holiday An annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity […]

Boxing Day (Canada)

A holiday celebrated the day after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide. Thought it originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today Boxing Day […]

Kwanzaa (Day 1)

An annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually held on the 6th day. It was […]

Shabbat Mevarchim Chodesh Tevet

Molad Tevet: Fri, 12 minutes and 9 chalakim after 11:00 The fourth month of the civil year and the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It […]