December Global Holidays
December Global Holidays: December is definitely the most celebratory month of the year. The month is set apart by all ways of occasions and celebrations all throughout the planet, including religious, cultural, and even corporate occasions.
1. Hannukah – December Global Holidays
Celebration Date: November 28 – December 6
Category: Religious
Why It’s Celebrated: Celebrating the re-commitment of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
Where It’s Celebrated: Israel and different Jewish people groups all throughout the planet
2. World AIDS Day – December Global Holidays
Celebration Date: December 1
Category: Health
Why It’s Celebrated: To raise awareness on the lash of HIV/AIDS
Where It’s Celebrated: Worldwide
3. Krampusnacht – December Global Holidays
Celebration Date: December 5
Category: Religious
Where It’s Celebrated: Austria
4. Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Celebration Date: December 8
Category: Religious
Significance: The purest and sinless once…
Also called: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conc…
Observed by: Roman Catholic Church
Where It’s Celebrated: it is the patronal feast day of America, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Korea, Nicaragua, Paraguay, the Philippines, Spain and Uruguay
5. Bodhi Day
Celebration Date: December 8
Category: Religious
Why It’s Celebrated: celebrate Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death all in one day.
Where It’s Celebrated: Japan
6. Santa Lucia
Celebration Date: December 13
Category: Religious
Why It’s Celebrated: To Give Tribute to Lucia of Syracuse.
Where It’s Celebrated: Scandinavia and in Italy
7. Las Posadas
Celebration Date: December 16 – December 24
Category: Religious
Why It’s Celebrated: To Give Tribute to the Norse god Odin
Where It’s Celebrated: Throughout Mexico and Guatemala
8. Yule
Celebration Date: December 21 – January 1
Category: Pagan
Why It’s Celebrated: To Give Tribute to the Norse god Odin
Where It’s Celebrated: Germany and various German Groups all throughout the planet.
9. Festivus
Celebration Date: December 23
Category: Parody
Why It’s Celebrated: To advocate against Christmas industrialism
Where It’s Celebrated: Around the world, especially in the United States
10. Christmas – December Global Holidays
Celebration Date: December 25
Category: Religious
Why It’s Celebrated: To remember the introduction of Jesus Christ
Where It’s Celebrated: Worldwide
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