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SUMMARY:the June Solstice (June 21st, 2026 at  8:23 am)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The <strong class="selflink">northern solstice</strong> on 
 the earth occurs in June according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>.
  Common are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">
 June 20</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_21" title="June 
 21">June 21</a>. It is therefore also known as <b>June solstice</b> in West
 ern culture.</p><p>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_He
 misphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> it is the <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_solstice" title="Summer solstice"
 >summer solstice</a>, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern
 _Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> it is the 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solsti
 ce">winter solstice</a>.</p>
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SUMMARY:All Saints' Day (November 1st, 2026 at midnight)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>All Saints' Day</b> (in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a
 > officially the <b>Solemnity of All Saints</b> and also called <b>All Hall
 ows</b> or <b>Hallowmas</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]
 </span></a></sup>), often shortened to <b>All Saints</b>, is a <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solemnity" title="Solemnity">solemnity</a> celebr
 ated on 1 November by parts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wester
 n_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>, and 
 on the first Sunday after Pentecost in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</
 a>, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In the Western calendar
  it is the day after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" title
 ="Halloween">Halloween</a> and the day before All Souls' Day.</p><p>In <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christian_Church" title="Western 
 Christian Church" class="mw-redirect">Western Christian</a> theology, the d
 ay commemorates all those who have attained the <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Beatific_vision" title="Beatific vision">beatific vision</a> in 
 Heaven. It is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holiday" title
 ="Public holiday">national holiday</a> in many historically Catholic countr
 ies. In the Catholic Church and many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Anglican" title="Anglican" class="mw-redirect">Anglican</a> churches, the n
 ext day specifically commemorates the departed faithful who have not yet be
 en <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory">purif
 ied</a> and reached heaven. Christians who celebrate All Saints' Day and Al
 l Souls' Day do so in the fundamental belief that there is a prayerful spir
 itual bond between those in purgatory (the '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Church_Suffering" title="Church Suffering" class="mw-redirect">Churc
 h Suffering</a>'), those in heaven (the '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Church_triumphant" title="Church triumphant" class="mw-redirect">church
  triumphant</a>'), and the living (the '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Church_militant" title="Church militant" class="mw-redirect">church mili
 tant</a>'). Other Christian traditions define, remember and respond to the 
 saints in different ways; for example, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.
 org/wiki/Methodist_Church" title="Methodist Church" class="mw-redirect">Met
 hodist Church</a>, the word "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_i
 n_Methodism" title="Saints in Methodism">saints</a>" refers to all <a href=
 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christians</a> a
 nd therefore, on All Saint's Day, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Church_Universal" title="Church Universal" class="mw-redirect">Church Univ
 ersal</a>, as well as the deceased members of a <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Local_congregation" title="Local congregation" class="mw-redirec
 t">local congregation</a>, are honoured and remembered.<sup id="cite_ref-Me
 thodism_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Sa
 ints#cite_note-Methodism-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id=
 "cite_ref-Methodism2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/All_Saints#cite_note-Methodism2-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>
 </sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>An <b>Independence Day</b> is an annual event commemorating
  the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary" title="Anniversary"
 >anniversary</a> of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation" title="
 Nation">nation</a>'s assumption of independent <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">statehood</a>, usually a
 fter ceasing to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony" title="C
 olony">colony</a> or part of another nation or state; more rarely after the
  end of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupation" title=
 "Military occupation">military occupation</a>.</p><p>Most countries observe
  their respective independence days as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/National_Day" title="National Day">national holiday</a>, and in some ca
 ses the observance date is controversial or contested. Not all countries ob
 serve an independence day holiday, choosing to celebrate other <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day" title="National day" class="mw-redi
 rect">national days</a> instead of or alongside an independence day.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Christmas Eve</b> refers to the <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Evening" title="Evening">evening</a> preceding <a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas Day</a>, a <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide" title="Christmas 
 worldwide">widely celebrated</a> festival commemorating <a href="http://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">the birth</
 a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus of N
 azareth</a> that takes place on December 25.<sup id="cite_ref-Christmas_Eve
 _3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve
 #cite_note-Christmas_Eve-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> It is a
  culturally significant celebration for most of the <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a> and i
 s widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas
  Day.</p><p>One reason celebrations occur on Christmas Eve is because the t
 raditional Christian liturgical day starts at sunset,<sup id="cite_ref-Jeru
 salem_Center_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
 hristmas_eve#cite_note-Jerusalem_Center-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a
 ></sup> an inheritance from Jewish tradition,<sup id="cite_ref-Dictionary_5
 -0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve#c
 ite_note-Dictionary-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> which in tur
 n is based in the story of creation in Genesis: "And there was evening, and
  there was morning &ndash; the first day."<sup id="cite_ref-Genesis_6-0" cl
 ass="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve#cite_no
 te-Genesis-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> This liturgical day i
 s followed for all days in the Eastern rite<sup id="cite_ref-Metropolitan_7
 -0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve#c
 ite_note-Metropolitan-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> and the cu
 stom of beginning Christmas celebration (as well as Sunday and the other ma
 jor festivals) in the preceding evening is preserved in western Churches th
 at have altered the liturgical day to start at midnight, for example the Ro
 man Catholic Church.<sup id="cite_ref-Catholic_Liturgy_8-0" class="referenc
 e"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve#cite_note-Catholic_L
 iturgy-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> Many churches still ring 
 their church bells and hold prayers in the evening before holidays; for exa
 mple the Nordic Lutheran churches.<sup id="cite_ref-NE_9-0" class="referenc
 e"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_eve#cite_note-NE-9"><spa
 n>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> In some languages, such as the Scandin
 avian, Christmas Eve is simply referred to as "Christmas Evening".</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Christmas</b> or <b>Christmas Day</b> (<a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language" title="Old English language" cla
 ss="mw-redirect">Old English</a>: <span lang="ang" xml:lang="ang"><i>Cr&#29
 9;stesm&aelig;sse</i></span>, literally "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christ" title="Christ">Christ</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">mass</a>") is an annual commemora
 tion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nat
 ivity of Jesus">the birth</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesu
 s" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" ti
 tle="Christ">Christ</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CathChrit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-CathChrit-5"><span>[</span>6
 <span>]</span></a></sup> celebrated generally on <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a><sup id="cite_r
 ef-altdays_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr
 istmas#cite_note-altdays-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id=
 "cite_ref-Jan7_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Christmas#cite_note-Jan7-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id
 ="cite_ref-4Dates_3-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christmas#cite_note-4Dates-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> a
 s a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_festival" title="Religi
 ous festival">religious</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultu
 ral_Christian" title="Cultural Christian">cultural</a> <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> by billions of peopl
 e <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide" title="Christm
 as worldwide">around the world</a>. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Feast_day" title="Feast day" class="mw-redirect">feast</a> central to the 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Ch
 ristian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="L
 iturgical year">liturgical year</a>, it closes the <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a> season and initiates the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve
  Days of Christmas">twelve days</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-
 CRI-Christmastide_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christmas#cite_note-CRI-Christmastide-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span><
 /a></sup> Christmas is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holid
 ay" title="Public holiday">civil holiday</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country" title="List of holidays by country"
 >many of the world's nations</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<s
 pan>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span
 ></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup
 > is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,<sup id="cite_ref
 -nonXians_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chri
 stmas#cite_note-nonXians-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id=
 "cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris
 tmas#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_re
 f-11" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cit
 e_note-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> and is an integral part
  of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season"
  title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a>.</p>
 <p>The precise year of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_
 Jesus#Birth" title="Chronology of Jesus">Jesus' birth</a>, which some histo
 rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="ref
 erence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-12"><span
 >[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AUC_13-0" class="refer
 ence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-AUC-13"><sp
 an>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> By the early-to-mid 4th century, <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Chri
 stianity">Western Christianity</a> had placed Christmas on December 25, a d
 ate later adopted in the East.<sup id="cite_ref-Chrono354_14-0" class="refe
 rence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Chrono354-
 14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SusanKOrigins
 _15-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#ci
 te_note-SusanKOrigins-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> The date
  of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exa
 ctly nine months after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciati
 on" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a>, the date Christians believe Jesu
 s to have been conceived,<sup id="cite_ref-bib-arch.org_16-0" class="refere
 nce"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-bib-arch.org
 -16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> as well as the date of the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_solstice" title="Southern sols
 tice">southern solstice</a>, i.e., the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Roman_calendar" title="Roman calendar">Roman</a> <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a>)
 , with a sun connection being possible because Christians consider Jesus to
  be the "Sun of righteousness" prophesied in <a rel="nofollow" class="exter
 nal text" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20
 Malachi&amp;verse=4:2&amp;src=ESV">Malachi 4:2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bib-ar
 ch.org_16-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ
 mas#cite_note-bib-arch.org-16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
  id="cite_ref-Newton_17-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Newton-17"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></
 sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-18"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
  id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
 hristmas#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cit
 e_ref-SolInvictus_20-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Christmas#cite_note-SolInvictus-20"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a>
 </sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Boxing Day</b> is traditionally a day following Christma
 s when wealthy people in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a g
 ift to their servants.<sup id="cite_ref-.28pseud..291838_0-0" class="refere
 nce"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day#cite_note-.28pseud..2
 91838-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Today, Boxing Day is bette
 r known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the firs
 t or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional 
 laws. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
  and some other Commonwealth nations.</p><p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, Boxing Day w
 as renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> it is recogn
 ized as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Day" title="S
 t. Stephen's Day">St. Stephen's Day</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i>L&aacute; Fh&eacut
 e;ile Stiof&aacute;in)</i> or the Day of the Wren (<a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <span lang=
 "ga" xml:lang="ga"><i>L&aacute; an Dreoil&iacute;n</i></span>). In the <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherla
 nds</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvi
 a</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">L
 ithuania</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" title="Austria
 ">Austria</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="German
 y">Germany</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia" title="S
 candinavia">Scandinavia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polan
 d" title="Poland">Poland</a>, December 26 is celebrated as the <i>Second Ch
 ristmas Day</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Second_Christmas_Day_1-0" class="referenc
 e"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_day#cite_note-Second_Christ
 mas_Day-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>New Year's Day</b> is observed on January 1, the first d
 ay of the year on the modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoria
 n_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> as well as th
 e <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian cale
 ndar">Julian calendar</a> used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anc
 ient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">ancient Rome</a>. With most countries using
  the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the close
 st thing to being the world's only truly global public <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a>, often celebrated wi
 th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks">firew
 orks</a> at the stroke of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight" t
 itle="Midnight">midnight</a> as the new year starts. January 1 on the <a hr
 ef="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">J
 ulian calendar</a> currently corresponds to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Old_New_Year" title="Old New Year">January 14</a> on the Gregorian c
 alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" title="Eastern Orthodox" class="
 mw-redirect">Eastern Orthodox</a> churches celebrate the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a>. New Year's Day
  is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_holiday" title="Postal h
 oliday">postal holiday</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni
 ted_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" cl
 ass="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite
 _note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p>The Romans dedicated
  this day to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus" title="Janus">Jan
 us</a>, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. After Julius Caesar reform
 ed the calendar in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered, the Roman Senate vo
 ted to deify him on the 1st January 42 BC <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="refer
 ence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite_note-1"><
 span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> in honor of his life and his institu
 tion of the new rationalized calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite_note-2"><span
 >[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The month originally owes its name to th
 e deity Janus, who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking
  backward. This suggests that New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan 
 traditions. Some have suggested this occurred in <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/153_BC" title="153 BC">153 BC</a>, when it was stipulated that 
 the two annual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul" title="Consul"
 >consuls</a> (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off
 ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref
 -3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Da
 y#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> Dates in March, coin
 ciding with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox" title=
 "March equinox">spring equinox</a>, or commemorating the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a> of 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, along
  with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the <a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</
 a>, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni
 ng from January to December.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:n
 owrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed
 " title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs reference
 s to reliable sources from April 2012">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup
 ></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Epiphany</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koin
 e_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>: &#7952;&pi;&iota;&phi;&#940;&
 nu;&epsilon;&iota;&alpha;, <i>epiphaneia</i>, "manifestation", "striking ap
 pearance"<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup>) or <b>Theophany</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-1"><
 span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> (&#7969;) &Theta;
 &epsilon;&omicron;&phi;&#940;&nu;&epsilon;&iota;&alpha;, <i><a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophany" title="Theophany">&Tau;heophaneia</a></i>
  meaning "vision of God"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-2"><span>[</sp
 an>3<span>]</span></a></sup>), which traditionally falls on 6 January, is a
  Christian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_day" title="Feast da
 y" class="mw-redirect">feast day</a> that celebrates the revelation of <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_the_Son" title="God the Son">God the 
 Son</a> as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation_(Christianit
 y)" title="Incarnation (Christianity)">human being</a> in <a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ" title="Jesus Christ" class="mw-redirect"
 >Jesus Christ</a>. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not sole
 ly) the visitation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Ma
 gi" title="Biblical Magi">Biblical Magi</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Baby_Jesus" title="Baby Jesus" class="mw-redirect">Baby Jesus
 </a>, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Gentile" title="Gentile">Gentiles</a>. <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christians" title="Eastern Christians" class="mw-r
 edirect">Eastern Christians</a> commemorate the <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">baptism of Jesus</a> 
 in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan Ri
 ver">Jordan River</a>, seen as his manifestation to the world as the <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_God" title="Son of God">Son of God</
 a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a
 ></sup></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Churches" title
 ="Eastern Churches" class="mw-redirect">Eastern Churches</a> following the 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Calendar" title="Julian Calend
 ar" class="mw-redirect">Julian Calendar</a> observe the Theophany feast on 
 what for most countries is 19 January<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"
 ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-4
 "><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> because of the 13-day difference 
 today between that calendar and the generally used <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian cale
 ndar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Epiphany_%28Christian%29#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>April 6 (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chri
 stianity" title="Western Christianity">Western</a>)<br></p><p><b>Good Frida
 y</b> (from the senses <i>pious</i>, <i>holy</i> of the word "good"),<sup i
 d="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good
 _Friday#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_holiday" title="Religious holiday" c
 lass="mw-redirect">religious holiday</a> observed primarily by <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians" title="Christians" class="mw-redirect
 ">Christians</a> commemorating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr
 ucifixion_of_Jesus_Christ" title="Crucifixion of Jesus Christ" class="mw-re
 direct">crucifixion of Jesus Christ</a> and his death at <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a>. The holiday is ob
 served during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy 
 Week">Holy Week</a> as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa
 schal_Triduum" title="Paschal Triduum">Paschal Triduum</a> on the Friday pr
 eceding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday" title="Easter 
 Sunday" class="mw-redirect">Easter Sunday</a>, and may coincide with the Je
 wish observance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover" title="P
 assover">Passover</a>. It is also known as <b>Holy Friday</b>, <b>Great Fri
 day</b>, <b>Black Friday</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<spa
 n>]</span></a></sup> or <b>Easter Friday</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="re
 ference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday#cite_note-2"><sp
 an>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> though the latter properly refers to t
 he <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Friday" title="Easter Frida
 y">Friday in Easter week</a>.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Easter</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_En
 glish_language" title="Old English language" class="mw-redirect">Old Englis
 h</a>: <span lang="ang" xml:lang="ang"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="&#274;ostre">&#274;ostre</a></i></span>) or <b>Pas
 cha</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek
  language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el" xml:lang="el">&Pi;&#940;&sigma;&chi;&
 alpha;</span>, <i>Paskha</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic
 _language" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a>: <span lang="arc" xml:lang=
 "arc">&#1508;&#1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1495;&#1488;</span>&lrm; <i>Pas&#7717;a
 </i>; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="He
 brew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1508;&
 #1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1463;&#1495;</span>&lrm; <i><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Pesa%E1%B8%A5" title="Pesa&#7717;" class="mw-redirect">Pesa&#7
 717;</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Etymology_0-0" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-Etymology-0"><span>[</span>1<sp
 an>]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiani
 ty" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Festival" title="Festival">feast</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> celebrating the <a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">
 resurrection of</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jes
 us">Jesus</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" title="Christ">
 Christ</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_day_in_the_Bi
 ble" title="Third day in the Bible">third day</a> after his <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucifixion</a> at 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a> 
 as described in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" ti
 tle="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2
 <span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span>
 </a></sup> Easter is preceded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
 " title="Lent">Lent</a>, a forty-day period of <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fasting</a>, prayer, and <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penance" title="Penance">penance</a>. The last week 
 of Lent is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week" title="H
 oly Week">Holy Week</a>, and it contains the days of the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Triduum" title="Easter Triduum" class="mw-redire
 ct">Easter Triduum</a>, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau
 ndy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>, commemorating <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_washing" title="Foot washing">Maun
 dy</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper" title="La
 st Supper">Last Supper</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> 
 as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good F
 riday">Good Friday</a>, commemorating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion and dea
 th of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></su
 p> Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Eastertide" title="Eastertide">Eastertide</a> or the Easter S
 eason, ending with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost_Sunday" 
 title="Pentecost Sunday" class="mw-redirect">Pentecost Sunday</a>. The fest
 ival is referred to in English by a variety of different names including <b
 >Easter Day</b>, <b>Easter Sunday</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7
 <span>]</span></a></sup><b>Resurrection Day</b> and <b>Resurrection Sunday<
 /b>.</p><p>Easter is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moveable_feast
 " title="Moveable feast">moveable feast</a>, meaning it is not fixed in rel
 ation to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_calendar" title="C
 ivil calendar">civil calendar</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of
  Nicaea</a> (325) established the date of Easter as the first <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday" title="Sunday">Sunday</a> after the <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a> 
 (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Full_Moon" title="Pascha
 l Full Moon">Paschal Full Moon</a>) following the northern hemisphere's <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_equinox" title="Vernal equinox" c
 lass="mw-redirect">vernal equinox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene.org_7-0" 
 class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-oi
 koumene.org-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> Ecclesiastically, th
 e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as
 tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n
 ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor
 e varies between 22 March and 25 April. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity<
 /a> bases its calculations on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jul
 ian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a> whose 21 March co
 rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian c
 alendar</a>, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 
 April and 8 May.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Easter Monday</b> (also known as <b>Egg Nyte</b>) is the
  day after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Eas
 ter Sunday</a> and is celebrated as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> in some largely <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> cultures,
  especially <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" ti
 tle="Roman Catholic Church" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholic</a> and <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" title="Eastern Orthodox
 " class="mw-redirect">Eastern Orthodox</a> cultures. Easter Monday in the R
 oman Catholic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_calendar" ti
 tle="Liturgical calendar" class="mw-redirect">liturgical calendar</a> is th
 e second day of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_(liturgica
 l)" title="Octave (liturgical)">octave</a> of Easter Week and analogously i
 n the Eastern Orthodox Church is the second day of <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Bright_Week" title="Bright Week">Bright Week</a>.</p><p>Forme
 rly, the post-Easter festivities involved a week of <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Secular" title="Secular" class="mw-redirect">secular</a> cel
 ebration, but in many places this was reduced to one day in the 19th centur
 y. Events include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_rolling" title=
 "Egg rolling">egg rolling</a> competitions and, in predominantly <a href="h
 ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Roman Catholic Ch
 urch" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholic</a> countries, dousing other peopl
 e with water which traditionally had been blessed with <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_water" title="Holy water">holy water</a> the day bef
 ore at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.
 org/wiki/Blessing_(Roman_Catholic_Church)" title="Blessing (Roman Catholic 
 Church)">bless</a> the house and food.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>May Day</b> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May
 _1" title="May 1">May 1</a> is an ancient northern hemisphere <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(season)" title="Spring (season)">spring fe
 stival</a> and usually a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holid
 ay" title="Public holiday">public holiday</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="r
 eference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day#cite_note-0"><span>
 [</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> it is also a traditional spring holiday i
 n many cultures.</p><p>May Day is related to the <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Celt" title="Celt" class="mw-redirect">Celtic</a> festival of <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> a
 nd the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germa
 nic peoples">Germanic</a> festival of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Walpurgis_Night" title="Walpurgis Night">Walpurgis Night</a>. May Day fall
 s exactly half a year from November 1, another <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Cross-quarter_day" title="Cross-quarter day" class="mw-redirect">
 cross-quarter day</a> which is also associated with various northern Europe
 an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</
 a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopaganism" title="Neopaganis
 m" class="mw-redirect">neopagan</a> festivals such as <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a>. May Day marks the en
 d of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and
  it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebr
 ations. As Europe became Christianized the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</a> holidays lost their religious ch
 aracter and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May D
 ay, or were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism#Religious_sync
 retism" title="Syncretism">merged with</a> or replaced by new <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a> holiday
 s as with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas
 ">Christmas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" title="Easte
 r">Easter</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pent
 ecost">Pentecost</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saint%27
 s_Day" title="All Saint's Day" class="mw-redirect">All Saint's Day</a>. In 
 the twentieth century, many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopagani
 sm" title="Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect">neopagans</a> began reconstruct
 ing the old traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festiva
 l again.</p>
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