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Yule is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples that was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples.In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival.
Festivus (/ ˈ f ɛ s t ɪ v ə s /) is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the perceived pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.Originally created by author Daniel O'Keefe, Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode "The Strike", [1] [2] which O'Keefe's son, Dan O'Keefe, co-wrote.
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Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season – An hour-long public radio program exploring the roots of American beliefs and rituals surrounding the winter holidays "Winter Holidays". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 28, 2002. – A series of lesson plans for teaching children about the winter holidays.
Holidays portal; Winter holidays — contemporary and historical seasonal holidays integral to winter. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories ...
The Dongzhi Festival or Winter Solstice Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice), which falls between December 21 and December 23. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The handbook Our Troth: Heathen Life published by American-based inclusive Heathen organization The Troth in 2020, lists three holidays that most Heathens agree on, Yule (Winter Solstice or the first full moon after Winter Solstice), Winter Nights/Alfarblot/Disablot (begins on the second full moon after Autumnal Equinox and ends at new moon ...
Winter holiday may refer to: Christmas and holiday season; Winter holiday, a name sometimes given to the Christmas period to avoid Christian connotations (see Christmas controversy) Winter Holiday, a book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome; Winter Holidays (Vacanze d'inverno), a 1959 Italian film