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Czech Republic: the day is traditionally called Ugly Wednesday, Soot-Sweeping Wednesday or Black Wednesday, because chimneys used to be swept on this day, to be clean for Easter. [26] Malta: this day is known as L-Erbgħa tat-Tniebri (Wednesday of Shadows), referring to the liturgical darkness (tenebrae). In the past children went to the parish ...
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Wednesday is sometimes informally referred to as "hump day" in North America, a reference to the fact that Wednesday is the middle day—or "hump"—of a typical work week. [5] [6] Lillördag, or "little Saturday", is a Nordic tradition of turning Wednesday evening into a small weekend-like celebration. [7] Humpday is also a name of a 2009 film.
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Wednesday (given name) Sheffield Wednesday F.C., an English football club; Wednesday Addams, a member of the fictional Addams Family; Wednesday Island, Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica; Wednesday Martin, American author and cultural critic; Mr. Wednesday, a personification of Odin in the novel American Gods
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.
Tenebrae (/ ˈ t ɛ n ə b r eɪ,-b r i / [1] —Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a "strepitus" or "loud noise" taking place in total darkness near the end of the service.
1948 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (d. 2022) [33] 1949 – Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author [28] 1949 – Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut; 1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)