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2. Blue Christmas (holiday) - Wikipedia

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   Blue Christmas (also called the Longest Night) in the Western Christian tradition is a day in the Advent season marking the longest night of the year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On this day, some churches in Western Christian denominations hold a church service that honours people that have lost loved ones and are experiencing grief.

3. Winter Solstice 2024: Don’t worry, the shortest day of the ...

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   This year, it falls on Saturday 21 December at 9:21am, while the sun is expected to set at 3:51pm. This means there will be 7 hours 49 minutes and 42 seconds of daylight.

4. Winter solstice - Wikipedia

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   Iranian people celebrate the night of the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice as, "Yalda night", which is known to be the "longest and darkest night of the year". Yalda night celebration, or as some call it "Shabe Chelleh" ("the 40th night"), is one of the oldest Iranian traditions that has been present in Persian culture from ancient times ...

5. 'Night-Grazing' Is the Persian Tradition That Keeps Food ...

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   Yalda Night, or Shab-e Yalda (also spelled Shabe Yalda), marks the longest night of the year in Iran and in many other Central Asian and Middle Eastern countries. On the winter solstice, in a ...

6. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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   “Due to the enduring influence of pagan traditions, Christmas celebrations in Belarus blend Christian customs with elements of folk rituals,” the national tourism agency says, noting that most ...

7. Longest Night - Wikipedia

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   Longest Night, The Longest Night or The Longest Nite may refer to: Winter solstice , the day in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere) with the longest night of the year Longest Night Service or Blue Christmas, a Western Christian tradition marking the December winter solstice

8. Winter solstice: The shortest day and longest night of the year

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   A man walks on a bridge in the faint light of sunset in Tokyo on December 20, 2022. Residents of Japan's capital city will get nine hours and 44 minutes of daylight on winter solstice.

9. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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   Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]