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During the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, the League of Militant Atheists encouraged school pupils to campaign against Christmas traditions, such as the Christmas tree, as well as other Christian holidays, including Easter; the League established an antireligious holiday to be the 31st of each month as a replacement. [94]
An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. [1] Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood begin on December 1.
JIS University was established in 2014 through the Legislative Act of the Government of West Bengal, viz. The JIS University Act, 2014 (West Bengal Act XXII of 2014) that came into force in February, 2015 by the JIS Group Educational Initiatives, an educational conglomerate of Eastern India with 24 years of experience.
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As of 1983 students came from New York City and from suburbs of New York City. In 1983 the school had 325 boys and 125 girls. [1] In 1986 students came from all five New York City boroughs, Long Island, New Jersey, and Westchester County. [22] In 2002 about 75% of its students consisted of families living in Westchester County, New York. [13]
The Japanese Weekend School of New York (JWSNY; ニューヨーク補習授業校 Nyūyōku Hoshū Jugyō Kō) is a Japanese supplementary school in the New York City metropolitan area. It has its offices in New Roc City in New Rochelle, New York . [ 1 ]
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.
November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... New York City's "Mad Bomber ... celebrated 11 days before Advent ...