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In August 1939, amid the Great Depression, Fred Lazarus Jr., head of Federated Department Stores (which would later become Macy's), lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving a week earlier, to the second to last Thursday of November instead of the last Thursday of November, to make the Christmas shopping season last longer and help boost retail sales.
After the Ethiopian and Eritrean insertion of a leap day in what for the Julian calendar is August (September in Gregorian), Christmas (also called Liddet or Gena, also Ledet or Genna) [209] is celebrated on Tahsas 28 in order to maintain the exact interval of nine 30-day months and 5 days of the child's gestation. [210]
19 August: Saint John Eudes, Priest – optional memorial; 20 August: Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 21 August: Saint Pius X, Pope – memorial; 22 August: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial; 23 August: Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin – optional memorial; 24 August: Saint Bartholomew, Apostle – feast
Depiction of harvesting in the August calendar page of the Queen Mary Psalter (fol. 78v), ca. 1310. August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. [1] In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August ...
Sometimes called "Twixmas," that week between Christmas and New Year's Eve is — for quite a few lucky folks — a much-needed week off from work. Sure, you want to kick back and enjoy your free ...
The Candlelight Vigil traces its beginnings to a fan-organized gathering outside the Graceland gates in 1978. But when did Elvis Week begin?
In Sweden, where the week of the first Advent Sunday marks the official start of the Christmas and holiday season, continuing with Saint Lucy's Day on December 13, followed up by Christmas before the Mellandagsrea (between days sell off) traditionally begins on December 27 (nowadays often December 26 or even December 25) and lasts during the ...
Their popularity grew in the 19th century and spread throughout Europe, prompting Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann to pen a children's short story in 1816 called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.