Holidays and Observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Saint Barbara
- Daniel the Prophet
- Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)
- O Sapientia (Roman Catholic Church)
- December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (United States)
- National Day (Bhutan)
- Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn (Roman festivals)
- Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observances by Presidential Proclamation
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“... if it be true that death is annihilation, then the man who believes that he will certainly go straight to heaven when he dies, provided he has fulfilled certain simply observances in this life, has a cheap pleasure which will not be followed by the least disappointment.”
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