Holidays and Observances
- Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag day (Sweden)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Abassad (Coptic Church)
- John Cantius
- O Emmanuel
- Psote (Coptic Church)
- Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
- Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
- HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
- Larentalia, in honor of Larenta. (Roman empire)
- Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca, Mexico)
- The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan. (Japan)
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