A Calendar of Coming Events
December 6th
Feast of Saint Nicholas
December 13th
Feast of Saint Lucia [the immolation of the youngest daughter]
December 16th
Birth of Ludwig van Beethoven
December 21st
Winter Solstice [1335 Eastern Standard Time]
HogWatch
December 23rd
December 25th
Christmas
Birth of Mithras
First day of Hanukkah [begins at sundown which is the night of the 26th on Jewish calenders]
December 26th
Boxing Day
Feast of Saint Stephan
First day of Kwanzaa
January 6th
Feast of the Epiphany
Día de los Reyes
January 7th
Orthodox Christmas
[When the Julian solar calendar replaced the old lunar calendar the Winter Solstice was December 25th. When Pope Gregory corrected the calendar he only corrected it by 10 days and not the full two weeks it was out of synch with the sun, so the date of the Solstice is now the 21st. Most Orthodox Churches continue to use the Julian calendar which is why their Christmas is on January 7th.]
