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11Fête nationale du Québec (Saint Jean Baptiste Day) — Infobox Holiday caption = Fête nationale parade, Montreal, June 24, 2006 holiday name = Fête nationale du Québec (Saint Jean Baptiste Day) nickname = La St Jean , Fête de St Jean Baptiste observedby = POV statement|date=August 2008 *Quebecers… …
12Saint Lucy's Day — ( Sankta Lucia , Saint Lucia) is the Church feast day dedicated to St. Lucy and is observed on December 13. It retains traditional forms of celebration mainly in Scandinavia, parts of the United States and southern Europe. It is celebrated in… …
13Accession Day tilt — The Accession Day tilts were a series of elaborate festivities held annually at the court of Elizabeth I of England to celebrate her Accession Day, November 17, also known as Queen s Day. [which was elevated into a Protestant feast day by adding… …
14Clear Light of Day — is a novel published in 1980 by Indian Novelist and three time Booker Prize finalist, Anita Desai. Set in Old Delhi, this book describes the tensions in a post partition Indian family during and after childhood, starting with the characters as… …
15fete day — noun a day designated for feasting • Syn: ↑feast day • Hypernyms: ↑holiday • Hyponyms: ↑Rosh Hashanah, ↑Rosh Hashana, ↑Rosh Hashonah, ↑Rosh Hasho …
16St Andrew's Day — (30 November) In some areas, such as Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire, St Andrew was regarded as the patron saint of lace makers (but see also *St Catherine) and his day was thus kept as a holiday, or tander… …
17feast day — a day, esp. a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing. [1250 1300; ME] * * * …
18Thanksgiving Day — national holiday of feasting and giving thanks for divine blessings or goodness (celebrated on the last Thursday in November in the United States and on the second Monday in October in Canada) …
19Esther 9 — 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it …
20FESTIVALS — (Heb. חַג, hag; מוֹעֵד, mo ed; or יוֹם טוֹב, yom tov). Introduction The root of חַג is חָגֹג ḥagog, to celebrate, or possibly חוּג ḥug, to go round. It is related to the Arabic ḥajja which means to go on a pilgrimage from which comes ḥajj, the… …
