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  • 51Midsummer — For other uses, see Midsummer (disambiguation). Midsummer Midsummer bonfire in Mäntsälä, Finland Also called Summer Solstice, Adonia, St. John s Feast Day, Līgo, Litha, M …

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  • 52Middle-earth calendar — refers to one of the systems of keeping time in the fictional Middle earth devised by J. R. R. Tolkien and described in The Lord of the Rings. Because Middle earth was intended to be our world in the distant past, the basic structure of the… …

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  • 53Anita Desai — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = Anita Desai caption = pseudonym = birthname =Anita Mazumdar birthdate = birth date and age|1937|6|24|mf=y birthplace = Mussoorie, India occupation = Author nationality = Indian period = 1970s present genre …

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  • 54native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called  American Indian,  Amerindian,  Amerind,  Indian,  Aboriginal American,  or  First Nation… …

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  • 55Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called  American Indian,  Amerindian,  Amerind,  Indian,  Aboriginal A …

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  • 56EMAR — EMAR, ancient city in the Near East. The cuneiform finds from Emar, at modern Meskeneh, must be understood in relation to those from ugarit . They are contemporary, spanning the 13th and early 12th centuries B.C.E.. Emar is directly inland from… …

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  • 57Hogmanay — (pronounced IPA| [ˌhɔgməˈneː] mdash; with the main stress on the last syllable) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. Its official date… …

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  • 58Christmas dinner — An oven roasted turkey. Christmas dinner is the primary meal traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. In many ways the meal is similar to a standard Sunday dinner. Christmas feasts have traditionally been luxurious and abundant.… …

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  • 59Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …

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  • 60Yule — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Yule caption= Juletræslys , a Danish Yule Tree Candle observedby=Northern Europeans and Various Anglosphereans date=Northern Hemisphere: circa December 21 Southern Hemisphere: circa June 21 celebrations=Festivals,… …

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