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Celebrated every year on December 5 or 6. Saint Nicholas is one of the many legends that Santa Claus is based on. For as long humans can remember there are holidays with lights, feasts and gift giving around the midwinter time. In many regions there are one or more mysterious givers of gifts. Saint Nicholas …
Celebrated every fourth Sunday before Christmas until Christmas. In several religions Advent is the four week period before Christmas to prepare for days of Christmas itself. The word “advent”comes from the latin word “adventus”, which refers to what Christians believe to be “the of Christ”. A simple way of celebrating advent is to light a …
Celebrated every year on November 2. In the time of harvest festivals, is a almost common world wide tradition. So of course Christianity had to have their own holiday too. All Souls Day is celebrated differently everywhere. The basic is usually to light candles for the dead. Some combine the use of candles with going …
Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31. Sadly, we must start this story with the elimination of some misconceptions. In contrary to belief Halloween is not an original American holiday. Halloween is not even merely a copy of . Halloween has no roots in Christianity. Halloween has no roots in satanism either. Which is …
Day of the Dead is celebrated each year from October 31 to November 2. Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos is a lot like Halloween. But it’s 3 days instead of 1! This holiday, just like Halloween, originates form several holidays mixed into one. The place that we now know as Mexico …
Currently in the time we are writing this, Summer 2019, the widespread superstition in the Western pop culture about black cats is that they are unlucky and/or the only cat fit for witches. Once upon a time, things were quite different… And even that changed for quite different times and quite different places. The culture …
Celebrated every year beginning on the 25th day of Kislev. The dates of Hannukkah are determined by the Hebrew calendar. The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which means that it follows the lunar and solar cycles instead of relying strictly on predetermined days. This gives a very cool calendar for following nature more closely. But …
There are many interpretations of when Yule begins and when it ends.The most common conceptions are that Yule starts at the December Solstice and ends somewhere in the beginning of the new year. Yule is an old midwinter festival from the Northern Europe regions. Mainly in the Germanic area. The origin of the name is …
Celebrated every year on December 13. Saint Lucy is a catholic saint who can be recognized by the wreath on her head with shiny candles to light her way. This was because in the early centuries of AC Christians were often still prosecuted in some parts of the world. Lucy or Lucia, a young Roman …
Celebrated every fourth Sunday of November. International Aura Day was created in 2002 by Cynthia Sue Larson to create awareness for the role that auras may have in health and well-being. The word aura is often used in a new age way to signify colors surrounding people, animals or even objects.These colors can not be …
Celebrated every year on November 18. occult /ɒˈkʌlt,ˈɒkʌlt/noun1. supernatural, mystical or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.adjective1. involving or relating to supernatural, mystical, or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.2. In medicine: (of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms. “I don’t hold with paddlin’ with the occult,” said Granny firmly.“Once you start …