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Happy Holidays
Today is the 2nd day of the 51st week, the 18th day of the 12th month, the 352nd day of 2018, and:
- Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day ((I guess you had to see the movie?))
- Arabic Language Day -- established by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010 seeking "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization". December 18 was chosen as the date for the Arabic language as it is "the day in 1973 when the General Assembly approved Arabic as an official UN language "
- Bake Cookies Day
- Flake Appreciation Day
- Give A Wine Club Day
- International Migrants Day
- National Ham Salad Day
- National Roast Suckling Pig Day
- National Wear a Plunger on Your Head Day
ON THIS DAY ON...
1271 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China
1603 - First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies
1719 - Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
1833 – The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.
1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
1900 – The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
1932 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
1957 - the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online.
1958 – Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket.
1966 – Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
1981 – First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
1999 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
I’m one of those who never thought there was a “war on Christmas” or who was offended by the greeting of “Happy Holidays”. I was aware at a fairly young age that Hanukkah was also in December, and that it may or may not coincide with the Christian celebrations -- indeed, it was very early this year and has already passed. I also knew, thanks to my interests in anthropology and ancient history, that the Winter solstice, which is Yule in the pagan calendar, will be at 5:23 PM EST on Friday, December 21st in the Northern Hemisphere. I remember when the holiday of Kwanzaa was created. And thanks to a 2nd cousin who taught in Japan I was aware that Ōmisoka —or ōtsugomori — is celebrated there at the end of the year, and the main impetus seems to be to conclude the old year by winding up as many things as possible so as to start the New Year fresh – rather like the idea of paying as many of your bills as possible before the 1st of January. Activities for that day include visiting temples or shrines, countdown parties, and catching Kohaku Uta Gassen, a famous music program show, on television. I am more than happy to see these other celebrations, and to have my kids and granddaughters learn about other cultures even while celebrating Christmas. *ponders* Although I may not want to explain Saturnalia to the very yourng…..
But there is one holiday that I really really REALLY would like to start celebrating – Boxing Day. The idea of always having the day after Christmas off is just awesome.
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