December 2012
2	Advent Sunday	Start of the Christian year.
8	Bodhi Day	Day when some Buddhists celebrate Gautauma’s enlightenment.
9-16	Hanukkah	Jewish festival of lights.
10	Human Rights Day	Anniversary of the adoption of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948.
21	Yule	Pagan festival of winter solstice.
24	Christmas Eve	Prelude to Christmas; time of carol services and midnight mass.
25	Christmas Day	Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
26	Zarthusht-no-diso	Remembrance day for the prophet Zarathustra (Fasli calendar).
26	Kwanzaa	Celebration of African-American spirituality and cultural inheritance.
31	Omisoka	Japanese cleansing festival in preparation for the New Year.

November 2012