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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays - December 23
National Pfeffernuesse Day Very popular around the holidays, pfeffernusse are fluffy cookies made with ground nuts and spices and covered in powdered sugar. http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/latest-posts/Festivus Festivus encourages the celebration of the festive season without the commercial overtones typically associated with Christmas. Celebrate by getting a plain aluminium pole in place of a traditional Christmas Tree, and labelling common and perfectly normal events as Festivus miracles. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/festivus/
Roots Day Many people are uninterested in where their ancestors came from until they start researching the topic deeper. And then suddenly it turns out that their family history was a long and fascinating one, and they become obsessed with finding out everything possible about where their forefather come from that they talk the ear off of anyone even remotely interested. Maybe they were related to a famous person who made a significant discovery or took part in an important battle or other historical event? People have been migrating to all different parts of the world for hundreds of years in search of a better place to live, worship and raise their families, motivated by everything from religious prosecution to hunger and poverty in their own countries, to taking part in great wars that made our world what it is today, so it stands to reason that everyone would find something interesting about their own family history. Your parents, grandparents, etc. and their decisions are what made you who you are today, and had they made different decisions than they did, then it would not have only been their lives that would have ended up affected. Many times questions that have plagued us our entire lives can be answered with some solid family history research, and even spending just a few hours might reveal some valuable information. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/roots-day/
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Daily Holidays - December 23 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Dec 2015
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)1. A Festivus for the rest of us!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)2. Happy Festivus!