December 23 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of the Queen Silvia, an official flag day (Sweden)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abassad (Coptic Church)
  • John Cantius
  • O Emmanuel
  • Psote (Coptic Church)
  • Thorlac Thorhallsson, patron saint of Iceland; The last day of preparations before Christmas.
• Festivus, a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld
• HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
• Larentalia, in honor of Larenta. (Roman empire)
• Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca, Mexico)
• The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan. (Japan)