December 24 - Holidays
Holidays and observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:
- Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
- Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)
- Jul (Denmark, Norway and Sweden)
- Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
- The day when presents are exchanged and opened. Presents are delivered to children by Santa Claus, personified by an adult dressed up as Santa who comes knocking on the door. (Austria, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania,Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and the Dominican Republic)
- The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
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