December 17th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Daniel the Prophet
  • Josep Manyanet i Vives
  • Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)
  • O Sapientia
  • Olympias the Deaconess
  • Wivina
  • Sturm
  • December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Accession Day (Bahrain)
• International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
• Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)
• National Day (Bhutan)
• Pan American Aviation Day (United States)
• Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

National Device Appreciation Day

National Maple Syrup Day - 1

National Maple Syrup Day Canada - 2

Saturnalia

 

Nat Wolff’s Birthday

Michael Cashman’s Birthday

Milla Jovovich’s Birthday

Manny Pacquiao’s Birthday

Manu Ríos’s Birthday

John Abraham’s Birthday

Jessi’s Birthday

Ivar Ivask’s Birthday

Pope Francis’s Birthday

Ramriddlz’s Birthday

Ashley Jordyn’s Birthday

Duff Goldman’s Birthday

Sarah Paulson

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Festival Of Winter Walks

 

 

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Q: What's A Snowman's Favorite Breakfast?

A: Frosted Flakes!

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A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.

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Q: Why did the Christmas tree go to the barber?

A: It needed to be trimmed.

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On New Year’s Eve, I’ll join my friends to toast the days ahead. We’ll all stay up until it’s late, then eat a tasty spread. At midnight, though, I might just wish that I were home instead, sleeping very peacefully in my warm, cozy bed.

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Just before Easter I remarked to my husband that, with the children grown and away from home, this was the first year that we hadn't dyed eggs and had an Easter-egg hunt.

"That's all right, honey," he said. "We can just hide each other's vitamin pills."

 

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My granddaughter was discussing the expected arrival of a new brother for her 4-year-old son, Matthew. She told Matthew that you can’t predict the exact date of birth.

“You were expected on Aug. 19,” she said, “but arrived on Aug. 11.”

Matthew thought for a moment and then said,

“Oh! I’m so lucky I was born on my birthday!”

 

 

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