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Let's all remember the real reason for the season tonight. A highly influential man was born on this day many, many years ago. A man whose life's work led to inspire many people in his wake.

Give it up for our main man Isaac!!

Happy Newtonmas, everybody :D

[xylophonetangerine]

It’s funny how some atheists push “Newtonmas” just because he was born on Christmas as if he was not extremely Christian.

[musingsbyserena]

Yule 🎄

In the Northern Hemisphere, Yule is December 21st. In the Southern Hemisphere, Yule is June 21st.

Like Samhain, Yule, also known as the winter solstice, is a rather large holiday in the Pagan calendar, but it is also has a large presence across the world. The biggest shadow looming over Yule is, of course, Christmas and Christmas Eve. It's the Christian celebration of Jesus’s birth, but we all know that it’s the Catholic church’s way of shoehorning pagans into celebrating Christmas. Those who are blatantly against the celebration of Christmas celebrate Newtonmas, which is the same basic idea, but in honor of Sir Isaac Newton and science instead. Alternatively, you could join the Festivus gang for people who are fans of Seinfeld. Other holidays include the Jewish Hanukkah, which honors the miracle of lasting oil, the Ancient Saturnalia, a festival for Saturn and the coming of longer days, and Kwanzaa, which is actually a holiday started in America to celebrate African culture and family in much the way Christmas does. There are also a number of other holidays of varying names, and religious backgrounds that all celebrate the same core idea of family, beliefs, the coming of summer, and giving back.

At its heart, the Solstice signals the coming of longer days and shorter nights. In the midst of the dark days of winter, Yule is the promise that it won't last forever  The God has been reborn, and as a symbol of the Sun, he brings a stronger one. A sun that will melt the snow and bring new animal and plant life. Now that the Goddess has ensured the survival of nature, she can rest for the rest of the season. It is a time to celebrate hope and the power of community in surviving the hard times.

Traditional decorations really take the concept of the new sunrise and run with it. Bonfires, candles, Yule logs, and even Christmas lights all come from the same idea of bringing light back into the darkness. You could even be as obvious as hanging sun symbols and using citrus fruit in decor pieces. Pinecones and evergreens are included for the symbolization of being “ever green” and the hope of new life. We’re just looking for the general feeling of life going on through the winter, and bringing the sun back into our lives, also incorporating the standard “Christmas” colors like red, green, gold, silver, or even blue if you want to bring in the cold and snowy element.

[thiawen]

DP Idea

Since Danny hates Christmas and is a space nerd, I offer this alternative. Newtonmas. Here is the excerpt from wiki:

Newtonmas[edit]

25 December is the birthday of one of the truly great men ever to walk the earth. His achievements might justly be celebrated wherever his truths hold sway. And that means from one end of the universe to the other. Happy Newton Day!

– Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and prominent atheist[25]

Some atheists, sceptics, and others have referred to 25 December as Newtonmas, a tongue-in-cheek reference to Christmas. Celebrants send cards with "Reason's Greetings!" printed inside, and exchange boxes of apples and science-related items as gifts. The celebration may have had its origin in a meeting of the Newton Association at Christmas 1890 to talk, distribute gifts, and share laughter and good cheer. The name Newtonmas can be attributed to The Skeptics Society, which needed an alternative name for its Christmas party.[26] Another name for this holiday is Gravmas (also spelt Gravmass or Grav-mass) which is an abbreviation of "gravitational mass" due to Newton's Theory of Gravitation.[27]

On 25 December 2014, American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted:

On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec. 25, 1642.

In a subsequent interview, Tyson denied being "anti-Christian", noting that Jesus' true birthdate is unknown.[28]

Newton's birthday was 25 December under the Old Style Julian Calendar used in Protestant England at the time, but was 4 January under the New Style Gregorian Calendar used simultaneously in Catholic Europe. The period between has been proposed for a holiday season called "10 Days of Newton" to commemorate this.[29]

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A holiday request from @broadwaytheanimatedseries!

Prompt: Nathaniel and Sabrina in holiday sweaters that are not Christmas themed. Nathan is canonically Jewish so he gets a Hanukkah sweater and I like headcanoning Sabrina as someone who'd celebrate Newtonmas.

I hope this is good! Happy holidays :P

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Holidays 12.25

Holidays

A'Phabet Day (a.k.a. No "L" Day)

Brumalia (Italy)

Carol Day

Children’s Day (Africa)

Constitution Day (Taiwan)

Day Beers Day (on Letterkenny,)

Delaware Crossing Day

Dia das Forças Armadas (Mozambique)

Dia de la Familia (Uruguay)

Dog Day (French Republic)

Family Day (Angola, Mozambique, Uruguay)

Feast of Winter Veil (In “World of Warcraft”)

Feria de Cali begins (Colombia)

GOAL Mile (Ireland)

Good Governance Day (India)

Grafelnik (Zephyrian Revenge Holiday)

I Purple You Day

National Colby Day

National Eva Day

National Joshua Day

Quaid-e-Azam’s Day (Pakistan)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [4 of 4]

Richard Starkey Day

Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Christmas Pudding Day

National “Kiss the Cook” Day

National Pumpkin Pie Day [also 11.21]

4th & Last Monday in December

National Fireplace Day [Last Monday]

Independence Days

Federal Republic of St. Charlie (f.k.a. Kingdom of St. Charlie; 2008) [unrecognized]

Litvania (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Abraham Bloemaert (Artology)

Anastasia of Sirmium (Catholic Church)

Birthday of Mithra (Persian god of light & wisdom)

Birth of the Sun

Boërhaave (Positivist; Saint)

Cardboard Box Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Chrismukkah (a.k.a. Weihnukkah; Germany) [Hybrid Holiday]

Christmas Day (a.k.a. ... 

Beermas (Brewing Community)

Boże Narodzenie (Poland)

Božic (Croatia)

Catholic Christmas (Balarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Christougenna (Greece)

Christtag (Austria)

Craciunul (Romania)

Craciunul pe stil nou (Moldova)

Decemberween (from Homestar Runner)

Día de Navidad (Cuba, Puerto Rico)

Foolstide (Early Puritans)

Grav-Mass Day

Hari Raya Natal (Indonesia)

Heathen’s Fasting Day (Puritan)

Heaven’s Day (in “The Big O”)

Joulu (Finland)

Jul (Denmark, Norway)

Juldagen (Sweden)

Kalikimaka (Hawaii)

Kerstmis (The Netherlands, Suriname)

Koleda (a.k.a. Koliada; Big Christmas; Bulgaria)

Krishtlindja (Albania)

Krishtlindjet Katolike (Kosovo)

Multitude’s Idle Day (Puritan)

na Nollag (Ireland)

Natal (Brazil, Cape Verde, Macau, Portugal)

Natale (Italy)

Natividad de Nuestro Señor (Spain)

Nativity of Santa Claus (Church of the SubGenius)

Newtonmas Day (a.k.a. Reason’s Greetings)

Noël (France)

Noël Coypel (Artology)

Paul Manship (Artology)

Pождество (Russia)

Raphael Soyer (Artology)

Refrigerator Day (in “Dinosaurs”)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Day

Saturnalia (Elder Scrolls)

Smekday

Superstitious Man’s Idol Day (Puritan)

Tananakuy (People settle grudges from the past year by fist fighting, then everybody drinks; Peru)

Vánoce (Czech Republic)

X-Day

Xistmas (Church of the SubGenius)

Xmas

Ziemassvetki (Latvia)

Dies Natalis Invicti Solis (Birthday of the Invincible Sun; Ancient Rome)

Ennead Feast (Ancient Egypt)

Eugenia (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Frau Halle (Germanic Goddess)

Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian)

Festival of Fish-Fighting, Fisting and Felching (Church of the SubGenius)

Festival of the Invincible Sun God

1st Day of Noodlemas (Pastafarian)

Fred (Muppetism)

Hans von Bartels (Artology)

Holiday (Pastafarian)

Isaac Newton Day (Pastafarian)

Malkh Festival (Nakh People’s Sun God Festival)

Mithrastide (Pagan)

Robert “Bob” Leroy Ripley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Sol Invictus (Satanism)

Twelvetide, Day #1 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [53 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [71 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 359 [72 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Adam’s Rib (Film; 1949)

After the Thin Man (Film; 1936)

Akira (Anime Film; 1989)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Film; 2023)

The Aviator (Film; 2004)

Babylon (Film; 2022)

Batman: Mask of the Phantom (WB Animated Film; 1993)

Bedtime Stories (Film; 2008)

Bell, Book and Candle (Film; 1958)

Big Eyes (Film; 2014)

Big Fish (Film; 2003)

Box Car Blues (WB LT Cartoon; 1930)

Bridgerton (TV Series; 2020)

Canvas Back Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1953)

Catch Me If You Can (Film; 2002)

Chaser on the Rocks (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Damage (Film; 1992)

Devil Dan Thinks it Over or Feud for Thought (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 190; 1962)

Django Unchained (Film; 2012)

Dreamgirls (Film; 2006)

Empire of the Sun (Film; 1987)

Evita (Film; 1996)

Flesh and the Devil (Film; 1926)

Galaxy Quest (Film; 1999)

The Godfather Part III (Film; 1990)

Good Morning, Vietnam (Film; 1987)

Grumpy Old Men (Film; 1993)

Hamlet (Film; 1996)

The Hateful Eight (Film; 2015)

Hidden Figures (Film; 2016)

How to Sleep (Disney Cartoon; 1953)

Into the Woods (Film; 2014)

I.Q. (Film; 1994)

Jackie Brown (Film; 1997)

Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons of Don Juan, by Carlos Castaneda (Spiritual Book; 1972)

Kate & Leopold (Film; 2001)

Les Misérables (Film; 2012)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Film; 2004)

Little Women (Film; 2019)

Magnum Force (Film; 1973)

Mike Fink Keel Boats (Disneyland Ride; 1955)

Mud-Munching Moose or Bullwinkle Bites the Dust (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S4, Ep. 189; 1962)

1917 (Film; 2019)

Old Yeller (Film; 1957)

One Hour in Wonderland (Disney Television Special; 1950)

On the Basis of Sex (Film; 2018)

Patch Adams (Film; 1998)

Pelle the Conquerer (Film; 1987)

Peter Pan (Film; 2003)

Peter’s Friends (Film; 1992)

Pippi Longstocking (Film; 1973)

The Postman (Film; 1997)

Samoa (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Selma (Film; 2014)

Silver Linings Playbook (Film; 2012)

Soul (Animated Pixar Film; 2020)

Spies in Disguise (Animated Film; 2019)

Stars & Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa (March; 1896)

The Sting (Film; 1973)

The Sword in the Stone (US Disney Animated Film; 1963)

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, by Carlos Castaneda (Memoir; 1968)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Film; 1962)

Truckdrivers in the Sky or Follow the Fleet (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 84; 1960)

Turn the Terrible (Animated TV Show;Jonny Quest #15; 1964)

Verse An Worse or Crime Without Rhyme (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S2, Ep. 83; 1960)

We're Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury (Children’s Books; 1989)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Film; 2013)

Wonder Woman 1984 (Film; 2020)

Today’s Name Days

Anastasia, Eugenia, Josefina, Natalis, Therese (Austria)

Hristina, Hristo (Bulgaria)

Anastazija, Božica, Božidar, Eugenija, Nikodem, Tea (Croatia)

Svátek, Vánocní (Czech Republic)

Natalie, Neida, Taale, Taali (Estonia)

Emmanuel, Manuel, Noël (France)

Anastasia, Christfest (Weihnachten; Germany)

Baltasar, Bethlehem, Christina, Christos, Chrysa, Chrystalla, Emmanouela, Emmanuel, Gaspar, Hrisavgi, Hrisoula, Hrysa, Melhior (Greece)

Eugénia (Hungary)

Christel, Natale (Italy)

Krists, Larisa, Stella (Latvia)

Eugenija, Genė, Gražvydas, Sanrimė (Lithuania)

Anastazja, Eugenia, Piotr, Spirydion (Poland)

Anastasia, Belén, Eugenia, Natividad (Spain)

Anastasia, Noel, Noelle, Hollie, Holly, Jesus, Stacey, Stacie, Stacy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 359 of 2024; 6 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of week 52 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 28 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 13 (Ding-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 12 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 29 Zima; Eightday [29 of 30]

Julian: 12 December 2023

Moon: 98%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Bichat (13th Month) [Boërhaave]

Runic Half Month: Jara (Year) [Day 15 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 5 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 4 of 31)

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Newtonmas Pageants

Newtonmas: because if you’re going to celebrate someone supposedly born on December 25, you might as well pick someone whose actual birthday was within two weeks of that. My past Newtonmas posts have tended to be about gifts, which is a pretty easy theme. But Christmas, for some, isn’t just about Santa Claus delivering gifts, but about someone’s birth. Children put on plays acting out different…

[puppyluver256]

It's that time of year again, when everyone and their brother has Opinions (both justified and ridiculous) on the holiday season, specifically what is considered the Dominant Holiday in most countries that have a large share of the demographic of Tumblr users. So I have a few things on my mind that I want to say and I am going to say them.

To my fellow non-christians, whether you're of some other religion or an atheist like myself:

"Christian Atheist" is a specific label for an atheist who follows the non-magical parts of philosophy supposedly spread by someone named Yeshua/Jesus. They take on this label willingly, believing that the teachings associated with this individual had good merit without believing him to be the literal son of a god or that he literally turned water to wine or healed people with god-magic. The venn diagram between them and atheists who happen to come from a christian background is NOT a single circle.

"Cultural christianity" is a valid label for groups, whether small as a friend circle or large as a whole country, where one is implicitly or explicitly expected to be or at least follow along with christian practices. It is NOT something that can be applied to individuals willy-nilly. If someone does not want to be referred to as "culturally christian", you need to respect that regardless of their upbringing.

Yes, many atheists come from christian backgrounds. This does not mean they are still somehow christian forever. They are atheists, and unless they specify anything else that is all that they are. Do not apply a religious label to someone who is not part of that religion, as you have no idea whether or not that label may bring up old trauma and make them feel they can never escape from something they may have left, especially when that thing they left is constantly around them as just a normalized part of the surrounding locale.

Sidenote, not all atheists were raised in a christian setting. Some were originally from the other abrahamic faiths, some were from non-abrahamic faiths, and some were not raised in a religious setting at all. Some are completely anti-theist, some appreciate the positive affect other people may get from their religion(s). Don't assume that every atheist is the same cookie-cutter "reddit atheist" (whatever the association with reddit is supposed to mean) mold that seems to get applied to all atheists indiscriminately.

Another sidenote, atheism itself is not a religion. It is a lack of religion, outside of religions that are specifically atheistic (ie. without gods). Yes, it is protected in the idea of freedom of religion, as that includes freedom FROM religion.

Yes, Christmas is primarily a religious holiday, and yes, it DOES have a secular component despite what some people will insist (on both sides of the aisle). Don't assume that because someone wants to have fun with a tree and decorations and food and presents that they want the weird magic baby worship nonsense. Some people just want an excuse to celebrate after a long year regardless of whether or not they even have a religion, and we only have one widely-known holiday (sorry, Newtonmas) at the end of the year that can mostly be considered truly secular AND EVEN THEN there are cultures that ascribe religious aspects to it so we take what we can get. Excuse us if what we can get is what's most prominent in our area or what our loved ones already know. You wouldn't say an atheist that celebrates the big holidays of Judaism or Islam or any other religion is doing something religious just because they wanted to spend time with their friends and family doing something fun as part of a special occasion, so stop saying everyone who willingly participates in Christmas is willingly participating in christianity.

To the christians, specifically the ones who are more obnoxious about it:

Don't get on people's case if they don't care for or even legitimately hate Christmas. I'm sure there's something that "everyone else is doing" that YOU don't care for, so let them be frustrated in peace. At the very least, lend a shoulder and let them vent, but don't pressure them into doing the Christmas thing if they don't want to and would instead prefer either celebrating something else or nothing at all.

There is no "war on Christmas". Secular people have never attacked Christmas to the degree that the right-wing nutjobs pushing this rhetoric have insisted. In fact, the only times that anyone has proposed or even enforced a ban on Christmas, it was another sect of christianity. Someone saying "happy holidays" instead of "merry Christmas" is not going to kill you, and no one's trying to "take the christ out of Christmas" by merely celebrating a holiday without the religious trappings. Get over yourselves and take your persecution complex to the garbage where it belongs.

Remember there are other holidays in December and that some people have better things to do than be pestered and bothered by the constant reminders of your holiday. Let people live their lives without trying to wedge your religion into it.

[brookston]

Holidays 12.25

Holidays

A'Phabet Day (a.k.a. No "L" Day)

Brumalia (Italy)

Carol Day

Children’s Day (Africa)

Constitution Day (Taiwan)

Day Beers Day (on Letterkenny,)

Delaware Crossing Day

Dia das Forças Armadas (Mozambique)

Dia de la Familia (Uruguay)

Family Day (Angola, Mozambique, Uruguay)

Feria de Cali begins (Colombia)

Good Governance Day (India)

Grafelnik (Zephyrian Revenge Holiday)

Quaid-e-Azam’s Day (Pakistan)

Quarter Day (England, Ireland & Wales) [4 of 4]

Richard Starkey Day

Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Christmas Pudding Day

National “Kiss the Cook” Day

National Pumpkin Pie Day [also 11.21]

4th & Last Sunday in December

King Mango Strut (Coconut Grove, Florida) [Last Sunday]

Feast Days

Anastasia of Sirmium (Catholic Church)

Birthday of Mithra (Persian god of light & wisdom)

Birth of the Sun

Boërhaave (Positivist; Saint)

Cardboard Box Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Christmas Day (a.k.a. ... 

Boże Narodzenie (Poland)

Božic (Croatia)

Catholic Christmas (Balarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Christougenna (Greece)

Christtag (Austria)

Craciunul (Romania)

Craciunul pe stil nou (Moldova)

Día de Navidad (Cuba, Puerto Rico)

Grav-Mass Day

Hari Raya Natal (Indonesia)

Heathen’s Fasting Day (Puritan)

Joulu (Finland)

Jul (Denmark, Norway)

Juldagen (Sweden)

Kalikimaka (Hawaii)

Kerstmis (The Netherlands, Suriname)

Koleda (Big Christmas; Bulgaria)

Krishtlindja (Albania)

Krishtlindjet Katolike (Kosovo)

Multitude’s Idle Day (Puritan)

na Nollag (Ireland)

Natal (Brazil, Cape Verde, Macau, Portugal)

Natale (Italy)

Natividad de Nuestro Señor (Spain)

Nativity of Santa Claus (Church of the SubGenius)

Newtonmas Day (a.k.a. Reason’s Greetings)

Noël (France)

Pождество (Russia)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Day

Saturnalia (Elder Scrolls)

Smekday

Superstitious Man’s Idol Day (Puritan)

Tananakuy (People settle grudges from the past year by fist fighting, then everybody drinks; Peru)

Vánoce (Czech Republic)

X-Day

Xistmas (Church of the SubGenius)

Xmas

Ziemassvetki (Latvia)

Dies Natalis Invicti Solis (Ancient Rome)

Ennead Feast (Ancient Egypt)

Eugenia (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Frau Halle (Germanic Goddess)

Feast of the Nativity (Orthodox Christian)

Festival of Fish-Fighting, Fisting and Felching (Church of the SubGenius)

Festival of the Invincible Sun God

Fred (Muppetism)

Hanukkah Day #7 (Judaism) [thru Dec. 26th]

Isaac Newton Day (Pastafarian)

Malkh Festival (Nakh peoples sun god festival)

Robert “Bob” Leroy Ripley Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Twelvetide, Day #1 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [53 of 53]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [71 of 71]

Prime Number Day: 359 [72 of 72]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Adam’s Rib (Film; 1949)

After the Thin Man (Film; 1936)

The Aviator (Film; 2004)

Bell, Book and Candle (Film; 1958)

Big Eyes (Film; 2014)

Bridgerton (TV Series; 2020)

Catch Me If You Can (Film; 2002)

Django Unchained (Film; 2012)

Dreamgirls (Film; 2006)

Evita (Film; 1996)

Hidden Figures (Film; 2016)

Into the Woods (Film; 2014)

Les Misérables (Film; 2012)

Little Women (Film; 2019)

1917 (Film; 2019)

Old Yeller (Film; 1957)

On the Basis of Sex (Film; 2018)

Patch Adams (Film; 1998)

Selma (Film; 2014)

Soul (Animated Pixar Film; 2020)

Stars & Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa (March; 1896)

The Sting (Film; 1973)

To Kill a Mockingbird (Film; 1962)

We're Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury (Children’s Books; 1989)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Film; 2013)

Wonder Woman 1984 (Film; 2020)

Today’s Name Days

Anastasia, Eugenia, Josefina, Natalis, Therese (Austria)

Hristina, Hristo (Bulgaria)

Anastazija, Božica, Božidar, Eugenija, Nikodem, Tea (Croatia)

Svátek, Vánocní (Czech Republic)

Natalie, Neida, Taale, Taali (Estonia)

Emmanuel, Manuel, Noël (France)

Anastasia, Christfest (Weihnachten; Germany)

Baltasar, Bethlehem, Christina, Christos, Chrysa, Chrystalla, Emmanouela, Emmanuel, Gaspar, Hrisavgi, Hrisoula, Hrysa, Melhior (Greece)

Eugénia (Hungary)

Christel, Natale (Italy)

Krists, Larisa, Stella (Latvia)

Eugenija, Genė, Gražvydas, Sanrimė (Lithuania)

Anastazja, Eugenia, Piotr, Spirydion (Poland)

Anastasia, Belén, Eugenia, Natividad (Spain)

Anastasia, Noel, Noelle, Hollie, Holly, Jesus, Stacey, Stacie, Stacy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 359 of 2022; 6 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 51 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Dōngyuè), Day 3 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 1 Teveth 5783

Islamic: 1 Jumada II 1444

J Cal: 29 Zima; Sevenday [29 of 30]

Julian: 12 December 2022

Moon: 8%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 23 Bichat (12th Month) [Boërhaave]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz (Yew) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 5 of 90)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 4 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Beth (Birch) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 13 of 13]

Eihwaz (Yew) [Half-Month 1 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 1.12)

Jumādā ath-Thāniyah (a.k.a. Jumādā al-ʾĀkhirah( [جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِيَة] (Islamic Calendar) [Month 6 of 12]

Ṭēḇēṯ (a.k.a. Tevet, Tebeth, Teveth or Tebetu) [טֵבֵת] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 10 of 12 or 13]