Add holidays to our calendar. December

          These are the holidays which we are going to work and share with the other members of the project in December.  

December

     1^st December – Romania’s National Day – it was the moment when Romania’s state independence was proclaimed. In the first years of the 20^th century, on December 1^st 1918, the Romanian provinces became a unitary and indivisible state on the world map. It represents the union between Transilvania, Banat, Crisana and Maramures to the Romanian kingdom.

• Barbórka - traditional, mining holiday, celebrated in Poland on December 4, on St. Barbara, patron of good death and difficult work. Apart from the miners, Barbórka is also celebrated by geologists and other people involved in mining oil exploration. In the mining tradition, Barbórka begins with the morning solemn mass in the church or at the figure of Saint. Barbara. Then the mining orchestra marches by playing, among others their hymn in settlements inhabited by miners.Solemn academies and meetings take place.

 

        6^th December - Saint Nicholas, the generous old man who brings good children gifts and sweets, which he places in their boots and a cane to the naughty ones.

      22nd December. The Spanish Christmas Lottery .
        Spanish people love the lottery. Every year, just before Christmas, on the 22nd December Spain has the world’s biggest state lottery,
        called El Gordo  (The Fat One). This is considered to be the start of Christmas Celebrations.

• Before Christmas Day Italian people use to prepare  some traditional sweets according to the different regions. In our region ABRUZZO it's typical to prepare the "Parrozzo"- All Italian people like eating too the "Pandoro" and the "Panettone".🇮🇹

• 25 and 26 December: Christmas Day and Boxing Day - Christmas means a big celebration in Europe! The build-up starts weeks before with Christmas markets, parties, trees, presents and sweets taking centre stage through most of December, when many people spend time with friends and family.
  Let's talk about “El turrón”
  
  This Spanish sweet treat is enjoyed throughout the year but is really most popular during the festive season when it is an essential component of any Christmas meal. Turrón is a sweet treat made from a mixture of honey, eggs, sugar and, perhaps most importantly of all, toasted almonds.The harder variety is known as turrón duro or Turrón de Alicante, whereas the softer kind is known as turrón blando or turrón de Jijona, in reference to the two towns in which each kind became most famous.
   
• 28 December.Feast of the Holy Innocents, also called Innocents’ Day. 
  Christian feast in remembrance of the massacre of young children in Bethlehem by King Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus. In Spain this day is equivalent of April Fools' Celebrated in December.
  
  
• 31 December : New Year's Eve. On New Year’s Eve it’s traditional to celebrate midnight. There are parties across Europe, Edinburgh’s Hogmany is one of the biggest. New Year’s Day is a public holiday so expect the celebrations to last well into the night!
  Eating 12 grapes one for each stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve is both a tradition and a superstition in Spain although nobody will risk poisoning their fate for the coming year by skipping the grapes.