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See below for a sample of dates to observe, reflect, celebrate or promote throughout the university community. The full calendar is available on the website,

December 21
Yule
This day, which marks the New Year in the Anglo-Saxon and northern traditions of Wicca, is the celebration of the birth of the God as the Winter-born King, symbolized by the rebirth of the life-generating and life-sustaining sun. It is a time for ritually shedding the impurities of the past year, and for contemplating avenues of spiritual development in the year ahead. ​

Tohji-taisai
The Grand Ceremony of the December (Winter) Solstice celebrates the joy of the ending of the yin period of the sun, when it declines in strength, and the beginning of its growing power or yang period.

Pancha Ganapati
Pancha Ganapati is a modern five-day Hindu festival celebrated from December 21 through 25 in honor of Lord Ganesha, Patron of Arts and Guardian of Culture. The festival was created in 1985 as a Hindu alternative to December holidays like Christmas by Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (born Robert Hansen), a Western convert to Hinduism.​

December 25
Christmas (W, E - New Calendar)
Christmas celebrates the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. A Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics.​

December 26
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and also celebrated in the Western African Diaspora in other nations of the Americas. The Kwanzaa celebration is based on African harvest traditions. Kwanzaa means first fruits in Swahili.​

December 28
Asara B’Tevet
This fast begins at dawn the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet. The fast commemorates the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia.

December 31
Ghambar Maidyarem begins
This period (December 31 - January 4) celebrates the creation of animals. It is also the time for equitable sharing of food.​