Who doesn't love having more days to celebrate? We all know about Christmas and New Year's Day, but what about the lesser-known days that call for celebrating and revelry? Well, today we dive deep to find as many pre-Christmas celebration days as we possibly can, full of background and holiday spirit! And, as always - stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear another condensed passage from The Lost Years of Santa Claus, this episode ends the backstory of Santa Claus and his bag - what it is and how he acquired such an amazing item.

Days mentioned in this episode:
November 2nd - All Souls’ Day 

November 11th - St Martin’s Day / Old Halloween / Old Hallowmas Eve 

November 14th - Feast of St. Philip (Holy Apostle Philip)

November 15th - Fast of St. Philip 

November 15th, 16th, or 17th - Fast of the Nativity (also known as fast of St. Philip)

November 25th - St Catherine’s Day 

November 30th - St Andrew’s Day

December 4th - St Barbara’s Day 

December 6th - St Nicholas’s Day 

December 7th - Feast of the Immaculate Conception  / Night of the Screams

December 8th - Los Sieses (dance of the six in Spain)

December 9th - Modern Feast of St. Philip 

December 10th - Modern Fast of St. Philip

December 12th - Celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe 

December 13th - St Lucy’s Day 

December 16th - Novena (beginning of Posadas!)

December 17th - Start of Saturnalia (through Dec 24th) 

December 20th - St. Ignatius’s Day (only in Romania)

December 21st - St Thomas’s Day

December 22th - El Gordo / Lottery for Christmas

December 23rd - Night of the Radishes / St. Thorlak’s Day

December 24th - Christmas Eve

December 25th - Christmas Day

Special thanks to:
The Christmas Song/Heaven/Slow 3/4 Song by Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte, and Brandon Seabrook - CC by 3.0
Santa Claws is Coming by Ergo Phizmiz - CC by 3.0