From DailyPodcastPractice.com     

Day 24 of NaPodPoMo     

Today is the start of two important religious festivals.  It’s the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, and also the first day of the Christian season of Advent, the four-week period before Christmas.     

Born on this day in 1810  in Devon, England, English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect William Froude.     

What happens in your country regularly that people in most countries would find strange or bizarre?