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2. Morana (goddess) - Wikipedia

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   Marzanna. Poland. Marzanna Mother of Poland: modern imagination of goddess by Marek Hapon. Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian), Mora (in Bulgarian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), or Marzanna (in Polish) is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature.

3. Christmas gift - Wikipedia

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   Christmas gifts underneath a Christmas tree.. A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas.Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Eve (December 24), [1] Christmas Day itself (December 25) or on the last day of the twelve-day Christmas season, Twelfth Night (). [2]

4. Christmas - Wikipedia

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   The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. [3] The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. [4] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; [5] [6] and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the ...

5. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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   The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]

6. Halloween - Wikipedia

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   Halloween or Hallowe'en [7] [8] (less commonly known as Allhalloween, [9] All Hallows' Eve, [10] or All Saints' Eve) [11] is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

7. Belsnickel - Wikipedia

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   Man dressed as a modern Belsnickel in his travel attire on his way to scare children in the schools in Norwich, New York. December 2012. Belsnickel (also known as Belschnickel, Belznickle, Belznickel, Pelznikel, Pelznickel, Bell Sniggle [1]) is a crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure in the folklore of the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany along the Rhine, the Saarland, and ...