Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas, when the whole family gathers at a festive dinner with traditionally uneven number of meatless dishes - the more the number is, the richest the year is going to be.
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The BG tradition says: The feast starts Dec.24th - the Christmas Eve (or known as Small Christmas). All over Bulgaria koledari (i.e. typically Bulgarian carol singers) go around their neighborhood.
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Born on a cold night in the chapel of a small Austrian village, Silent Night, the world's most famous Christmas carol, is celebrating its 203th anniversary.
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Name day of everyone named Anastasia, Asya, Natasha.
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Name day of everyone named Ignat (from the Latin, the name means ‘fire’), Ognyan, Ognyana.
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Name day of everyone named Danail, Daniel, Daniela.
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Name day of everyone named Spyridon or Spiro.
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Name day of everyone named Anna, Ana, Anita, Aneta, Anette.
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Former Beatle John Lennon has been shot dead December 8th, 1980, by a gunman he did not know, who opened fire outside the musician's New York apartment.
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The start of that special feast goes back to the 1920, and is connected to the then-only BG University - the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.
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