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16 Festive Tasks: PM's Tracking Post #4
Marker Key:
Total Points: 14
Square 1: November 1st:
All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos
Calan Gaeaf
Square 2: November 5th:
Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night/Fireworks Night)
- In Progress: The Nine Lives of Christmas by Sheila Roberts (audio)
- 11/9/17 Task: Fireworks Friday at Minute Maid Park
Bon Om Touk (Cambodian Water Festival)
Square 3: November 11th:
St. Martin’s Day (11th)
Veterans’ Day / Armistice Day (11th)
Square 4: November 22nd and 23rd:
Penance Day (22nd)
Thanksgiving (23rd)
Square 5: December 3rd and following 3 Sundays:
Advent
Square 6: December 5th-6th and 8th:
Sinterklaas / Krampusnacht (5th) / St. Nicholas Day (6th)
Bodhi Day (8th)
Square 7: December 10th & 13th:
International Human Rights Day (10th)
St. Lucia’s Day (13th)
Square 8: December 12th - 24th:
Hanukkah (begins 12th, ends 20th)
Las Posadas (begins 16th, ends 24th)
Square 9: December 21st:
Winter Solstice / Yaldā Night
- 11/14/17 Holiday Book Joker: Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher (audio)
- 11/11/17 Task: Book oracle (Texas Rangers)
Mōdraniht
Yuletide
Square 10: December 21st:
World Peace Day
- In Progress (Sq10 or Sq14): Book: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb (Hardcover)
Pancha Ganapati begins (ends 25th)
Square 11: December 21st-22nd:
Soyal (21st)
Dōngzhì Festival (22nd) (China)
Square 12: December 23rd
Festivus
Saturnalia ends (begins 17th)
Square 13: December 25th
Christmas
Hogswatch
Square 14: December 25th
Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
Quaid-e-Azam’s Day
- In Progress (Sq10 or Sq14): Book: I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb (Hardcover)
Square 15: December 25th-26th:
Newtonmas (25th)
St. Stephen's Day/Boxing Day (26th)
Square 16: December 26th-31st:
Kwanzaa (begins 26th, ends 31st)
New Year’s Eve / Hogmanay / St. Sylvester’s Day / Watch Night
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