Beat Christmas travel chaos as expert reveals exactly when you should get to the airport
A travel expert has revealed the exact time when holidaymakers should head to the airport this Christmas, as the peak day to get away —…
Friday 20 December Macao SARE Day in Macau
Macau first became a major settlement and trading post with the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century. In 1557, the Portuguese established a…
Thursday 19 December National Heroes and Heroines Day in Anguilla
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Eastern Caribbean. In 1962, Anguilla was joined to St. Kitts and Nevis as an associated statehood. Resentment…
Wednesday 18 December Incwala Day in Eswatini
This landlocked country in southern Africa can boast two of the most colourful tribal and historical festivals on the continent; Incwala and Umhlanga, the reed…
Tuesday 17 December National Day in Bahrain
Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 islands. From the 1860s, Bahrain had been a British protectorate. Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa was made the first…
Monday 16 December Victory Day in Bangladesh
In 1947, India was partitioned by the British, creating the 'Dominion of Pakistan', which was two separate regions to the north-west and northeast of India.…
Sunday 15 December Udhauli Parva in Koshi
With India to the south and the Himalayas to the north, it's easy to think of Nepal as a small country, yet with a population…
Saturday 14 December Unduvap Full Moon Poya in Sri Lanka
Celebrates the arrival of the Bo tree sapling in Anuradhapura, brought by Ashoka’s daughter, Sangamitta. Lord Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment by meditating…
Friday 13 December Republic Day in Malta
On December 13th 1974, the Maltese constitution was substantially revised. This effectively changed Malta from being a Commonwealth realm into a republic. The British monarch…
Thursday 12 December Jamhuri Day in Kenya
The first colonists from Europe to have a presence in Kenya were German, but in 1890, the region came under the control of the Imperial…
Wednesday 11 December Proclamation of the Republic in Burkina Faso
The region of modern-day Burkina Faso did not attract colonial attention until the late nineteenth century. By 1898, the kingdoms that now make up the…
Tuesday 10 December Victory Day in Iraq
In 2014, ISIS launched an offensive in Iraq taking control of about a third of Iraqi territory including the second-biggest city, Mosul. The war to…
Monday 9 December Battle of Ayacucho in Peru
The Battle of Ayacucho was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. This battle took place on the high plateau near Ayacucho,…
Sunday 8 December St. Clement of Ohrid in North Macedonia
Though the exact location and the year aren't known, Clement is accepted to be have been born in what is modern-day North Macedonia about 840…
Saturday 7 December Feast of St. Ambrose in Milan
Saint Ambrose was an archbishop of Milan during the 4th century. He became an important ecclesiastical figure of his time and was one of the…
Friday 6 December Independence Day in Finland
Finland had been part of the Russian Empire since 1809. Following the Russian revolution and the defeats in the First World War, movements within Finland…
Thursday 5 December Martyrdom Of Hazrat Fatimah in Iran
Fatimah bin Muhammad was the youngest daughter and the only child of the prophet Muhammad and Khadijah who lived to adulthood, and therefore part of…
Thursday 5 December St Nicholas’ Eve / Sinterklaas in the Netherlands
St. Nicholas’ Day falls on the 6th of December each year, but the holiday celebrations actually start the day before (on December 5th) on St. Nicholas’ Eve. Also known…
Wednesday 4 December Santa’s List Day
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back to the 3rd century in Patara, in what is now modern-day Turkey, to a monk named St. Nicholas.…
Tuesday 3 December National Day in United Arab Emirates
It is generally a two day holiday, with December 3rd also a holiday but the second date for the holiday may fall before or after…