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the winter solstice
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Diwali ws celebrated for many, many centuries.
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Groundhogs Day was first celebrated in Pennsylvania many many years ago - in the 18th and/or 19th centuries. It is suspected that it is from a German lineage.
from December 26 to January 1
Christmas is celebrated on December 25 in Spain, just like other places.
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It is on the 25th of December and is only celebrated on that day
Noche buena is the night between the 24th December and the 25th December. In many hispanic countries it is celebrated with a familiar dinner.
Europeansfirst traveled to Asia for trade Then in the 13th & 14th centuries, a number of Europeans, many of them Christian missionaries, had sought to penetrate China. The most famous of these travelers was Marco Polo.
They hoped to develop their countries' wealth and technology by using their colonies as a source of income. Additionally, many Europeans sought to convert the natives on their colonial lands to Christianity and strip the natives of their own culture and traditions.
Euopreans have had many positive effects over the centuries. Louis Pasteur, a Frenchman, discovered how to pasteurize milk, and also developed smallpox vaccine, for example.