Can't find a thing but if you are doing the guardian xword i think it's a homophone for certain match like shaw or shoresomething
Yes, it's a homophone. SHORTEST (fits for S in the crossword
It's also the 21st, which is the shortest day of the year.
"On the ear" suggests a homophone. "Certain" gives us "sure" or the homophone "SHOR ". "Match" refers to a test (match) - i.e. cricket, Rugby etc. - hence "Shortest"
Advent (which means arrival) is the term given to the season before Christmas, and it always begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day.
Eve means "before" and naturally Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas.
no flag day is the same day as Christmas.
the Monday before Christmas
The first day of the Season of Advent is the fourth Sunday before Christmas, and the last day is Christmas Eve. Since Christmas Eve can fall on any day of the week, the length of the Advent Season can vary from a minimum of 22 days, when Christmas falls on a Monday, to a maximum of 28 days, when Christmas falls on a Sunday.
Christmas lands on the fourth week of December. Christmas day is on the twenty fifth of December on a Wednesday.
Christmas Day
Because eve means before and Christmas is the next day so Christams eve means the day before Christmas.
The eve, is the day before May day Same as Christmas eve is the day before Christmas day.
Christmas Eve
It is Christmas Day. The "D" is capitalised as it is part of the full name.
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