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The purpose of World Religion Day is to highlight the idea that the spiritual principles underlying the world's religions are harmonious, and that religions play a significant role in unifying humanity.

The last day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, often celebrated in Canada with parties and firework displays at midnight.

Boxing Day is a day to spend with family and friends and to eat up all the leftovers from Christmas Day dinner. The name is a reference to holiday gifts and charity drives.

Christmas is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday.

The 8-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukka or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where according to legend Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt.

A day to commemorate the ground-breaking Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued in 1948. It encourages people to stand up for equality, justice, and human dignity. 

For more information about International Human Rights Day, please follow this link https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-rights-day. 

The day is observed in Canada on December 6 as the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which an armed male student murdered 14 women engineering students and injured 10 others in the name of "fighting feminism". The day aims to examine the power dynamics between men and women and to take action against gender-based violence.

For more information about this day, please visit https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/vaw-vff/remembrance-commemoration-en.html. 

This international day aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society. As well, it heightens awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

For more information about this day, please visit https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities.