festivities
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While the food bank's doors close on Christmas Day, meals they have provided mean more people can enjoy the festivities.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
An 11-story Catrina -- an elegantly dressed female skeleton -- stands in the Zocalo, the capital's main square, as part of this year's festivities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
While Mexico and other Latin American countries traditionally celebrate on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, a litany of Día de los Muertos festivities fill up the Southern California calendar beginning in early October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
And when the festivities ended, one Aubuchon customer, a woman who had recently lost her own cat, arranged to take home something very special.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The festivities were briefly interrupted when Father’s lamp caused a short circuit and we were suddenly plunged into darkness.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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