Aðfangadagskvöld in Iceland
Aðfangadagskvöld in Iceland is held on December 24. This event in the third decade of the month December is annual. 
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Christmas in Iceland (Jól) starts four weeks before proper Christmas, which begins on 24 December (Aðfangadagur) and ends thirteen days later on 6 January (Epiphany).
Traditionally, one candle is lit each Sunday, until four candles are lit on the 24th. At 6:00 p.m. church bells ring to start the Christmas celebration. The religiously observant and/or traditional Icelanders will attend mass at this time, while the secular Icelanders will begin their holiday meal immediately. After the meal is finished, they open gifts and spend the evening together. In Iceland people over the Yule holidays most often eat smoked lamb, ptarmigan, and turkey. Pork is also very popular.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Yule in Iceland on December 21 (date for 2024. Medieval winter solstice of the ancient Germanic peoples);
Husband's Day or Bóndadagur in Iceland on January 24 (is celebrated from Friday of the third full week of January);
Wife's Day or Konudagur in Iceland on February 23 (Celebrated on Sunday from 18 to 24 February);
Beer Day in Iceland on March 1 (marked the end of beer prohibition in 1989. Bjórdagurinn or Bjordagur);
Fastelavn in Denmark and Norway on March 2 (day on which Shrove Monday can fall);
Cream Bun Day in Iceland on March 3 (celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday, Bolludagur);
Engineer's Day in Iceland on April 10
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