Romania National Day or the Great Union day is marked on December 1 and is considered an extremely important day in Romania because of the history behind the regions that are now modern-day Romania. The event that announced that great union is what millions of Romanians worldwide celebrate each year.
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, falling on December 1 this year, is an annual fanfare that follows the lighting up of a Christmas tree placed at the Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, in mid-November and lit during a public ceremony on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. Fun fact: The tree lighting ceremony is broadcast each year on N.B.C. and is usually lit by the Mayor of New York City.
Kazakhstan’s First President’s Day
First President’s Day in Kazakhstan is celebrated annually on December 1, commemorating the conduction of the country’s first presidential elections after the fall of the Soviet Union. It is usually a government-declared public holiday that would still be observed on the next working day should the date fall on a weekend. Did you know that the constitution of Kazakhstan was amended by its parliament on two occasions to allow the first democratically elected president to stay longer in office?