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The Almanac is a resource of significant pagan events and the birthdays of important people connected to paganism/wicca.

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Almanac for December

06/12 - Violet Mary Firth Evans

On the 6th December 1890 the birth of Violet Mary Firth Evans, born Violet Mary Firth and better known as Dion Fortune, she was a British occultist and author.

21/12 - Yule - Winter Solstice

Yule: Winter Solstice 21 December 2009, 17.47pm The origin of the word Yule, has several suggested origins from the Old English word, geõla, the Old Norse word jõl, a pagan festival celebrated at the winter solstice, or the Anglo-Saxon word for the festival of the Winter Solstice, 'Iul' meaning 'wheel'.

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29/12 - Wounded Knee Massacre

December 29, 1890

500 troops of the U.S. 7th Cavalry, surrounded an encampment of Miniconjou Sioux (Lakota) and Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota) near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The commander of the 7th had been ordered to disarm the Lakota before proceeding. During the process of disarmament, a deaf tribesman named Black Coyote could not hear the order to give up his rifle.  Forsyth's troops surrounded Black Coyote to disarm him and a struggle ensued. During the struggle Black Coyote's firearm rang out. With the sounding of gun shots, the troops began shooting at the Indians, many of whom were unarmed.  By the time it was over, about 300 men, women, and children of the Lakota Sioux had been killed.

30/12 - Maxine Sanders

Maxine Sanders (born Arline Maxine Morris on December 30, 1946 in Cheshire) is a prominent member of the Wiccan faith and a co-founder with her late husband, Alex Sanders, of Alexandrian Wicca.