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Christmas

Modern equivalent

December 25th

One of the four traditional Quarter Days in the British legal and calendar year.

Historically, Quarter Days served as the mandatory dates for settling rents, paying servants, and executing legal contracts across England, punctuating the agricultural and financial year.

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