WhileSundayoftheDeadisnotapublicholiday,itiscategorizedasasilentday(stillerTag)inallorpartofGermany.Insomestates,specialrestrictionsmayapplyforcertaintypesofactivities,suchasconcertsordanceevents.Dependingonthestate,businessesmayfollownormalorrestrictedopeninghours,ortheymaybeclosedfortheday.
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ManyGermansvisitthegravesoflovesoneswhohavepassedaway.ServicesareheldinmanyLutheranchurches.
TheTotensonntagisaso-called“silentday”(stillerTag).InsomeGermanstatesmusicordanceeventsareprohibitedbylaw.LikeonanyotherSunday,offices,banksandschoolsareclosed.PublictransportusuallyrunsonanormalSundayschedule.
TheSundayoftheDeadwasinitiatedin1816byFrederickWilliamIIIofPrussia.
Don’tmissseeingtheMoonandSaturnmeetinthenightskyforanothercloseapproachonDecember7,2024.
TheGeminidMeteorShower2024peaksinmid-Decemberandcanbringmorethan100meteorsperhour.
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St.NicholasDayiscelebratedonDecember6inmanyEuropeancountries,aswellasareasacrosstheworldthatboastastrongEuropeaninfluence.