Spain Edition
World Everyday Inventor Day leads today's complete edition for Spain.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for improvised fixes, clever storage, new uses for old things, and the small engineering people do without a title.
In Catalonia, children leave their shoes outside for Santa Lucia to fill, a tradition that predates the Three Kings. The Fira de Santa Lucia, a Christmas market in front of the Barcelona Cathedral, has been running since 1786 and sells nativity figures, trees, and decorations.
You encounter forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, forest buffalo, and pangolins in Cameroon's rainforests. You find that Cameroonians typically keep dogs, cats, chickens, and goats as household animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.