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decembar

Decembar is the name of the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar in several South Slavic languages, including Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. It is spelled decembar in Latin-script varieties; in Croatian the month is called prosinac, so decembar is not commonly used there.

The name derives from Latin decembris, from decem meaning ten, reflecting its original position as the tenth

Decembar has 31 days, from December 1 to December 31. In the Northern Hemisphere it is part

Culturally, December commonly hosts year-end holidays such as Christmas and New Year celebrations in many countries;

month
in
the
early
Roman
calendar.
After
calendar
reform,
December
became
the
twelfth
month,
but
the
name
remained
in
use
in
these
languages.
of
winter,
and
in
the
Southern
Hemisphere
it
is
part
of
summer.
The
winter
solstice,
usually
around
December
21
or
22,
marks
the
astronomical
start
of
winter
in
the
Northern
Hemisphere.
in
regions
using
the
decembar
form,
these
holidays
are
often
observed
with
a
mix
of
religious
and
secular
customs
as
part
of
the
winter
season.