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What is celebrated on December 3?

For 2026, these source-backed observances resolve to Thursday, December 3. Recurring rules can move in another year, so each record keeps its own date logic.

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Día de Navarra

3 December · Navarre regional civic holiday

Foral Law 18/1985, published in the Spanish Official State Gazette

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National Green Bean Casserole Day

3 December · United States / informal food observance

National Today and AnydayGuide independently place National Green Bean Casserole Day on December 3.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Make a Gift Day

3 December · United States and wider informal craft-and-giving observance

National Today uses National Make a Gift Day and Days Of The Year uses Make A Gift Day; both place the observance on December 3 each year.

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Saint Francis Xavier, Priest

3 December 2026 · Catholic Church / 2026 U.S. Roman liturgical calendar

The USCCB 2026 liturgical calendar lists 3 December as the Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest.

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