The Feast of the Immaculate Conception takes place on December 8, and is a day that celebrates the Virgin Mary during Advent, the season leading up to the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas.
The Virgin Mary was born to Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus, according to apocryphal Christian tradition. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception marks the day when Mary was conceived within Anne's womb. It is celebrated exactly nine months before the feast marking Mary's birth on September 8.
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