A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 14 May '23
Festival with lion dances
Fri, 28 Apr '23
___ Nguyen Dan (celebration of spring)
Fri, 17 Feb '23
Lion dance holiday
Tue, 24 Jan '23
Vietnamese New Year
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Lunar holiday
Sun, 31 Jul '22
Lunar New Year
Wed, 15 Jun '22
Lunar New Year
Wed, 18 May '22
Holiday celebrating the first day of spring
Sun, 8 May '22
Time for a visit from Ong Tao, the "Kitchen God"
Fri, 15 Apr '22
Winter festival
Sat, 4 Sep '21
Annual celebration during which sweeping is taboo
Sat, 30 Jan '21
Banh ___ (sticky rice cake)