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[[Image:LifeDay2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Wookiees celebrating Life Day on Kahyyyk by the Tree of Life.]]
[[Image:LifeDay1.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Wookiees, including Chewbacca and his family, approaching the celebration.]]
'''Life Day''' was the [[fiction|fictional]] [[Wookiee]] [[holiday]] celebrated by the inhabitants of [[Kashyyyk]]. It was originally featured in ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' with it's first appearanceairing in 1978. Unlike most aspects of the normally well-crafted ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[universe]], Life Day is utterly expedient, inserted into the show to provide a very basic goal for the [[hero]]es, and lend a bit of topical relevance to the material, which would otherwise be completely inappropriate for a [[television]] holiday special.

==Appearances==
===The Holiday Special===
''The Star Wars Holiday Special'' gives us some insight into the customs of Life Day.  [[Chewbacca]]'s [[wife]] prepares a feast, [[gifts]] are exchanged between acquaintances, [[candle]]s are burned [[ritual]]istically, and Wookiees don red [[robe]]s and join into groups to observe the day. [[Singing]] is involved.

===Printed Media===
Another source which gives us a view of Life Day for the Wookiees is the 1979 children's book, "Star Wars: The Wookiee Storybook." This book tells us that on this holiday, a certain fruit is sacred to the wookiees as part of their feasting ceremonies. In the [[1979]] [[Russ Manning]] comic strip from 1979, "The Kashyyyk Depths," the regular cast of ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A N ew Hope|A New Hope]]'' once again returned to Kasyyyk for another Life Day celebration. 

===Video Games===
In the video game, ''[[Star Wars: Galaxies]]'', players are given the opportunity to explore more thoroughly the Wookiee holiday of Life Day.

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