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Advent calendar

require 'date' def advent_calendar(date=DateTime.now)   christmas = DateTime.new(date.year, 12, 25)   christmas = DateTime.new(date.year+1, 12, 25) if date > christmas   difference = (christmas-date).to_i   if difference == 0     puts "Today is Christmas."   else     puts "Only #{difference} day#{"s" unless difference==1} until Christmas."   end end advent_calendar(DateTime.new(2006, 12, 24))