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88A Transylvanian Christmas
Sighisoara, Transylvania at Christmas. Romania in southeastern Europe is named for its 1st-century conqueror, Rome. Transylvania is the entire northwest region of this nation, joining Walachia to the south...
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96St Nicholas Day
December 6th, is St. Nicholas Day, the day designated by the Catholic Church in its Calendar of Saints to honor the man named Nicholas who was Bishop of Myra, which is now a part of Turkey, and noted for his...
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88Father Christmas and His Assistant Père Fouettard
Saint Nicholas Day is December 6th. In many parts of the world this day is celebrated with St. Nicholas visiting cities and homes where he distributes gifts to children. This tradition goes back to the Middle...
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88Earth Festivals and Ritual Calendars
Today we tend to look at time as linear. A year's time for us is comprised of 12 sequential months beginning with the month of January and ending with the month of December, in the same order, year after...
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65Formentera has more than naked sunbathing!
Formentera tourism was given a mighty boost in the arm by the Estrella Damm commercial of 2009, which showed a bunch of neo-hippies arriving at the port of La Savina, and then going on to enjoy days of sun,...
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83Vinegar Pie and Other Holiday Treats to Make Ahead
These are delicious recipes that I have collected over the years from the Midwest and near southern states. They are especially useful during the harvest season and associated feast days that extends from...
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82Native American Harvest Feasts Before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 10,000 BC. Native American Nations from the First Nations in Canada to Native Americans in the USA to the Indigenous Peoples in Mexico and Central & South America are related to the global Circumpolar Peoples and their own traditions of Thanksgiving have carried along with them from one hemisphere to the other...
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77The 12 Days of Christmas In Ireland
The Irish have celebrated the 12 Days of Christmas from Christmas Eve through the night of January 5-6 [Twelfth Night], plus the closest Monday - Handsels Day, upon which children receive small presents again...
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69History of Valentines Day
Like other major holidays, Valentine's Day began as a Christian feast day with strong secular influences. In a way it can be said that a number of secular traditions and practices that came to be merged with...
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57Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque When you celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, are you aware of the way the devotion began? Hundreds of years ago, Margaret Mary Alacoque lived in a convent in...
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