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Lavender fields are a common site in this region of Southeastern France. [Photos this page, public domain.]92

The Best French Christmas Recipes

Provence, France features not only fields of lavender and at least 7 locally-produced wines, but also centuries-old Christmas cuisine traditions that connect to the Easter Season of the Catholic Church as well. A seven-course meal with 13 desserts afterward is one of these traditions...

18 comments    family how to home
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Bake a Yule Log Cake!

Get recipes and frosting tips for baking your own holiday Yule Log Cake, includes lots of pictures to help you!

15 comments    holiday dessert cake
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Earth 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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Yule, the Winter Solstice

Yule is the pre-Christian holiday celebrated on the Winter Solstice. Traditions include delicious feasts and gathering around a Yule log fire.

8 comments    holiday pagan traditions
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Wiccan Rituals

As each season comes and goes, the wheel of the year turns. A wheel is a wheel, there is no true end or beginning, it simply is and revolves upon it's axis endlessly. So it is with the festivals in the Wiccan...

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Best Rockin' Christmas Songs For Your iPod

I’ve just realized how incredibly difficult it is to make a top 10 Christmas song list. So, I’ve decided to make 3 separate lists: Rockin’ Christmas Songs (that would be this one), Traditional Christmas...

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The History of Santa Claus

I remember as a child staying up until 11:45 and then waking up exactly at 12:05 giving Santa Claus just enough time to sneak down the chimney, or in our case come through the front door, drop off his...

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a popular carol that dates back to the Middle Ages. Being much older than other popular Christmas carols, this one appears to have evolved rather than being composed and...

3 comments    entertainment christmas holiday
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Five Easy Handmade Gifts for Pagans

Learn quick and crafty gift ideas for Pagan friends and family.

3 comments    beeswax candles handmade runes
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Micky Rooney, He Walked With Gods, And Slept With Their Wives

Mickey Rooney is a unique, living piece of Hollywood history. One of very select group of performers still alive today who started their careers in Silent movies, Rooney has seen it all. From precocious child...

4 comments    hollywood judy garland rooney
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