A Multicultural Family’s Christmas Traditions
How does a highly mobile expat family celebrate Christmas? This is the story of one multicultural family’s Christmas tradtions.
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Christmas Cookies and New Traditions
The holidays look a little different this year! In light of the pandemic, many families have to readjust and rethink how they will celebrate. My family will certainly miss checking out the city’s light displays and attending the ballet. But, we’re keeping things creative with some new traditions! I’m sharing some of our favorite Christmas
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Christmas Season in Ethiopia
Christmas is celebrated in over 160 countries around the world. Today we explore Ethiopia. First, Ethiopia does not use the Gregorian calendar that much of the rest of the world does. Instead, they still use the Julian calendar with twelve months of 30 days and the thirteenth month of five days. But, on leap years
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Catholic Feast Days and Traditions During Advent
Many questions tend to come up this time of year – especially when it comes to Catholic celebrations. What is Advent about? Why do Catholics have a special devotion to the Blessed Mother? Why do some equate St. Nicholas with Santa Claus? Read on for tips on how to introduce your children to some of
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Christmas in the Philippines
When it comes to celebrations, Filipinos go all out. Christmas in the Philippines is not just celebrated one day a year, it starts in September. They call it the “ber” months, September, October, November, and December. They have the longest Christmas season in the world. Once September hits, Filipinos decorate their houses with colorful lights, Christmas
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