In the western world, Christmas is big. While retail stores start marketing in late September, the general public doesn’t get into the spirit until Thanksgiving Day; largely masked by Black Friday – the day you stand in line to get the best deals of the year! The shopping is a big part, but an even […]
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Games and toys are part of most kids’ lives. Whether poor or rich, cold or hot, big or small, each country has toys and games that all the kids (and adults!) love playing. When writing a post about Russian toys and games and talking to my friends from different countries, I was intrigued by how
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The World Cup is truly a multicultural event – global in a way that virtually no other sporting event is. For many, attending the World Cup is a lifelong quest or dream. I’ve followed the World Cup with a little bit of jealousy through the Facebook thread of a friend of mine, another multicultural mama, who
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As part of the MKB Read Around the World Series, I started my summer reading: a book inspired by Bolivia, soccer and bicultural living. The Beautiful Game is not an autobiography, but it incorporates events that impacted the life of the author, Neil Fencer. I just love seeing my country through the eyes of foreign
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We at Glittering Muffins have been cooking and baking with Nico for about 4 years now, even though he is only turning 5 in August. Out of his ever increasing interest in creating food (even though he still only sometimes will actually try what he helps make), came the creation of the “Around the World in
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