Christmas Time While I am writing this article my mind wonders off to wonderful memories of celebrating Christmas. I get this warm feeling inside when I picture a cozy living room where an evergreen is decorated with lights and ornaments. There are presents underneath the tree and there are also stockings hanging on the wall. […]
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What do you know about how to celebrate Epiphany Day in France? Learn all about this holiday, including the famed Galette des Rois (King Cake). Celebrating Epiphany Day in France Celebrated every year on January 6th, Epiphany Day commemorates the day the kings came to visit Jesus in the nativity story. The twelve days of
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If you’re stressed out because all your neighbours have their houses decorated already, their presents bought and their perfect holiday pictures up on Facebook while you are still cleaning up after Thanksgiving dinner, then Poland is your place to be. In Poland, Christmas preparations don’t start early. Poles don’t decorate the tree in November and they
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Are you a newly arrived expat? Have you recently settled in a new country or are just about to arrive? Are you dreading Christmas or still wondering what to do for the holidays? An expat Christmas brings a lot of doubts and decisions. I have spent nearly 20 Christmases as an expat. (Wow, where does
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Like the rest of the Christian world, we members of the LDS faith (some call us the Mormons) believe that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. We love Christmas traditions like Advent calendars and trees all aglow with lights and pretty decorations. We deck the halls with boughs of holly, pine wreaths
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