Being Northern European – ok fine, a miserable Brit – summer typically meant a temporary migration south to warmer climes. We’d go somewhere with a plentiful supply of good food, cheap booze and sunshine. Usually France. Occasionally Spain or Italy. As a kid we’d go en masse, a family of seven plus an assortment of …
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 …
Religious or not, the “holidays season” starting at the end of November and ending mid-January is one of the most apt time for random or planned acts of kindness. The religious celebrations (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Epiphany/Three Kings Day, etc.) are all centered around the light overcoming the darkness, divine love, and/or gratefulness. So …
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When it comes to holidays, our family focuses on those that we find in our religion (Islam). Since our holidays follow the lunar calendar, there will be years where they fall in the winter, but for about the next 10 years, that will not be the case. On the other hand, in the United States …
I want to tell you about my Expat Eid. How my family shares the joy even though we are miles away… What is an Expat Eid? That is the term I use to describe how expatriate Muslims mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan or Hajj while living abroad. No doubt, when you …
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