For the first IT'S NOT a tradition to burn this goat, unfortunately there have been kids burning the goat. This man was visiting his girlfriend and they did ...
Somehow I doubt that he misunderstood and he just wanted to be the one to burn the Christmas goat. If his girlfriend told him about the burning of the straw...
Gifts are exchanged on St. Basil's Day (January 1). St. Basil is the Greek version of Santa Claus and some families leave a log in the fireplace for him to ...
Welcome to all our new members. We're over 900 now. We were the first Christmas club at Yahoo, before they even had it listed as a category in their index of...
Now is also the time to "go Yule goat" in Norway.<br><br>I'll give a translation from a Christmas page from Fredrikstad, Norway (a city close to the Swedish...
The days after Christmas are a time for many old traditions of processions and going door to door in European countries. It is a very musical time in Europe...
Another club had an interesting message posted a few weeks ago. His observations are the same that I experienced in the one mall expedition I had during ...
Philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones II was just trying to spread holiday cheer on his mansion in Greenwich, Conn., but his over-the-top Christmas decorations ...
It is nice to know that there is now a club that remembers Christmas day by day. I am just sorry that the invitation came to me after Christmas. Anyway it is...
While in Salzburg during a past Christmas, I saw a fascinating pageant about the Wild Beasts -- also witnessed the Krampus Run on St. Nicholas Eve. It's great ...
I did know that Walmart Supercenters were open 24/7, but forgot about them, as we have none in the Chicago city proper. As for mall sales, I am truly amazed ...
That 5 a.m. opening is just for the one day a year when the merchants "officially" open the Christmas-sale season. The Christmas items may have been on display...
Neighbors visiting her brother who is a priest in Austria e-mailed about the Star Singers --<br><br>On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of January the Star Singers groups...
"Where are those 8 maids a-milking?"<br><br>They're probably in stores still trying to return Christmas gifts that either didn't fit or they didn't care for....
Whew! What a drag-down argument about Christmas and commercialism we've had in this club lately! God rest ye merry, gentlemen (and ladies, considering they ...
Yes, that's true. There were many places where they kept Christmas until Candlemas and it still happens in some European rural areas. One thing that ...
As I type this, my family is preparing to get away for the weekend to start a new Christmas tradition for our family. With the only (on one side) and youngest...
In some places there are three cakes for the celebration of the Three Kings. The cakes are decorated to look like royal crowns and each one is different....
Hi<br>I am Irish and live in the centre of Italy. Every month I write a free monthly ezine on various aspect of Italian life and culture. <br>I had great fun ...
Hi Thora,<br><br>I saw the Advent Candlesticks in the gift shop at the Norway exhibition at Disney World's EPCOT. They were around $60 for a type similar to ...
Thank you Bill for writing about our traditions here. There are a few things not exactly rigtht there and some things I´d like to add.<br><br>1st We...
Dear Bill<br><br>Could you send me all the info you can find on this years White House Christmas.<br><br>I am still doing the research.<br><br>thx<br>Thora...
