I live in a apartment building. Each floor is decorated with a tree usually fake and decorations. I'm English on my mom's side so we have the traditonal...
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After finding the list of 12 ornaments from the last post, I'm curious what other special ormnament legends exist? I've heard of the spider (creation of...
I've heard several variations of the spider story - mostly from Ukraine. That would be a good one to add to our Christmas stories in the "Files" section. Last...
Thanks for these translations, Fernanda. That gastronomical Christmas treat from Greenland doesn't sound too good. Can you imagine if someone served you just...
I had read some of the traditions surrounding the christmas tree. BUT the decorations are what intrigued me the most. A lot of both sides of my family came...
You can get a book called Bronners here in the USA it is an ornament catalog. It has legend of some ornaments. I admit that some are contrived so they can...
Some of the countries that I thought I didn't have are actually in my files. Three hurricanes in a row messed up my brain last year and I forgot that I have...
Here's the latest news regarding the Santa Claus vs. Saint Nicholas statue: ANKARA (Turkish Daily News) -- The Foreign Ministry has launched an initiative to...
Common sense not dead yet Last week's decision to allow religious floats into the Denver Parade of Lights after last December's decision to ban them brought to...
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BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, Florida -- Mayor Isaac Salver was forced to step down as part of a settlement with resident Sandra Snowden during a special meeting of the...
ANTALYA - The Turkish Foreign Ministry has proposed returning the Saint Nicholas statue to its original place in Demre, a town of southern Antalya, in respect...
were was the site for the oriental rugs? ... From: "christmas_university" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <christmasinternational@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" is coming to Charlotte -- but not everyone is kicking up their heels. Six high-stepping...
LaJOLLA, California -- The La Jolla Christmas Parade will keep its name, despite a request from some residents who said deleting the Christmas reference would...
Thanks so much for sending this article. I had no idea that "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" was even coming to Charlotte. We live within driving ...
Here's a guy after my own heart. Doug Source: York Daily Record, http://ydr.com/story/main/65742/ 75-year caroler's song silenced At 91, Mark Kroh had been a...
WINONA, Minnesota -- Three afternoons a week, Richard Harrington climbs the narrow spiral of steel stairs inside the bell tower of Central United Methodist...
Looking for another holiday-season smash, Boston's Wang Center for the Performing Arts will produce its own version of Irving Berlin's musical "White...
GLASGOW, Scotland -- An art student is today unveiling a massive billboard poster which questions the existence of Santa Claus. Darren Cullen denied he was...
Mariah Carey is planning to turn her 1994 Merry Christmas album into a Broadway musical. The 35-year-old diva is writing a story based around the songs plus...
BETHLEHEM, Connecticut -- Bethlehem has long prided itself on its designation as "the Christmas town," and has gone to great lengths to ensure that when...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nobody had to triple dog dare him to drink his Ovaltine. A surfer from California is taking his major award and turning it into a Cleveland...
Hello, everyone. I celebrated my Easter yesterday, 01MAY05. I follow the Eastern Orthodox faith in the Ukrainian culture. It was a nice morning. It went...
Hello, It was so nice to read Laura's letter about Easter. The services, baskets of food - I thought I would send in my Holy Saturday tradition in my church...
