Toshikoshi soba (年越し蕎麦), delicious buckwheat noodles, is one of Japan’s unique New Year’s customs. The history of this curious tradition...
Month: December 2020
When clocks strike midnight on New Year’s Eve many revelers are engaged to pop champagne, set off fireworks, or kiss...
December 31 - Some important events on this day 192 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Commodus survives poisoning attempt by his mistress...
We are in Greece where, on New Year’s Day, a centuries-old tradition is observed in almost every household, that of...
December 30 - Some important events on this day 1460 👉🏼 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England),...
On chilly nights during World War II, there was a potent elixir known as Moose Milk that filled the stomachs...
December 29 - Some important events on this day 1170 👉🏼 English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket assassinated before the...
The Laorca cemetery is located in the Laorca district north of Lecco, region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, and has...
December 28 - Some important events on this day 1065 👉🏼 Westminster Abbey in London consecrated. One of the most...
The Rakfisk dates back to the ancient Scandinavian culturem when peoples needed to store food over a considerable period of...
Many years ago, all the birds of the world gathered to decide which of them would be their king. After...
December 27 - Some important events on this day 537 👉🏼 Hagia Sophia inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian I as...
In the 19th century, a regular Christmas was a little different. For holiday fun, revelers in the United States, Canada...
December 26 - Some important events on this day 795 👉🏼 Leo III is elected to serve as Pope on...
In some areas of England, during the late medieval and early Tudor periods, especially through the reign of King Edward...
December 25 - Some important events on this day 1 👉🏼 1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus 274 👉🏼...
Happy and excited, millions children (and not only) across the world will tonight have one eye on the clock as...
Every year during the Christmas holidays there are two categories of people, those who prefer the nativity scene and those...
December 24 - Some important events on this day 563 👉🏼 The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated...
In Sweden there is a town that every year celebrates the start of the Christmas season by putting up a...
December 23 - Some important events on this day 962 👉🏼 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine...
Uncertain, lost in fantasy and popular tales, is the concept of Christmas elves. Most modern folks think of elves as...
December 22 - Some important events on this day 1596 👉🏼 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1666 👉🏼...
The so-called Caganer is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring...
December 21 - Some important events on this day 1163 👉🏼 Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods 1582 👉🏼...
It was 1914 when soldiers on both sides of the battlefield somewhere in France were enduring a dark and frozen...
December 20 – Some important events on this day. 1046 👉🏼 Pope Gregory VI abdicates at the Council of Sutri,...
A modern child would probably be disappointed by the goodies found in the Christmas stockings of the past. In the...
December 19 – Some important events on this day. 1642 👉🏼 4 of explorer and seafarer Abel Tasman's crew killed...
In World War I, the battle of Verdun was a really brutal battle that lasted from February 21 to December...
