Along with candles, wreaths, stars, bells and mistletoes, there is another ubiquitous decorative item for Christmas, one of the favorite...
Advent Calendar.
Like Santa Claus, the brewers of Samichlaus beer carry out a very special task each December, when Austria’s Schloss Eggenberg...
Pepernoten (literally pepper nuts) are little, brown spice cookies very popular before and during the Dutch holiday Sinterklaasavond, or Saint...
Yorkshire, a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom, has its a curious variety of...
There are many ways to ensure your meal is fresh: first, you can grow it yourself, or you can buy...
We are in the rugged Upper Azat Valley in Armenia, around the entrance to the rock-carved Geghard Monastery. Here you’ll...
In Denmark, the tradition of eating rice pudding, or risengrød, on Christmas starts with a mischievous elf. In many European...
Thanks to everyone for the many visits and appreciation to our advent calendar. Next year we will try to invent...
24 December! We now know that Christmas is associated with various legends and mythical and unusual characters since time immemorial....
Yes, it seems that today is my turn! Even if I come from different countries, and you don’t ask me...
This story is probably another chapter in the book of the countless Christmas legend, and another checkbox in our advent...
Once upon a time, in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean.....but not only all historians are really agree upon when it...
The northern seaport city of Halifax, Nova Scotia on the eastern Canadian sea board, was recently in the news for...
When thinking of Christmas, we think of Santa Claus, nativity, Christmas trees, lights....but when thinking of Christmas at sea, we...
According to popular tradition, Christmas is celebrated on 25th December to celebrate the birth of Jesus. However, no records exist...
Christmas is coming, and today is already December 17th! We are very happy because our advent calendar is truly appreciated...
It's hard to imagine now, but at the beginning of the 19th century Christmas was hardly celebrated. However by the...
Many countries in Eastern Europe celebrate Christmas on January 7th because most Orthodox Churches use still today the old Julian...
There is an old house in Liverpool's Clarence Street that is the theater of supernatural unrest every time the festive...
Today 13 December is celebrate Saint Lucy's Day, a Christian feast day commemorating Saint Lucy, a 3rd-century martyr under the...
Times ago Christmas was not dominated only by gifts and good intentions as we know it today. Many of the...
In Milan, the most traditional and most popular of all the events in the Christmas time is the Oh Bej!...
If in Iceland there is a well-known museum of witchcraft, you probably do not know yet these bizarre characters related...
The Christmas tree is probably one of the most traditional symbols of Christmas, and evert year we see it on...
After the legend of Sunken Bell in Bled, today, I’d like to share with you some of the most common...
In ancient times, a dark, hairy, horned beast was said to show up at the door to kidnap children. The...
Today, on 6 December, the Church celebrates the feast day of one of the most popular saints throughout the world,...
If at Christmas, Americans enjoy pumpkin pie, the English have plum or Christmas pudding, all the Italians celebrate with panettone....
Every year at Lake Bled, Slovenia, divers go on a quest to recover the bell that ended up on the...
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Santa Claus was still a character to be defined. What could he wear?...
