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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Fornacalia, the ancient festival of bread and ovens

11 hours ago Adam

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February 3: Saint Biagio’s Panettone

4 days ago Anya016

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February 2: Celebrate National Crêpe Day!

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February 2: Candlemas, feast of purification

5 days ago Ivan

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Groundhog Day, an American holiday with purely Europeans origins ~

5 days ago Leo S

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Imbolc: the ancient Celtic festival of February

6 days ago Leo S

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The Month of February: holidays, fun facts and folklore

6 days ago Leo S

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Burns Night – a Scottish tradition to commemorate one of the world’s greatest poets

2 weeks ago Leo S

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January 24 – Paganalia: ancient Rome’s “Earth Day”

2 weeks ago Leo S

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Lunar New Year 2023: the year of the rabbit

2 weeks ago randomcollabs

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All you ever wanted to know about St Agnes’ Eve…and St Agnes!

3 weeks ago Leo S

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January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks

3 weeks ago Anya016

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Las Luminarias: a fiery and controversial Spanish celebration

3 weeks ago Robin

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Magh Bihu, an Indian festival of abundance

3 weeks ago Ivan

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January 13 | St. Knut’s Day: Christmas tree plundering in Sweden and Finland

4 weeks ago Leo S

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January 12: National Hot Tea Day

4 weeks ago randomcollabs

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January 12th: the feast day of Saint Benedict Biscop

4 weeks ago Ivan

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January 11 | Prithvi Jayanti – Nepal’s National Unity Day

4 weeks ago Ivan

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January 10: Benin Republic’s annual Voodoo festival

4 weeks ago Danilo G.

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Maxine Menster’s Gravestone and her Christmas Cookie recipe

4 weeks ago Nathan

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• History

Gauchito Gil: Argentina’s Cowboy Saint

1 month ago Danilo G.

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January 7 | Frigg’s Distaff Day

1 month ago Danijel90

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Boost your New Year with a little bit of Twelfth Night folklore!

1 month ago Leo S

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• Food

Victorian Epiphany Tart – an old English recipe

1 month ago Leo S

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January 3/5 | Compitalia, Ancient Rome’s winter street fair

1 month ago Adam

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First Monday of the New Year: discover the lost celebration of Handsel Monday!

1 month ago Leo S

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January 2: Berchtoldstag

1 month ago Anya016

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The month of January: holidays, fun facts and Folklore

1 month ago Leo S

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Celebrate the New Year with a Good Luck Pig!

1 month ago Leo S

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Why do Japanese slurp Toshikoshi Soba 年越し蕎麦 on New Year’s Eve 大晦日?

1 month ago Danilo G.

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How did the tradition of New Year’s resolutions start? 👀

1 month ago Leo S

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• Food

Springerle, the Bavarian holiday cookies that are also intricate works of art.

1 month ago Pavel

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Twelve Grapes: a New Year’s Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck

1 month ago Danilo G.

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Legends and superstitions of Appalachian Christmas (and Old Christmas)

1 month ago Leo S

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• Food
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Hoppin’ John: a traditional Southern dish for New Year’s Day

1 month ago Leo S

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What are the 12 Days of Christmas, and what do they mean?

1 month ago Leo S

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Boxing Day: History, traditions, and more…

1 month ago Leo S

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Merry Christmas! A short history of Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards

1 month ago Leo S

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A popular Ukrainian Christmas tradition: Didukh (and how to make it)

2 months ago Adam

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Shamans, Goddesses and the pagan origins of Santa Claus

2 months ago Leo S

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Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: the spirit of Winter Solstice and Mother Christmas

2 months ago Leo S

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The magic of lost Brittany’s Christmas Traditions

2 months ago Danilo G.