winter

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Beaver’s Moon: November Full Moon

6 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover meaning, history and folklore behind “Ember Days”

11 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover Þorrablót, Iceland’s midwinter feast

1 year ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 31: celebrate National Hot Chocolate Day!

2 years ago randomcollabs

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

29/30/31 January: the Merla days (hen blackbird), according to tradition are the coldest days of the year ~

2 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

2 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 7 | Frigg’s Distaff Day

2 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

2 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Årsgång: to see what the upcoming year holds, take a walk alone in a dark forest!

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Boxing Day: History, traditions, and more…

2 years ago Leo S

15 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of December: holidays, folklore and traditions

2 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 22 (or 24) – Matrena’s and a legend of Winter’s arrival

2 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 10: it’s time for Mārtiņi!

2 years ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 2: Candlemas, feast of purification

3 years ago Ivan

12 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of February: holidays, fun facts and folklore

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

La Giubiana: a curious tradition linked to the last Thursday of January in Northern Italy

3 years ago Anya

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

3 years ago Leo S

9 min read

• Weather

History of the Northern Lights: folklore, myths and legends

3 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

3 years ago Leo S

10 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of January: holidays, fun facts and Folklore

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Legends and superstitions of Appalachian Christmas (and Old Christmas)

3 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

3 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Legend of the Nisse and Tomte – Scandinavian domestic sprites and their modern counterparts that you don’t expect

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Topienie Marzanny: the drowning of Marzanna, the Winter witch of Slavic folklore

4 years ago Adam

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Art and Photography

Wilson Bentley, the first snowflakes photographer

4 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kukeri: the ancient Bulgarian tradition that keeps evil spirits at bay

4 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

4 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Food

How to eat a Christmas Tree (or turn it into Cocktails)

4 years ago Leo S

13 min read

• History

When winter was really winter: the legendary Frost Fairs of the River Thames

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lismore: the Australian town that turns trash into Christmas trees

4 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

When is year’s earliest sunset?

4 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Breaking News

The “Ice volcano” that becomes a very nice attraction in Kazakhstan

5 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

King Frost, a Russian winter legend

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Møsbrømlefse: the sweet, cheese-filled Norwegian flatbread that keeps Nordlanders nourished during the cold winter

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

The frozen lighthouse of Cleveland, Ohio

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• History

January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century.

6 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Food

Boilo: the original Coal Miner Liquor

6 years ago Leo S