Celebrating Christmas around the World
A European Christmas
With the holidays right around the corner, it's hard not to reminisce our childhood memories and holidays of yesteryear. In each culture, there are differing values and traditions which are celebrated in different ways...
Christmas Traditions in Germany
Countries all across the world celebrate the winter solstice holiday season in their own unique ways. Some such as Christmas and Hanukah are religious celebrations, while others are non-religious celebrations of nature, people and the coming spring solstice. The reasoning behind the various holiday celebrations can sometimes differ greatly, but there are a surprising number of commonalities among the celebratory traditions. Over the thousands of years that man has celebrated the season, each group influenced others with their traditions...
Some True Blue Aussie Christmas Traditions
Christmas would have to be my favorite time of the year. I remember my white Christmases in Europe as a little girl. There was the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg and gingerbread biscuits, and my parents drinking eggnog as we decorated our tree.
It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without A Pantomime
A visit to the Pantomime is a longstanding Christmas tradition. Children and grown-ups alike love it, this peculiarly British way to celebrate the festive season. When else would you take the kids to see a woman playing a man, a man playing a woman and the most blatantly fake animal ever seen on a stage?
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The National Christmas Tree
Behind the Scenes -- People Work Year Round to Bring this Tree to Light
Favorite Recipes
Spice Up Holiday Cutout Cookies
Dust off your rolling pin and cookie cutters -- cutout cookies are a classic symbol of the festive holiday season.
Thumbprint Cookies Recipes
No holiday is complete without at least one batch of adorable, jelly-filled thumbprint cookies.
Flavored Butter Recipes
Dress up your table for the season with a holiday favorite - real butter.