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When I was growing up in Asia, my mom practiced the following traditions every New Year:
collect twelve types of fruit – one type for each month of the year. The fruit had to be somewhat round (circle is a shape of money and prosperity) and should come in two’s (for fertility).
fill the larder, at least [...]
If I told you that I spent half of Christmas Day, December 25, sewing and doing the laundry, would you believe me?
Yes, I did. Honest. The Christmas dinner had been eaten the night before (as German tradition goes), my husband was napping, while the kids were happily playing with their new toys. So I decided [...]
For children in Switzerland, “Sami Claus” is the man in red, with long white beard and a big sack. Sounds familiar? Sure, except he comes every December 6 and his bag is filled – not with presents – but with nuts and gingerbread men for the stockings of those who’ve been good. And in other [...]
It’s another one of our family traditions. We started doing it even before we got married, continued doing through 5 years of childless marital togetherness and somehow managed to fit it in between nappy-changing and breastfeeding when our twins arrived.
Every year, I find that Christmas gets more hectic and busier and I always ask myself [...]
I read an article today about a Japanese family who began a tradition of decorating a small, artificial Christmas tree back before WWII. That tree, and it’s symbol of more joyous times became a rallying point that carried the family thru the heartbreak of WWII, the atomic blast, and other heartbreaking events. Even [...]
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