Christmas Eve is the big day for my family (& many Hispanic families) so we will be celebrating at my godmother's house with a feast. Like on all good holidays, I will probably be enjoying myself too much to take pictures so enjoy some memories from the ghost of Christmas past! Read more: Celebrating “La Befana” [...]
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And We’re Off…Sort of
So we head out today for part 1 of 3 of our Winter Break travel plans! We're spending the weekend with Will's family and then Noche Buena & Christmas with mine and THEN the day after Christmas Will & I are heading out to wet & (almost) freezing Italy for 9 days! 🙂 It's been [...]
Stop Skipping Thanksgiving
Ok so I am going to apologize in advance for this little counter cultural rant but hear me out: stop skipping Thanksgiving in anticipation of Christmas! I get it, Christmas brings out all the warm and fuzzies especially in a shitty political year (yes, I'm a Democrat lol), but Thanksgiving can also serve to ground [...]
Catholic Culture: The Three Kings
Today is the last day of the Christmas season for Catholics, although you wouldn't know that by the trees left out on the curb on many people's driveways. The Epiphany is the traditional day that the Three Magi (aka Kings or Wise men) visited baby Jesus and brought him gifts of gold. frankincense, and myrrh. [...]
Student Series! Celebrating Christmas
History of Christmas Christians have been celebrating Christmas as the day of Jesus’ birth on December 25th since the early 4th century. The first credible observance of the holiday was in Rome in 336 CE. The earliest Christians do not seem to have been commemorating the birth of Christ, but His baptism and resurrection. Actually, [...]
