For many people, Christmas is an exciting and magical time of year. In this lesson, learn about the history of this holiday and how the celebrations have changed throughout the years. Related to this Question Why is Christmas important?
(You can see my favorites in another blog post here.) This story is about a family who had a very prosperous chocolate factory in Damascus, Syria. When the factory was bombed and completely destroyed in 2012 in the Syrian Civil War, the family left Syria and became refugees in Lebanon. T...
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In Orthodox churches, Epiphany is also known as 'The Feast of the Holy Theophany' and it is as important as Christmas. During the services to celebrate Epiphany, on the eve of the feast and on the feast day, water is blessed (some churches only bless water at one service). This is ...
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Meat has always featured at the centre of traditional Christmas feasts, although it is has not always been in the form of turkey. Popular meats used for early celebratory purposes were beef, mutton, pork, peacocks and swans. In respect of the ‘modern’ Turkey tradition though, it’s King ...
Mother's Day is celebrated in many countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and Belgium. The day is used by children and husbands to honor mothers and grandmothers for all that they do in raising ch...
Most people buy a lot of gifts just before Christmas. But some people think we buy too much. They have started a special day called Buy Nothing Day. 【1】 . Buy Nothing Day is November 29. It’s 25 days before Christmas. It’s after Thanksgiving and often the first day of Christmas...
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