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Category: Blogmas 2022

The Best Vintage Coats for Winter

The Best Vintage Coats for Winter

Blogmas is always an interesting time for Style File Friday. If I am covering holiday party ideas, that needs to go live in November because holiday party season starts earlier and earlier every year. And although my red and green fashion history posts have been […]

Saints’ Days: St. Andrew and St. Nicholas

Saints’ Days: St. Andrew and St. Nicholas

In addition to my Carol of the Day series for Blogmas, I have included a saints’ days series! While many of us celebrate the secular elements of Christmas, many have religious roots. While Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are at the heart of some holiday […]

Book Bite: Santa Clause: A Biography

Book Bite: Santa Clause: A Biography

There is no better subject for this week’s Book Bite, the first of Blogmas 2022, than Santa himself. Although Santa will not be visiting many Western homes until 24 or 25 December, St. Nicholas will be visiting many homes around the world next week. People […]

Carol of the Day: Joy to the World

Carol of the Day: Joy to the World

With a new Blogmas upon us comes new holiday series! Each year I like to try and focus on different aspects of the holiday season and the history behind them. There is a religious holiday of Christmas and a secular holiday of Christmas. Millions of […]

How to Send Christmas Cards to the Royals

How to Send Christmas Cards to the Royals

In what will not be a shock to anyone who reads this blog regularly, I have many holiday traditions. One of my favourite traditions is sending Christmas cards to the Royal Family. It is not a particularly big tradition- it takes maybe half an hour […]