This year I wanted to delve into some more unique holiday traditions, as I tend to stick with the “classics”. Now it must be said, these are unique to me as a Canadian (in the middle of Canada)– depending on where you are from and […]

Last week we started our Royal Christmas series together for Blogmas 2023. We explored Tudor Christmas and looked at how Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I generally would have celebrated the holiday season. (Spoiler alert: quite differently from our modern […]

For Blogmas 2022, we explored the history of several different holiday carols. (Carols are songs that are specifically about the religious holiday of Christmas- they often are about the Nativity.) For Blogmas 2023, we are turning to the secular holiday of Christmas! Each Thursday during […]

The Royal Family has entrenched themselves in Christmas celebrations in Christmas and across the Commonwealth. They aren’t responsible for creating or inventing these traditions but they do popularise them. (Of course, this is in addition to celebrating the regular local traditions from that region and […]

Processions and parades have been a part of the holiday season for centuries. Depending on where you live, you might take part as a child, as an adult, or both. It might be connected to a particular saint’s day or a local tradition, oftentimes a […]