Our saints’ days series is back again! While there are multiple saints venerated every day, there are some that are more significant than others. As we saw earlier this week, St. Nicholas is considered a major holiday for many European nations. This upcoming week we […]

As one might expect of me, I am endlessly fascinated by the history of Christmas. You have religious history, social history, cultural history, economic history, political history, music history, and more coming together, and there are so many factors to consider. We often take our […]

Blogmas continues with another Christmas Movie Bite. Today we are looking back at one of the classics, It’s A Wonderful Life. Even though they might not know where it is from, most people recognise the line, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its […]

For the first Sunday of Blogmas 2021, I wanted to do something different and fun! And being the historian that I am, I thought I would share some of my favourite holiday history facts in the process. This is my Christmas history quiz- there are […]

When you are discussing classic holiday movies, I don’t know that there is a more universally loved film than Miracle on 34th Street. (I’m sure someone out there doesn’t like it, but I’ve yet to meet them.) The bustle of a department store in the […]