Category: Christmas
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The Best Tips for Traveling at the Holidays
I thought a few tips about traveling at the holidays might be helpful!
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The Ultimate Christmas Bucket List for Travelers
Some will have to wait until next year, but some you can do right now!
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Guide to Heidelberg’s Christmas Markets
It’s Faraway Friday! This week’s featured far-off place is not just far from where I live, it’s also like a trip far back into the past! Would I call it magical? Absolutely! This is your guide to the Heidelberg Christmas Markets!
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What to Eat: Heidelberg’s Christmas Market
This one’s pretty special–it’s all about Christmas foods! I recently was in Heidelberg to enjoy the Christmas Markets and explore this cute, historic town, and to get a little more material for my Germany page! Here’s the scoop on what I ate at the Heidelberg Christmas Market!
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What to Know Before You Visit German Christmas Markets
This post is all about European Christmas Markets. I recently went to beautiful Heidelberg, Germany, to visit the Christmas Markets there, and I picked up a few tips along the way. Before you jet off on your own European Christmas Market adventure, check this list of things to know before you go!
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Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
It’s Faraway Friday! This week it’s all about Christmas in Williamsburg. Their decorations are up now in preparation for Sunday night’s Grand Illumination (the first Sunday in December), and on my recent trip down that way, I couldn’t help but marvel at the artistry and talent it takes to make all those decorations, and all…
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Christmas in Pittsburgh
Merry Christmas! It’s Merry Monday, my readers! My sweet husband and I went to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving with his family, but I made sure we did some Christmassy things while we were there! If you are heading to Pittsburgh this Christmas season or in the coming years, here are the things you should put on…
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Santas of the World
Whether you call him Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or St. Nicholas, he is undeniably a part of Christmas around the world! Check out these fun facts about Santa, and feel free to add some international flare to your own version of Old St. Nick! Australia Believe it or not, when Father Christmas arrives…
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Christmas Foods of the World
Merry Christmas Month! It’s Festive Friday and this week we’re looking at some Christmassy foods from around the world! Who’s up for a culinary adventure? Netherlands Usually a traditional Christmas meal in the Netherlands starts with shrimp cocktail, soup, and game meats like goose, venison, or pheasant. A traditional Dutch Christmas dish is Kerstkrans bread, filled with…
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World Christmas Traditions
Happy Festive Friday! Today it’s all about the Christmas traditions of the world. Wouldn’t it be fun to adopt one of these traditions yourself for a bit of Christmas whimsy! Norway Hate cleaning? Head up north for a Norwegian Christmas! All the brooms and other cleaning implements must be hidden on Christmas Eve. If not, evil…
