This summer, I will be leading a historical tour of Ireland. The tour, which will include both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, will hit a lot of history, from an Iron Age ring fort to walking tours of Dublin, Belfast, and Derry touching on recent history...
In American culture, we think of the Christmas season as the time leading up to Christmas. Christmas celebrations frequently last only a few days, and then we take down the tree and get ready to celebrate the New Year. Or we think about Christmas as lasting until New...
In the previous post, I looked at two Advent and Christmas traditions with roots in the Middle Ages, crèches and caroling. There are others, of course, but most of them involve decorations: holly, mistletoe, wreaths, and Christmas trees. All of these also connect us...
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