In my hometown of Chicago, Illinois, Halloween decorations switch to Christmas trinkets in early November. By December, the holidays are all anyone can think about! But everyone celebrates them differently,…
Learning About Inuit Traditions: How to Use Seal
Cleaning sealskin. Image by Anubha Momin. Since mid-July I have been working with the Arctic Kingdom and Tour Iqaluit companies as a tour guide, usually leading boat and city tours in…
Homesick Holiday Help
Marseille’s Christmas market, the Foire aux Santons, is one new tradition I’m looking forward to. Photo credit: Ladmedia.fr Having lived outside of the United States for most of my life,…
Missing Seasons
Fall, I hear, is fast approaching. I can envision the first few maple trees combusting along the bluffs that line Wisconsin’s stretch of the Mississippi where I grew up, briskness…
Tá an t-Oíche Shamhna anseo!
Oh, Halloween…a time for tricks, a time for treats, and a time for dressing in as many outrageous outfits as possible. For those of us who grew up in the…
Turkey Din Din with all the Trimmings
You will have to forgive my total admittance of ignorance when I say that up until a couple of years ago there were a couple of things I didn’t know…
The Best Place in the World for Christmas?
All of the guidebooks are right. Medellín, Colombia is hands-down one of the best places in the world to celebrate Christmas. Christmas in another country can spark a bit of…