Many of the Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas on January 7th – and so does our family, although nobody in it is Orthodox anymore, and although we also celebrate Christmas on December 25th. After all, who’d pass up a chance to have two Christmases? Especially when one of them gives you a chance to connect [...]

After a few Christmases with a last-minute scramble to get a tree – including one when there were none left to buy, but our friends’ church’s daycare had one they didn’t need anymore, so my husband drove across town at rush hour to pick it up – we decided to beat the rush permanently and [...]

I cannot believe that Christmas is so close! With no snow in Boston and 40 degree weather, it is very hard to believe that it is winter, and it is even harder to believe that it is nearing the end of the year! When it comes to decorating a Christmas tree, people have their own [...]

There are plenty of simple ways to make your home Christmas beautiful and Christmas cozy. Let us take the time to explore some of these together. Ribbons make wonderful decorations as they are so versatile. Tie them around the backs of chairs, lamps, railings on staircases, doorknobs, and as tiebacks for curtains. They also look [...]

Little is known about the celebration of Yule. Many people today enjoy using the word “Yule” in a broad sense to describe a wondrous and magical time of the year. Yule is generally regarded as occurring on December 21st or the date for the Winter Solstice (which is the first day of the season of [...]