Spoon-fed - Christmas - A celebration (that I, at least, celebrate) for years; it has been spoon-fed. After St. Nicholas left again for sunny Spain (December 6), my parents and I went to get a real Christmas tree at a garden center or a Christmas tree store. Once we arrived home (resulting in lots of [...] More

Within this month, on 31 October, it will be: Halloween, a name first used in the 16th century, in Scotland. Halloween is a corruption of All Hallows‘ Even, the night before All Saints’ Day. But where do the roots of Halloween lie? For this answer, we have to dig into the past and we end [...] More