No matter where you are in the world, sitting down to play the most popular family card games is a universally great way to spend time together as a family. But did you know it’s also a way to learn about different world cultures and find similarities between them too? It’s true. When you sit …
THE ULTIMATE CHINESE NEW YEAR INSPIRATION ILLUSTRATED ON WALLPAPER I recently visited the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) and found a room whose sole purpose was to show off the wallpaper. For Chinese New Year inspiration, look no further. Every wall of this room was covered with scenes of Chinese New Year celebrations. It was …
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Pretzels and Pennsylvania Pennsylvanians eat 12 times more pretzels than the rest of the country. This fun fact comes to you from an interview with Andrea Slonecker, author of Pretzel Making at Home, on the podcast The Splendid Table. Although travel and technology make it easier to learn about fascinating cultural differences around the world, there …
This list is gold. It’s taken me years to get here. I not only fill my kids’ stockings, but I also fill an advent calendar for each day of December. I have a braided yarn with 25 children’s mittens hanging from it for each child. Every day there’s a teeny, tiny little gift in one …
If you’ve adopted from China you probably hope to keep a connection to Chinese culture for your child. In your mind, you’re planning themed dinners for every Chinese holiday, taking weekend trips to the nearest Chinatown, and studying Mandarin together every single day. But, you get busy. It’s not easy. And, you don’t need anything …
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Baba Marta day tradition! In Bulgaria, the spring holiday Baba Marta (Grandmother March) is on March 1 and celebrates the coming of spring. People exchange martenitsi with friends and family and wear them around their wrist or pinned to their clothes until they see a flowering tree or a migrating bird, especially a stork. A …
