KISSING UNDER SPRIGS OF MISTLETOE IS YET ANOTHER PART OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS! SURPRISINGLY, THE MISTLETOE STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN ANCIENT GREECE. MANY ANCIENT CULTURES PRIZED MISTLETOE FOR BEING THE HEALING MAGIC NEEDED FOR MANY THINGS. ANCIENT GREEKS USED MISTLETOE FOR MENSTRUAL CRAMPS, TO SPLEEN DISORDERS. THE ROMAN NATURALIST, PLINY THE ELDER, NOTED … Read more
12-18-2019 WHAT FAMILY TRADITIONS DO YOU HAVE WITH YOUR LOVED ONE’S OVER THE HOLIDAYS? IT SEEMS WITH EVERY GENERATION IN OUR FAMILY, WE ARE CHANGING OURS, OR RATHER, “ADDING TO THEM”. TRADITIONS ARE THOSE THINGS YOU SHARE TO BUILD UP THE PRETENSE OF CHRISTMAS AND LOVE OTHERS WHILE YOU TAKE PART IN THEM. I … Read more
THE CHRISTMAS TREE, LIKE SO MANY OTHER TRADITIONS HAS A HISTORY. DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE WILL. BE MAKING AN EXCEPTION TO OUR ONE WORD RULE FOR THE DAILY WISDOM WORDS BLOG. AS WITH OTHER TRADITIONS WE HAVE READ ABOUT, THE CHRISTMAS TREE FIRST ORIGINATED IN GERMANY WHEN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, DEVOUT CHRISTIANS … Read more
CELEBRATIONS ARE PART OF THE HOLIDAYS!! WHY DO WE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVING, EASTER, AND OTHER SPECIAL DAYS? CELEBRATIONS HONOR TRADITIONS AND OUR HISTORY. CELEBRATIONS ARE A POSITIVE WAY TO REMEMBER WHERE WE CAME FROM, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. IMAGINE LIFE TWO DECADES FROM NOW. ALL WE HAVE ARE THE … Read more
WHAT IS IT ABOUT BIRTHDAYS THAT MAKES US FEEL SO MANY DIFFERENT EMOTIONS? DEPENDING ON THE AGE THAT WE ARE TURNING, WE FEEL DIFFERENTLY. I KNOW WHEN I TURNED THIRTY, IT WAS LIKE DAWN HAD AWAKENED. NOVEMBER 1ST WAS MY BIRTHDAY, AND THIS WON’T BE POSTED UNTIL THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER. I WANT TO LET … Read more