The autonomous community in Spain, Catalonia, has some very interesting Christmas traditions and celebrations that tend to begin on December 8th with the Immaculate Conception of Mary. While most of ...
PITTSFIELD — Growing up in Barcelona meant that on Christmas Eve, my brother and I would be excited to see what presents our “Tió de Nadal” — Christmas log in English — would "poop" for us. Tió is a ...
Outside the U.S., Christmas traditions involve much more than reindeer and evergreen trees. While some traditions have emerged in modern times, many local holiday traditions stretch back centuries, ...