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I just discovered a New Year’s eve party for little tots who can’t stay up until midnight to count out the old year and

I once badgered my husband’s cousin to help me look for a menorah I could photograph. We found a simple one in a synagogue

I’ve been thinking that Hanukkah is strictly a family affair. Each evening of the eight-day event, Jewish families light one more candle in a

The actual day is December 5. The black attendant is there to help Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas is a Spanish bishop and his attendant is Moorish.

We started this blog a little over a year ago, and it’s time to take stock. Should it be continued? Does it meet a

December can be grim in Toronto, but really, there’s lots to do that’s free – both indoors and/or outdoors, fun and/or serious.  Enjoy the

A few ideas on our tradition while I was growing up in Germany. Naturally, everybody had their own ways. Four weeks before Christmas is

  Canada’s Aboriginal people have been in the news recently. We hear of horrible living conditions in Ontario’s far north. But what about First

Our daughter Linda, who is a gardener for the City of Toronto, has been growing flowers for the city’s flower shows. She told us

Many years ago, I saw a dance on a New Zealand warship that was visiting Toronto. It was powerful. Big, macho sailors shouted and