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Today is the #Epiphany, the end of the #TwelveDaysOfChristmas.¹
In #Ireland, though, this day is also known as Nollaig na mBan, a.k.a. Little Christmas.²
It is hard to find a root of this tradition, but it is a feast dedicate to #women: they take a break from all the work of the past days, and they can celebrate as they wish. 🎉
Beware of other traditions, though, as removing all the Christmas tree decorations before the end of the day, or there will be bad luck! 🚫🍀
But don't forget to keep the #Christmas holly! It is good to use it for the fire to cook pancake on Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras³, the day before #Lent!
If you want to take a #bike with you on #German#ICE#trains you're usually well advised to secure the ticket many monthes in advance. Not so now, during the busy travel season around #christmas : Easy as pie to get a #DeutscheBahn#biketicket even on highly frequented long distance trains.
Mind you: Having your own bike with you at the highly compatible price of 9 EUR inside Germany saves a significant amount of transportation costs at the destination.
"Rev. Munther Isaac’s #Christmas Liturgy of Lament in #Bethlehem dishes out a searing critique of Western hypocrisy amid genocide in Gaza,"
"During his Liturgy of Lament on Dec. 23, the #Palestinians theologian condemned the world’s indifference to the #genocide taking place in #Gaza and those complicit in it.
「Christmas In Our Hearts」 was released on 1990-11-17 as the titular song of Jose Mari Chan's 7th studio album. Through this album, Jose Mari Chan was nicknamed “The Father of Philippine Christmas Music” and Filipinos start to play the songs from this album a week before September (“-ber months”) begins, the traditional start of #Christmas in the Philippines.
If you want to listen to the entire album, here are the links:
After another long stretch without leaving the house, I visited two #fabric shops today. Got to see humans who aren’t my wife for the first time in weeks!
#Christmas is just around the corner so I need to get several doggy gifts sewn up soon! Two pink faux fur blankets, two brown paw print blankets, at least two large furry dog beds and some rainbow print bow ties & bandanas for #dogs.
There’s so much fluff everywhere already! #sewing@sewing
@sewing Here are the aforementioned faux #fur blankets I made for our #dogs to give to four of their lucky friends in our neighbourhood this #Christmas…
Since I’m sure someone will ask, the name labels are Kraft Tex (washable #paper that is sewable and behaves like #leather), printed at home on a laser printer, sealed with a clear matte acrylic finisher, then scrunched up to imitate the wrinkly patina of leather before machine #sewing them on with a leather needle.
Mococo did a solo Moco-Santa stream on Christmas Eve (Hololive clip) ( youtu.be )
Original YouTube stream: 【ASK MOCO-SANTA】all ears to your christmas wishes 🎄🐾 (Piped)