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We Three Kings of Orient Aren’t – Probably

We Three Kings of Orient Aren’t – Probably

by Kate Dolan | Jan 7, 2022 | Holidays, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic

Today we celebrate Epiphany, commemorating the moment when the three kings/wise men/magi knelt before the manger to pay homage to baby Jesus. The message of the story is tremendously important, even if most of the historical details are questionable. Were There Three...
Did the Romans Celebrate Halloween?

Did the Romans Celebrate Halloween?

by Kate Dolan | Oct 29, 2021 | Holidays, Religion and Magic, Romans, Travel

Halloween originated with the Celtic pagan rituals of Samhain, so it is not a Roman holiday. However, Romans celebrated two days in honor of the dead, and when the Catholic Church started imposing their own holidays on top of existing pagan holidays, they ended up...

Ruining the Legend of the Easter Dogwood

by Kate Dolan | Apr 11, 2020 | Faith, Holidays, Religion and Magic

This afternoon, as we took a windy walk, we passed a dogwood tree in full bloom and I asked my daughter if she knew the legend of the dogwood at Easter. I hope the owner of the tree doesn’t mind, because I took a flower home for Good Friday. Then I started researching...

Who Was Eating out of That Manger Anyway? Animals at the Nativity

by Kate Dolan | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Living History, Religion and Magic

When I started building my nativity set, we could only afford to buy a few figures and I got animals to go along with the nuclear holy family because I thought a young child would find furry four-legged creatures more interesting than men in bathrobes. Each year we...

Celebrating Halloween Doesn’t Make Me a Bad Christian –The Meaning of Halloween

by Kate Dolan | Oct 8, 2017 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic, The Irish

I once saw a guy in my office printing out drawings of jack o’lanterns with a line through them. At first, I wondered what he had against pumpkins. How can any parent not like a smiling vegetable? Then I read the message under the picture “Sorry, no trick...

Rodent extortion and other ways to celebrate February 2: The History of Groundhog Day

by Kate Dolan | Feb 2, 2016 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic

Happy Cross Quarter Day!  It’s better known to most of us as Groundhog Day. Today we celebrate the fact that we are halfway between Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Okay,  in the age of electric lighting the Cross Quarter is not a big deal for most of us,...
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