Seasonal DIY projects, crafts, home decor, recipes, and activities
New Year is celebrated in lots of different ways throughout the world.
Here in the Netherlands the emphasis lies heavily on fireworks – the Dutch people love them – lots and lots and lots of them! Read more
Christmas traditions help make the season just that little bit more magical and create precious memories for you and your loved ones.
They bring a special kind of love for the holidays and are often carried on for generations.
Every family is different, having their own little traditions. I love hearing new ideas that would be nice to start with my own brood.
I recently started looking around to see if I could find any new ideas that I could introduce into our family’s Christmas celebrations but I quickly realised that we already had quite a lot of our own.
Snoepjes, snoepjes & meer snoepjes! (snoepjes = sweeties or candy)
This is how the children see the Sint Maartens celebration on the 11th of November where they go from door to door with colourful lanterns singing songs in return for sweets or fruit.
Here in the Nederlands the ‘Sinterklaas’ (Dutch Father Christmas) fun is already in full swing. Read more