Posts about holidays, holiday customs, and resources for holiday research in the U.S. and European countries for genealogy research.
This Swedish New Year's Eve in 1925 Chicago happened 95 years ago tonight when my Swedish and Swedish-American relatives (and neighbors?) gathered together. How I wish I knew all the names of these relatives! But [...]
Yesterday, when I asked my husband if he'd ever heard of Franksgiving, he perked up. Looking hopeful, he said, "Hot dogs?" And then I dashed his dreams of sleeping in on Thanksgiving, instead of [...]
How many family tree Valentines do you have? No, I'm not talking about paper valentines, like the punny Cold War one above, so popular during my grade school years. (But, if you have too [...]
I am pretty sure most people don't choose Yogi Yorgesson's "Yingle Bells" as their favorite Christmas song. But, it's mine. And I love Yogi's other Christmas song, “I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas,” too. [...]
