If any of you are wondering what to get me this year for Christmas, ponder no more! I’ve come up with a brilliant idea that will relinquish my craving for some holiday spirit.
Here’s the deal: There is NO Christmas here! No festive lights, no trees, no carolers caroling, no drummers drumming… and especially NO Christmas [...]
Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category
Pre-Holiday Wishlist
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Christmas, Elf, Gifts, Grinch, Holidays, Movies on November 5, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I ❤ Candy Corn!
Posted in Holidays, tagged Candy, Candy Corn, Halloween on October 31, 2009 | 10 Comments »
My heart is melancholy today, thinking of all the millions and millions of candy corns that will be eaten, BUT NOT BY ME!!! (sniff. sniff.)
Many people favor the candy bars: Three Musketeers, Snickers, Butterfingers…. but I love the candy corn (and pumpkins).
So, when you’re sorting through your candy tonight, please (even if you don’t like [...]
Sukkot (סוכות)
Posted in Holidays, tagged Holidays, Bible, Israel, Jewish traditions, Jewish culture, Sukkot, Leviticus on October 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Tonight was the last night of the 7 day holiday celebrated in Israel called Sukkot. Since I was back in the States during the beginning of it, I missed out on the festivities my flat-mates held at our apartment.
During Sukkot (aka: The Feast of the Tabernacles found in Lev. 23:33-44) Israeli’s are called to remember [...]
חג שבעות- The Feast of Weeks
Posted in Holidays, tagged Holidays, Jewish culture, Jewish traditions, Pentecost, The Feast of Weeks on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Starting at 5pm tonight (Thursday) we celebrate yet another holiday, The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost as its called in the states. It comes exactly 50 days after Passover, which is now! It marks the giving of the Torah to Israel on Mount Sinai.
How does The Feast of Weeks overlap with Pentecost. Well, after the [...]
Reflections at 34…
Posted in Holidays, My Musings, tagged Birthday, Life, Reflections on April 22, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Last year I was enjoying a fine-dining dinner of KFC, thanks to the generosity of Thrive Africa staff in South Africa. The year before that…in the bush of Botswana (sadly, no KFC or anything else remotely close).
Another year, another birthday, another country.
This year I am 34!
I tend to look at birthdays in [...]
Church hoppin’
Posted in Holidays, tagged Cadbury Eggs, Church, Easter, Easter Baskets, Garden Tomb, Jerusalem, Peeps, Resurrection Sunday, Sunrise Service on April 12, 2009 | 13 Comments »
There were no PEEPS or Cadbury Eggs for me this year. No Easter Egg Hunts, or baskets with that artificial green grass stuff. I did have the privledge, though, to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem at the Garden Tomb. Every year they have a special sunrise service at the EMPTY tomb to celebrate Resurrection Sunday.
There [...]
Good Friday In Jerusalem
Posted in Holidays, tagged Easter, Good Friday, Israel, Jerusalem, Via Dolorosa on April 10, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What would have Jesus’ walk down the Via Dolorosa looked like if cameras and video’s were around 2000 years ago???
or maybe this????
I spent all day in the Old City, mostly on the Via Dolorosa, where thousands came to walk the steps that Jesus walked on crucifixion day. It was absolutely crazy! You could hear just [...]
Pesach is here
Posted in Holidays, tagged Food, Hummus, Jewish culture, Jewish traditions, Passover, Pesach, Pita on April 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
No more pita and hummus. Pesach (passover) calls for no bread or pita (yeast) for 8 more days. I think its a good thing, though…my hips and thighs are proving to need the break as well :{
Happy New Year!
Posted in Holidays, Random Thoughts, tagged 2009, Life, New Years, Resolution on January 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
2009! Here we are…
I don’t do New Years Resolutions any more since I hardly ever follow through with any of them. I only have one resolution, which is a lifelong one: to walk daily in the purpose God has for my life. That’s it! It’s only one small sentence, but wrapped up in it is [...]
Chanukah, Day 8: Final Day, The Holiday Armadillo
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Friends, TV, Chanukah, Holiday Armadillo on December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Its the last day for us, here in Chanukah land, so I’ll end it with one of my favorite clips of all times, The Holiday Armadillo. I just can’t resist! Hope you’ve enjoyed our journey through Chanukah!
Chanukah, Day 7: The Jewish Zebra
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Africa, Chanukah, Zebra on December 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Chanukah is even celebrated in the bush of Africa!!!
Chanukah, Day 6: Latkes
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Chanukah, Food, Jewish culture, Jewish traditions, Latkes, Potatos on December 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ok, more food! But come on…holidays are about the eating, right?!? Potato latkes are another common food eaten during Chanukah, and what a surprise….a fried one!
To add something different I thought I would give you the receipe on how to make them….
What you’ll need:
2 peeled potatoes
1 peeled onion
2 eggs
2 tbsp. milk
2 tbsp. melted butter
1/4 cup [...]
Chanukah, Day 5: The Dreidel
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Chanukah, Dreidel, Jewish culture, Jewish traditions on December 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Dreidel is a well-known gift given during Chanukah. In Hebrew it is called a sevivon, coming from the root word for ‘to turn’. There are games played and songs sung; we even learned a song in my Ulpan called, “Sevivon, sov, sov, sov” (Dreidel, turn, turn, turn). The dreidle is a four sided spinning top with [...]
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
Posted in Holidays, Life on the Outside, tagged Bethlehem, Christmas, Church of The Nativity, Manger Square on December 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night I had the most amazing Christmas Eve ever! I spent my Eve in Bethlehem and had such a tremendous time. In Manger Square there were bands playing from all over, tourists everywhere, midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity, and even the Palestinian President himself was there for a tour of the [...]
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