Tag: winter holidays

Exploring local non-Christian faiths as communities prepare for winter holidays
“Religious communities can be a source of support, care and resilience,
Cody Roberts

While Christian folks in Moscow gear up for the holidays with decorated trees, white beards and Mariah Carey on repeat, some traditions slip through the cracks of this community’s common knowledge.  The followers of the Baháʼí faith, Unitarian Universalist church, pagan belief systems […]

When does the winter holiday season really begin?
November is here, seasonal holidays are near and so is the end of this year
Emily Pearce

It’s a smudged line where the holidays really begin. Corporations start distributing Halloween gear in early August while Valentines candies seem to come right after New Year’s. But it’s Thanksgiving and Christmas where the matter truly becomes controversial.