The Christmas season is a wonderful time of the year. From its European roots in the Winter solstice to the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, Christmas is celebrated all over the world in many different forms and fashions. Below is a list of Christmas traditions that reflect the special meaning that Christmas has for all […]
Labor Day is a U.S. national holiday held the first Monday every September. Unlike most U.S. holidays, it is a strange celebration without rituals, except for shopping and barbecuing. For most people, it simply marks the last weekend of summer and the start of the school year. The holiday’s founders in the late 1800senvisioned something […]
Set out to experience a destination in a unique way by joining its communities in celebrating their love for food, wine, new beginnings and everything in between. Through traditional clothing, spirited dances and sumptuous symbolic foods, World festivals educate spectators on a destination’s history and local culture for a deeply insightful experience, and some are […]
Celebrants World Wide ‘Ring In’ This New Year From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED lightshow at the world’s tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in Y 2018: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, has again served […]
Remembering 9/11 15 Years Later Fifteen years ago today, sitting at my desk, I received a call from a business associate, “have you got your TV on?” he asked. I did not, so I turned it on to see a commercial airline fly directly into 1 of the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, it […]
