Sing Favorite Christmas Carols on “Go Caroling Day”

Attention: December 20th is Go Caroling Day!  You have now been officially notified. With knowledge comes responsibility. You are obligated to sing Christmas carols! Christmas carols have been in existence for thousands of years and were commonly sung for Winter Solstice, hence the December 20th date. Going door-to-door through the neighborhood singing as a group […]

Christmas in Norway: An Intriguing Trifecta of Angels, Trolls and Gnomes

In the early days, Christmas in Norway was hardly more than a festival that marked the transition from winter to spring. But there was good reason to celebrate: the northern portion of the country, called “the land of the midnight sun,” had been shrouded  in complete darkness. So when the mugs of juleol (beer) clinked […]