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What are St. Basil’s Day and St. Nicholas Day?
Christmas Surprise introduces readers briefly to St. Basil’s Day and St. Nicholas Day, holidays celebrated in the Economos family. For St. Basil’s, we eat the traditional vasilopita, a bread with a coin baked…
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What is St. Lucia’s Day?
My Norwegian ancestors arrived in the Midwest in the 1840s and while we are no longer Norwegian when it comes to other traditions, we continue celebrating St. Lucia’s Day. – Chapter 2, Christmas…