Sunday 5 April Easter Sunday around the world
The Easter Bunny is now an established part of the Easter traditions. In Europe and America, the Easter Bunny visits the garden of children leaving chocolate eggs and treats for the children to find on Easter Egg hunts.
Rabbits and hares don't have any direct connection to any Christian tradition and it is interesting to note that the pagan goddess, Ostara was always traditionally accompanied by a hare.
19 steps to getting your elderly parents to the most tame events
DO you sometimes have to ensure your elderly parents attend a family event, keep a doctor’s appointment or simply come to visit? Here is the painful process step-by-step.
1. Have they remembered they’re going? No. Your inward groans begin.
2. Discussion of weather. Yes, it could rain on the way to your car at the top of their drive.
19 steps to getting your elderly parents to the most tame events
DO you sometimes have to ensure your elderly parents attend a family event, keep a doctor’s appointment or simply come to visit? Here is the painful process step-by-step.
1. Have they remembered they’re going? No. Your inward groans begin.
2. Discussion of weather. Yes, it could rain on the way to your car at the top of their drive. And gloves would be wise.
Restaurants, the theatre, an intensive care ward: Six places I have every right to take my dog
MORE and more places are welcoming dogs these days, but society still has a long way to go. Here are just six of the places I should obviously be allowed to take my gorgeous little fur baby.
Saturday 4 April Chungmyung Day in North Korea
Chungmyung Day falls on one of the 24 divisions of the year and represents the sky clearing up for spring.
Traditionally the day is spent tidying up graves and doing home repairs that could not be done during the winter months.
It takes place on the same date as the Ching Ming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) in China which also shares rituals about ancestor worship.
Saturday 4 April Chungmyung Day in North Korea
Chungmyung Day falls on one of the 24 divisions of the year and represents the sky clearing up for spring.
Traditionally the day is spent tidying up graves and doing home repairs that could not be done during the winter months.
It takes place on the same date as the Ching Ming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day) in China which also shares rituals about ancestor worship.
Restaurants, the theatre, an intensive care ward: Six places I have every right to take my dog
MORE and more places are welcoming dogs these days, but society still has a long way to go. Here are just six of the places I should obviously be allowed to take my gorgeous little fur baby.
Restaurants
Dogs are social creatures and they love to eat, so really a restaurant is the perfect place for them.
Friday 3 April Good Friday around the world
At first glance, it seems a strange name for a day that marked such a terrible event as a crucifixion, but when we look at the origin of the name it becomes clearer... or it would if there was one origin that people could agree on.
#GoodFriday #history #holiday #OccasionalDigest
Thursday 2 April Malvinas Day in Argentina
The Malvinas Islands are probably better known in the English-speaking world by their British name, the Falklands.
The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's fallen soldiers in the Falklands War, which began with the Argentine occupation of the Islands on April 2nd 1982.
Five things that happen the second you enter London, by your terrified mum
LONDON is the most dangerous place in the country according to your mother who last visited in 1981 for the Royal Wedding. This is what she thinks happens there:
Your phone will get stolen
Every resident of London has their phone stolen by youths on e-bikes at least five times a day. It’s in the Mail.
