Celebrating St. Nicholas Day is a wonderful opportunity to spread holiday joy and cheer in your neighborhood. The Story of St. Nicholas The traditional Advent feast day, which occurs on December 6th, remembers St. Nicholas who was the Bishop of Myra (near the southern coast of Turkey) in the fourth century. His parents died when he was young, leaving Nicholas…
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The Best Black-Eyed Pea Recipe
Kitchens throughout the south, and elsewhere I suppose, will feature black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Long associated with bringing good luck for the coming year, black-eyed peas are a culinary must on January 1st. I’ve choked back one or two symbolic peas for as long as I remember on the first day of each new year. I’m not really…
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