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This year we continue to bring
you more of your favorites: tried-and-true traditional recipes, cross-cultural
anecdotes, beautiful photographs of snow and lights in Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia, and ideas on how to bring the Baltics into your home this holiday
season. From the mystery that is melnais
balzāms and krupnikas, to curated
lists of Baltic products and websites… easy to make crafts that resonate with
the Balt in each of us, to heartfelt reflections on what it means to be a
member of the tight-knit Baltic communities across the world… Kūčios menu items to a closer look at verivorstid, Estonian blood sausage… We
have worked hard to find interesting aspects of the Baltic holidays to share
with you this December.
For a second year, we are also
on Facebook. The 24 Days of a Baltic Christmas Facebook page features not only
the posts from the series, but also Baltic holiday photos, recipes, articles
and other links to help you find inspiration and magic in the coming month. For
those of you on Twitter and Instagram, please consider following me
(@FemmeFoyer) and using #24DaysofaBalticChristmas when tagging your Baltic holiday
photos. You can also follow the 24 Days of a Baltic Christmas board on pinterest, where you’ll find recipes, crafts and other inspirational pins to
help count down the days until Christmas. And
as always, you may sign up for the posts to be delivered directly to your
inbox. (Look for the box on the right hand side that says 'follow by email,’
enter your email address and click ‘submit’!)
Hosting the 24 Days of a Baltic
Christmas is a sirds lieta for me – a
thing of the heart. The contributors do not receive payment, and you will see
no advertisements on the site other than the occasional sponsored link. If you
enjoy reading the series, I can suggest supporting the writers, artists,
musicians and bloggers by ‘following’ their social media accounts, visiting
their virtual markets, and sharing things you enjoy with friends. As our
audience grows, we endeavor to maintain quality content, and supporting 24 Days
of a Baltic Christmas contributors is an easy way to do it.
It's December again, already! The run up to the holidays has definitely started in this Latvian home - dozens of pīrāgi, pounds and pounds of piparkūku dough, puzuri sorted, repaired, replaced, trees decorated at the Museum of Science and Industry, the Cook County Assessor's Office! Today - baking piparkūkas with volunteers and students at our Latvian School, and decorating the traditional tree for our church... FULL SPEED AHEAD!
ReplyDeleteYour enthusiasm is contagious! Lett's make the advent wreath, plan for the miera gaisma no Betlēmes, start the krupnikas, and get to baking those piparkūkas!!!
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