London, Ontario, CANADA – With hectic school assignments and extracurriculars, I rarely have a...
Category - Holidays
Understanding Lunar New Year
Red packets that adults put money in for younger family members. (Lianna Ng/YJI) What is Lunar Year...
Australia Day needs a new date so everyone there can celebrate
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA – The national day of the land Down Under, Australia Day, commemorates the day...
Istanbul’s quiet New Year
ISTANBUL – As another year passed, Turkey had its New Year celebration, but it was different this...
Finding hope at the dawn of a new year
DUBLIN – With hand sanitizer, social distancing, covid-19, George Floyd, President-Elect Joe Biden...
Simbang Gabi in the time of covid
Spring, TEXAS – Every year in December, I look forward to my family’s long list of Christmas...
Christmas joy, even in a pandemic
Milford, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Christmas is always a special time of year. Here in Milford...
The best Christmas present is hope for next year
DUBLIN – 2020 was the strangest of years. When the clock strikes midnight next Thursday night, I...