Thursday, December 22, 2022

December 21st - was the December solistice and the first day of winter - planning your seasonal trips and outings

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  December 21st was the first day of winter and the solstice. What does that mean? For travellers, it means that in the UK the 21st is the s...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Notice The Hanukiah outside the synagogue, Waterloo Street, Singapore

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  Hanukiah outside the Synagogue, Waterloo Street, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. The lights on the nine branch candelabra are not lit...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Hanukah delights, the lights, the donuts, latkes, stars, spinning tops and songs

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 I was invited to a Hanukah dinner at a home. We researched online for shops selling kosher wine.  The shop we found, Grapevine in Hendon, o...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Make a travel hanukiah or a DIY menorah - plus Jewish Holiday crafts for kids and kosher wine gifts

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You can make a travel menorah from a lidded metal tin used for small sweets or breath mints. Inside you put ten metal bolts with large enoug...

Donuts To Celebrate Hanukah, the Festival of Lights, Celebrated By Jesus In the Second Temple

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What to expect - the lighting of the Hanukiah, eating donuts, or chocolate coins covered in gold foil, and hearing Hanukah songs and kletzme...

Christmas Crackers, Invented In London - see the monument to the inventor

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Christmas cracker at the Civil Service club. Photo by Angela Lansbury.   Angela Lansbury Christmas crackers, a feature of Christmas dinners ...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Book Page Folding. A Christmas, Valentine's Day Or I Love You Gift to make or buy - bought from a library room for hire in Harrow

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Look up how to fold a heart in a book, or paper folding book pages. You can find guides on YouTube. You need a book you don't want. What...