Shouldn't Easter be a fixed date on the calendar? Especially if Easter is meant to celebrate the day of Jesus' resurrection, shouldn't the date remain the same every year? So why does the date of Easter change every year? The modern-day calendar used throughout the Western World was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in AD 1582. It adapted and replaced the Julian calendar, which had been in use since the time of Julius Caesar. The Gregorian calendar accounts for a … [Read more...]
Fun Wedding Cake Ideas
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Upon arrival at the wedding reception, many guests head for the cake table so they can check out the cake. Some time later, the bride and groom come along for a picture opportunity and the grand cutting of the cake. Then everyone enjoys cake and it's gone. Believe it or not, there are many more activities that can make the wedding cake more about fun and less about tradition. Of course, watching the bride and groom push cake into each other's mouths is a long-enjoyed … [Read more...]
Fun, Family Thanksgiving Activities
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If you're hosting a family thanksgiving, you want to create a fun family environment that helps children understand the importance of Thanksgiving and is fun for adults as well. Since Thanksgiving comes just before Christmas, when shopping becomes the primary activity, games designed to remind people of the bounty in their lives is very helpful. For example, you might help children understand that while they don't have everything they want, they do have everything … [Read more...]
History of Some Christmas Traditions
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Christians celebrate Christmas to observe the birth of Jesus Christ, which is an event and not a tradition. But many other activities related to celebrating the Christmas season evolved from certain traditions, many of which are from other countries, particularly from peoples in Europe. Among common items used in Christmas decorations are the holly and the mistletoe. Both are used primarily in wreaths and garlands. The Druids started the tradition of using the … [Read more...]
Niko Tinbergen: Biologist of the 20th Century
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Niko Tinbergen was a Nobel Prize winner in physiology and medicine (1973), a zoologist who published what is considered the first handbook on ethology, a prisoner of the Nazi army in The Netherlands and later a lecturer of ethology at the Oxford University. Dr. Nikolass Tinbergen passed away on the 21st of December 1988 in Oxford, England. Nikolass or 'Niko', as he was popularly known, was born in The Hague in The Netherlands in 1907 as the third of the five children … [Read more...]
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