Category: Christmas

When is the 12th Night?

When is the 12th Night?

Once again we are faced with the task of taking all the decorations down. Which brings with it the usual question of, when? Maybe some of you have already moved everything away hoping for a better Christmas next year, but for those of you still surrounded by the trimmings, when should they officially come down? Each year we are faced with much debate about the correct day. According to the Christian view dating back to the 4th century, the end of Christmas is marked by the Eve of the Epiphany. Taking decorations down before then has long been seen as…

Read More Read More

Christmas Under Threat

Christmas Under Threat

Though Christmas is behind us for another year, you can still read this popular new Christmas book to discover whether Bodo’s Christmas was saved this year! Christmas is the most exciting and busiest time of the year. All the elves are hard at work making toys for Father Christmas, and Bodo the Chief Inventor Elf is desperately thinking up new ideas for this year’s special toys. He loves the work, but someone else isn’t quite so happy. Luka is jealous. He is sure he could invent much better toys than Bodo, so decides Bodo should be out of the way….

Read More Read More

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

The team at Crimson Cloak Publishing led by Carly McCracken and all our authors would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas! We want to thank you for all your interest and support throughout the year, and to hope you will maintain this for the coming year. We love to hear from you, so please let us know if there is anything you would specifically like to see in our future blogs! Thank you one and all, and Merry Christmas!

Jolabokaflod and Christmas Eve.

Jolabokaflod and Christmas Eve.

Every Christmas Eve, Icelandic people practice something called ‘jolabokaflod,’ which translates to ‘Christmas book flood. ‘ Jolabokaflod’ is pronounced Jola-boka-flod (with the ‘J’ sounding like the ‘Y’ in ‘yoghurt!)  The tradition  involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend a cozy night in curled up with a good story. Let’s set the scene. It’s Christmas Eve and after receiving a brand-new book from your family, you sit comfortably in your favourite chair close to a warm fire with chocolates to eat and a mug of hot cocoa to spend the rest of the…

Read More Read More

Traditions of Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe.

Traditions of Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe.

The Holly and the Ivy are as much a part of a traditional Christmas as are Christmas trees and presents. Both are very hardy plants, and an old belief was that if they could survive harsh winters, so could the households that displayed them. The holly was sacred to the Roman god, Saturn, and the Romans gave each other holly wreaths to deck their homes. Ivy was the plant most associated with the Roman God, Bacchus, who wore a crown of it to symbolize his immortality. Bacchus, the God of wine and frivolity, and his followers believed their crowns of…

Read More Read More

Christmas Under Threat

Christmas Under Threat

Available for the first time at Christmas by Lynne North and Jack Foster! Obviously Santa loves it already! Christmas is the most exciting and busiest time of the year. All the elves are hard at work making toys for Father Christmas, and Bodo the Chief Inventor Elf is desperately thinking up new ideas for this year’s special toys. He loves the work, but someone else isn’t quite so happy.Luka is jealous. He is sure he could invent much better toys than Bodo, so decides Bodo should be out of the way. But wouldn’t that spoil Christmas for everyone?Luka finds out…

Read More Read More

error

Enjoy this blog? Please spread the word :)