Chinese Zodiac-The Dragon 2024 Years of the Dragon 1904 16 Feb 1904 – 03 Feb 1905 1916 03 Feb 1916 – 22 Jan 1917 1928 23 Jan 1928 – 09 Feb 1929 1940 08 Feb 1940 – 26 Jan 1941 1952 27 Jan 1952 – 13 Feb 1953 1964 13 Feb 1964 – 01 Feb 1965 1976 31 Jan 1976 – 17 Feb 1977 1988 17 Feb 1988 – 05 Feb 1989 2000 05 Feb 2000 – 23 Jan 2001 2012 23 Jan 2012 – 09 Feb 2013 Feb 10, 2024 – Jan 28, 2025 Dragons are bursting with good…
According to legend, the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from Earth. Only 12 animals came to bid him farewell. As a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. First came the Rat, then the Ox, the Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. These animals represent the 12 signs we have today. The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. In 2024, Chinese New Year will begin on February 10th and will be the Year of the Dragon. Tied…
As we’re at the start of a new year when we will all have a Birthday, have you ever wondered where the tradition of Birthday cakes began? The word ‘cake’ is said to have been used as early as the 13th century, and to be derived from ‘kaka’- an Old Norse word. The word ‘Kaka nowadays is more likely to refer to the way you feel after eating far too much of the aforementioned Birthday cake. Birthday Cakes are naturally served to a person on his or her birthday. They are often decorated with the person’s name, and carry…
Wishing you a very happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at Crimson Cloak Publishing! Enjoy yourselves and look forward to all the best in 2024!
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….
Customs in celebration of the New Year take place the world over. Strangely enough in Europe, the New Year was celebrated in the past at different times varying from Christmas to March, and the official celebration on 1st January is comparatively new in the scheme of things. Until the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1752, the official New Year in Britain began in March! As far as the common people were concerned however, it has always been celebrated on 1st January. Many of the customs associated with this turning point combine the elements of death and rebirth. The…
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!
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…
Christmas only lasts one day, but let the love and good wishes it brings stay with you always.
In the northern latitudes, midwinter’s day has been an important time for celebration throughout the ages. The Winter Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun. On this shortest day of the year, and longest night, the sun is at its lowest and weakest; a pivotal turning point of the year from which the light will grow stronger and brighter. The Romans called it Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The seasonal significance of the Winter Solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of…
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