Christmas Archives

Being Culturally, Not Religiously, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim…

Here in Turkey, where I live, we are currently subject to weeknight curfews and weekend lockdowns. They began at the

December is finally here and I’m actually looking forward to Christmas which contradicts how I generally feel about Christmas. For

When you live in a country that doesn’t officially celebrate Christmas, people are bound to interpret the holiday in both

My favorite American holidays have always been the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. I like them best because they don’t

The other day, while browsing Alibaba’s Tmall, the online giant’s popular virtual shopping center, I happened upon a Christmas item

People are always bewildered when I tell them that I don’t like celebrating Christmas. The exact reasons are less than

When I had first met my husband, I knew that sharing our cultural traditions would be memorable. We came from