Tropical Zone Gardening: It's the season to be jolly... so there's no... without..., 1 by goofybulb

goofybulb wrote:
Hey, Mimi! We grew up in difficult times. Both my grandmothers lived to see better times. But Christmas was always a time for forgetting all the bad things around.
I'm happy to be here, I am lucky to have met you too! Each year I miss our little Christmas things, and my family more than any time in the year.

Something Carol said made me realize this: it's amazing how every winter celebration (even the non-winter ones, actually), in any belief, involves fire! Any culture in this wide world uses fire in their celebrations. It's also logical, maybe? since it was one of the greatest discoveries?

In some rural areas in Romania is still a custom to light fires on the hills, at the Winter Solstice.

I'll come back later on, with a recipe, I think!

Hugs,
Alexandra

(holiday time in Miami Beach, FL)