Festivals

Festivals

An event, usually staged by a local community, which usually focusses on and celebrates a unique aspect, custom or tradition of that community.

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manger

Festivals; Christmas

A trough or box used to hold food for stable animals. Also used as the crib for Jesus as a baby.

mistletoe

Festivals; Christmas

A semi-parasitic plant that grows on certain types of trees, typified by the sticky substance surrounding the seed which helps it to attach to a potential host when excreted by ...

mulled wine

Festivals; Christmas

A hot spiced red wine beverage drunk during winter, especially as part of Christmas celebrations.

myrrh

Festivals; Christmas

An extract from the Commiphora Myrrha tree, used in ancient times in anointing and embalming oils and more recently as an anti-microbial agent. Myrrh was one of the gifts brought ...

nativity

Festivals; Christmas

That moment of birth when the infant takes its first breath and so begins the process of self maintenance of bodily functions. In Christmas terms, Nativity refers to the birth of ...

north pole

Festivals; Christmas

The northernmost point on the planet, and also the magnetic pole that attracts the north pole of a magnet. More importantly of course, the North Pole is the mythical home of santa ...