The night of December 22 is the longest of the year, lasting 14 hours and 29 minutes. On that day the Sun will reach the point in its annual orbit called the “Winter Solstice“, when the winter season officially begins. Calendar-wise, the Winter Solstice currently falls between December 20 and 23, although the last time …
The house was unnaturally warm. There was something special about the atmosphere.We spent the winter in a cold house. We had no heating to save money.Cold house, always warm hearts. I never complained as a kid about the cold. And there would come those 15 magical days. The Christmas days when your wishes could come …
If there is one time of the year when the house should have beautiful and sweet smells, it is Christmas! I followed Stelios Parliaros’ recipe for melomakarona to make melomakarona and make the house smell like Christmas! What are Greek Melomakarona? I copy from Wikipedia’s Melomakarono. “The melomakarono (Greek: μελομακάρονο plural: μελομακάρονα, melomakarona) is an …
