Republished by Blog Post PromoterFaberge eggs used to only come out at Easter time but that has changed now that they are such a collector’s item. My mother loves them and one of the …

When I became a mom, I wondered when Macey would start to understand and anticipate holidays. I wondered when she would start remembering holidays from one year to the next. I now have my answer. …

“Do the Chinese celebrate Christmas in China?” Well, the answer to that is yes and no. A growing number of Chinese, especially young urbanites, celebrate some version of Christmas in China, but the central part of the holiday – the religious celebration of Christ’s birth – is not typically acknowledged nor even known because less than 5% of the 1.3 billion people living in China identify as Christian.

Christmas is nearly here; for those of us with children from the “hard places” , the holidays are approached with a mix of hope and trepidation.  We know that Christmas may be a delightful day …

With the holiday season upon us comes the sobering realization that after the first of the year we’ll all be poorer and fatter.  If that weren’t enough, tax season will be looming in the not …

We, at Grown in My Heart, came up with a fabulous toy list….It was one that included all of the toys your kids would want. It had the culture toys, the new trendy toys, the …

On Saturday night, people across Asia will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival or 中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié) in Mandarin. This holiday always occurs during the Autumnal Equinox, so people often refer to it as the Moon Festival, since the moon appears bigger, brighter and closer to earth at this time of year than at any other.

May 8th is Parent’s Day (어버이 날) in South Korea. The Korean’s celebrate the parent’s as a whole, instead of a separate day for mother’s and father’s. The children make paper carnations for the parents, who wear them that day. The children also get a gift for their parents. The children also sing a song to the parents.

Children’s Day is always on May 5th every year and every child in Korea can tell you about Children’s Day. While no gifts are given during the Lotus Lantern Festival, gifts and fun are the hallmarks of Children’s Day. Korea even went so far as making the day a National Holiday so that parents would have the day free to indulge the whims and wants of their offspring by taking them to amusement parks, movies, parks, zoos, and other places that draw the excited laughter of youth.

The Lotus Lantern Festival is the week long celebration of Buddha’s birthday. Today, Buddha would be or is depending on how you look at it 2,553 years old. The Lotus Lantern Festival begins with some religious ceremonies and a Lantern Parade on the first night of the festival.