Holidays + Seasons

Looking for ways to make this Valentine's Day special with your family? We've rounded up some family-friendly Valentine's Day events in Birmingham, happening throughout the month of February. You'll find special activities around town as well as links to...

“Happy New Year!” That phrase produces a variety of emotions and feelings even as I type it. Celebrating a New Year should be a good thing, right? A year of possibilities. New starts. New goals. New resolutions. However, when I...

Wow, has it been a year?! I feel like I have been saying that every year since the pandemic started; it really put a lot of things into perspective. This was the first year post-pandemic that things started to...

As this year draws to a close, I realized that I didn’t do anything “big” this year. In the past, I’ve shared exciting milestones like getting married, graduating college, buying a house, and having a baby. I know that...

Christmas has always been my absolute favorite. My whole life long, I’ve looked forward to this time of year. That excitement in the air and those joyful feelings haven’t changed since becoming an adult and a mom. However, over...

Our house is rarely quiet, if ever, but here I sit in silence. The tiny, white lights from the Christmas tree making me almost drunk with their simplicity and the hazy halo they cast on the entire room.  This tree. I...

I was introduced to Kwanzaa as a sixth grader in the mid-90s. It was in Ms. Hammond’s classroom I first learned of the Ngozu Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa. I remember being curious and intrigued about the holiday...

I’ve always loved learning about unique cultural traits or variations on how other countries celebrate holidays. After college, I had the opportunity to spend a few weeks working as a waitress at my friend Michaela’s family pub in Bannockburn,...

Like many others, Christmas is my favorite holiday. I thought I loved it as a kid, but man, do I LOVE it as an adult! It has been so fun for our family to create our own traditions over...

I love the holidays. I love gathering with people to celebrate, and I realize the vast majority of the population feels the same way. So that commonality makes us friends, right? And friends tell one another the hard things,...