Category: Holidays

History Timeline: March 17

History Timeline: March 17 Day 77 – St.Patrick’s Day 1521  Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines 1762 …

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History Timeline: March 10

History Timeline: March 10 1624  England declares war on Spain 1910  China abolishes slavery 1945  American B-29…

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History Timeline: February 29

History Timeline: February 29 Leap Day  

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Happy Hour #2206 Christmas Island

Happy Hour #2206 Christmas Island In the old days, they started playing Christmas music in December, then…

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Happy Hour #2204 Halloween Special

Happy Hour #2204 Halloween Special Grab a Black Magic Cocktail and explore some samples of Hulaween via Exotica,…

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New Year’s Day Lentils

Lentils In many cultures, its good luck to eat lentils, especially on New Year’s Day.  The reason…

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Venezuelan Christmas Roll

Enrollado de Carne Navideño (Venezuelan Christmas Meatloaf) This is a Venezuelan Christmas tradition. My wife first spoke…

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Christmas Eve Fish Dinner

Christmas Eve Fish Dinner (Feast of the 7 Fish) The best part about being Italian, or being…

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Christmas Old Fashioned

Christmas Old Fashioned I first developed this cocktail for Ultraswank.net back in 2014.  Ultraswank celebrates mid century…

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Christmas Island Martini

Christmas Island Martini I first developed this cocktail for Ultraswank.net back in 2014.  Ultraswank celebrates mid century…

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