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January 1st marks new year’s day across the globe! Happy New Year from your inthevendee.com team! We wish you good fortune, good health, and lots of travel, good food and culture.

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Fête de la Chandeleur ! The name Chandeleur comes from the Latin candelorum festum, which means festival of candles and in the English language, it’s known as Candlemas. Traditionally it’s celebrated by eating crêpes or pancakes. Who’s making crêpes today? Share your images in our Facebook Group

The Feast of Saint Valentin was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496AD to be celebrated on February 14 in honor of Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in 269AD. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the celebration became associated with romantic love when notions of courtly love flourished, possibly by association with the “lovebirds” of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending valentines (greeting cards). Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include a heart, doves, and a winged Cupid with bow and arrow. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have disappeared in favor of mass-produced greeting cards.

The Allied powers signed a ceasefire agreement with Germany at Compiégne, France, at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, bringing the war now known as World War I to a close. … Between the world wars, November 11 was commemorated as Armistice Day in the United States, Great Britain, and France.

Happy Christmas from your inthevendee.com team. How are you celebrating this day? Let us know in our Facebook Group

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January 1st marks new year’s day across the globe! Happy New Year from your inthevendee.com team! We wish you good fortune, good health, and lots of travel, good food and culture.

This is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY – shops are closed

Fête de la Chandeleur ! The name Chandeleur comes from the Latin candelorum festum, which means festival of candles and in the English language, it’s known as Candlemas. Traditionally it’s celebrated by eating crêpes or pancakes. Who’s making crêpes today? Share your images in our Facebook Group

The Feast of Saint Valentin was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496AD to be celebrated on February 14 in honor of Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in 269AD. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the celebration became associated with romantic love when notions of courtly love flourished, possibly by association with the “lovebirds” of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending valentines (greeting cards). Valentine’s Day symbols that are used today include a heart, doves, and a winged Cupid with bow and arrow. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have disappeared in favor of mass-produced greeting cards.

The Allied powers signed a ceasefire agreement with Germany at Compiégne, France, at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, bringing the war now known as World War I to a close. … Between the world wars, November 11 was commemorated as Armistice Day in the United States, Great Britain, and France.

Happy Christmas from your inthevendee.com team. How are you celebrating this day? Let us know in our Facebook Group

This is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY – ALL SHOPS ARE CLOSED

January 1st marks new year’s day across the globe! Happy New Year from your inthevendee.com team! We wish you good fortune, good health, and lots of travel, good food and culture.

This is a PUBLIC HOLIDAY – shops are closed