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December 28, 2025

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Leave the Old Behind. AND Jump! Into! The! New! Year!

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 28, 2025

Often, it is the little and simple things in life that give us immense joy and pleasure. As we grow up, sometimes these simple joys seem to...

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Labels: Happiness, Mental health, New Year, Winter

December 26, 2025

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No Christmas Goose This Year. Even Better, We’re Having Roladen

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 26, 2025

In previous posts ( Naughty or Nice - Memories of Advent Season in Northern Germany ) and ( Our Christmas Tree was Adorned with Real Candles...

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Labels: Christmas, Comfort Food, Germany, Recipes, Roladen, traditions, Travel, Winter

December 20, 2025

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Our Christmas Tree was Adorned with Real Candles - What Stress!

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 20, 2025

A Famous German Children's Book for Christmas When I was a little girl growing up in Northern Germany, my mother would read to my older ...

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Labels: Candle, Christmas, Christmas tree, Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann, Fire, Holidays, Matches, Poetry, stress, Struwwelpeter, Winter

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What is your Christmas Dinner Tradition?

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 20, 2025

Dear Reader, I originally wrote this post during the second "Covid" Christmas season, which proved to be yet another difficult tim...

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Labels: Christmas, Pouding Chômeur, Recipes, Roladen, Turkey Stuffing, Unemployment Cake, Winter

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Christmas Dinner Without Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage as a Side Dish - Unthinkable!

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 20, 2025

Did you know that the origins of the humble cabbage have been traced back to before 1000 BC, at which time this vegetable had already been ...

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Labels: Cabbage, Christmas, Comfort Food, Germany, Recipes, Winter

December 15, 2025

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Adventures in Mexico - A visit to Baja California during the Holidays

Up, out and away: Life, Travel and Adventure December 15, 2025

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, my husband and I spent Christmas in the bustling city of Tijuana . However, the 2020 Christmas season certa...

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Labels: Baja California, Christmas, Epiphany, Holidays, Mexico, Nativity, Nuestra Senora de Guadelupe, Parade, Posadas, Rosca de Rayes, Santa Claus, Thanksgiving, Tijuana Cultural Center, Travel, Turkey Day, Winter

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