Category Archives: Holiday
Easter 2016

Right now in Costa Rica it’s warm and I’m enjoying a week-long break. Here they call it semana santa or “holy week,” but in English we’d usually call this time Easter break or Easter week. I’ve written a bit about Easter in the past (see here and here), but this time I wanted to share another article that I wrote for FluentU. It’s all about Easter...
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- March 23rd 2016
Saint Patrick’s Day 2016

Tomorrow, March 17th, is Saint Patrick’s Day! That’s an Irish holiday that is commonly celebrated in many English-speaking countries, but it’s also celebrated in other places around the world. I’ve written about the holiday before (here and here), but I still wanted to remind you about it because I think it’s a fun holiday. I also wanted to share a great link from FluentU, a...
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- March 16th 2016
Happy Easter!

Hello and Happy Easter! Today is Easter Sunday, a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world. It’s also a special day here in Costa Rica, but usually semana santa, the week before Easter, gets all the attention. I think that’s a bit strange, but I also understand that it’s different in different countries. I wasn’t really planning on doing a post, but then I heard...
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- April 5th 2015
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I don’t have too much to say today, except that I’m thankful for all of you who read and comment on this site. It’s good to know that some people out there think it’s useful. If you don’t live in the USA and you want to learn a bit more about Thanksgiving, I wrote about it in this post. I also found...
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- November 27th 2014
Good Friday and Easter

Hello! If you’re in Costa Rica like me, then you probably noticed that today is a holiday, and that basically all businesses are closed. That’s because it’s Good Friday. In Spanish, at least in Costa Rica, they call it viernes santo, and it’s part of semana santa. Today and Sunday are both holidays and holy days (if you want to learn more about the difference between holiday, holy day,...
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- April 19th 2014
St. Patrick's Day Again

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!Our cat Chubby, getting into the St. Patrick’s Day spirit. So today is actually a holiday in some English-speaking countries–it’s called St. Patrick’s Day, and it’s especially celebrated in Ireland and in the U.S. Here are two videos about the holiday: And here’s a short post I wrote last year. I like the holiday since it’s just a fun day where you...
Groundhog Day

Today there are three interesting things happening, so I’m going to write three short posts. This is the first one, about a minor but unique holiday in the US called “Groundhog Day.” This video does a much better job of explaining it than I could: Basically, there is a famous groundhog in Pennsylvania named Punxsutawney Phil (Punxsutawney is the name of the town where he...
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- English, Holiday
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- February 2nd 2014
Saint Patrick’s Day

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day! It’s a minor holiday in a few English-speaking countries, so I thought I would mention it. Saint Patrick was an Irish saint from hundreds of years ago. You can read more about him and the holiday here or watch some videos on this page. Saint Patrick’s Day is also a very popular holiday in the United States, since there were...
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- Culture, English, Holiday
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- March 17th 2013
Thanksgiving

A slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream. I made this last Thanksgiving. Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. It’s possibly my favorite holiday (read more about holidays in general here), but most people here in Costa Rica don’t know anything about it. So today let’s explore what the holiday is about! Many of these words –especially about foods– may be new or strange for...
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- November 22nd 2012
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