Reading Over the Weekend: Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two by D.L. Finn

Reading over the weekend with Patricia Furstenberg

Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend with D.L. Finn’s Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two, an exciting set of stories where Christmas magic is found not in glitter and tinsel, but in the quiet places where grief, loneliness, love, and hope meet.

Some books ask to be analysed. Others ask to be noticed. And then there are those that make you pause halfway through a page and say, I want to remember that.

12/09/202624/08/2026

Reading Over the Weekend: Fifteen First Times by D.G. Kaye

Welcome to Reading Over the Weekend about that first kiss. First heartbreak. First driving lesson. First European adventure. First real Christmas tree – in Fifteen First Times by witty D.G. Kaye

Some books ask to be analysed. Others ask to be noticed. And then there are those that make you pause halfway through a page and say, I want to remember that.

01/12/202529/11/2025

Your Christmas Gift, an Unique Advent Calendar of Romanian Winter Legends, Snow Songs & Feast

Oldest Christmas Carol. Wise Men and Infant Jesus in Manger

Between 1 and 25 December enjoy on my blog, all free on this page, my Christmas gift: an Advent Calendar of riddles leading you to Romanian winter legends, first snow songs, and recipes to a seasonal dish to feast on! May your Christmas be Merry and your winter full of peace!

05/12/202414/04/2025

The History of Christmas Trees in 9 Merry Short Stories

A fir sprig adorned ancient Rome or Dacian blouses; candles on fir trees recalled Christ's star; behind closed doors Christmas traditions endured Communist times.

Explore the history of Christmas trees through nine short stories and let’s be merry time traveling from ancient Rome and Dacia to the Druids and Saint Boniface, through medieval Germany and the Baltic Renaissance. Follow the journey under the glow of Martin Luther’s candles, which also adorned royal Christmas trees, and even hear whispers of those hidden under Romania’s Communist regime. Let us celebrate light and birth on one of the longest and most magical nights of the year.

01/12/202301/12/2023

Whimsical Winter & Folklore of Romania, an Advent Calendar

cozonac traditional Easter, Christmas desert from Romania

Enjoy this advent calendar inspired by whimsical winter traditions from the folklore of Romania. I hope that you will return each day until Christmas Eve to open another door, for a new surprise.