Hi everyone! I'm writing a story where two characters from the UK go on a trip (separately) over the Christmas holidays to Nassau and meet each other. I have never been to Nassau myself, especially not during the holidays, and I just wanted to know what sorts of decorating people there do. Both in public spaces as well as in hotels/resorts. I've ( Read more... )

Hi guys,

I've recently been looking into the educational systems and holiday customs of different countries for something I've been working on for awhile. Background and setting under the cut:

( Questions and links to things I've found as well as background. )

Hi guys,

I have a Mexican-American MC who was born and raised on the East Coast (U.S.) but visits her grandparents who came from Mexico (who are currently living in the American southwest) every Christmas between the ages of 5-11 years old. Time period is mid-to-late 90s through mid-2000s.

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I found this link too late to be of any help with an earlier post but it might help for future reference.

http:// www.travelandleisure.com /articles/ americas-best-christmas-markets

Cities listed are:

NYC**
There are two listed in NYC: Union Square and Bryant Park
Washington, D.C.
Bethlehem, PA
Chicago
San Francisco
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I'm asking for a friend. She needs traditional Christmas decorations, in any European country, other than the ornaments in a Christmas tree. Ideally, something that is specific for just one country/culture, with a (somewhat) traceable history. (Or at least a timeline ( Read more... )

I've just realized that my Canadian was showing when I was writing.

The character is an American (specifically Georgia) university student home for Thanksgiving and then I realize just how different Canadian Thanksgiving might be from how American's celebrate it. I think it's mostly the Thursday thing that's confusing me seeing as ours is not only ( Read more... )

Christmas, 1893, London.

Searched "victorian housekeeper christmas" "victorian servants christmas" "victorian servants jobs", and again with "19th C" or "1890s" in place of "victorian". Also I did various book searches with the parameters set to pre 1920, "presents for the servants" "presents for the housekeeper" etc.

I have a recently widowed middle ( Read more... )

Seach terms: england+1943+christmas traditions (and any combination of the three)

My story this time around takes place in England, 1943 during the December holiday season.  It takes place in the Harry Potter universe, so I might have a little bit of leway(?) with this.  Mainly, I want to know what people would have done around this time (with war ( Read more... )

I'm working on a story that features Christmas around 1776 in the family of a French general. He's about 50 at that point and has no particular noble title - I'd think he's a younger son of a provincial noble. He's well-connected though: his wife is a lady-in-waiting to Marie-Antoinette and may be higher-born than he is, while he himself was at ( Read more... )