Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) is coming up – it’s the Year of the Dragon.
Legends and lucky symbols of the New Year, videos of San Francisco and Bangkok, children’s books, fun food to celebrate the holiday.
Celebrate Lunar New Year
Mele Kalikimaka – from Honolulu
Mele Kalikimaka – Merry Christmas – from Honolulu.
December in Honolulu is a delightful holiday season – Honolulu City Lights, seasonal craft workshops and children’s activities, live music outdoors.
Hinamatsuri – Doll Festival Girl’s Day Japan
March 3 is Hinamatsuri (Hina Matsuri), also called Doll Festival or Girl’s Day, celebrated in Japan. Find out about the holiday, gorgeous Hina dolls, tsurushi bina decorations, and fun food, with recipe to cook at home.
Read more…Holiday Cooking Around the World
Cooking with kids in December is especially fun – so many treats and sweets from around the world.
Find recipes for piparkakut from Finland, Mexican hot chocolate, latkes for Hanukkah, Swedish saffron buns, and spice cookies which our family decorates on Christmas Eve.
It’s Apple Season in Sebastopol!
This weekend we took a trip to Sonoma County– it’s the beginning of apple season, starting in August with Gravenstein apples. At Luther Burbank Experiment Farm kids can watch apples made into juice, then taste apple juice “fresh off the press.”
Read more…Summer in San Francisco: Free & fun for kids
This summer, San Francisco offers a variety of fun things to do with kids, all free,
Listen to world music, watch circus, theater and dance performances, walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, explore two museums about ships and the Gold Rush, take a walk around Land’s End Coastal Trail.
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