In days past, Christmas Eve in Heart’s Delight-Islington would ring with the singing of  their own special Christmas carols. The traditi...

Over the past year, I’ve met a couple times with the new heritage committee in Heart’s Delight-Islington, Trinity Bay. At our last meeting ,...

Courtesy of Yva Momatuik and John Eastcott, This Marvellous Terrible Place: Images of Newfoundland and Labrador (Camden East, Ontario: Ca...

Ron and Joan Keating. On October 23, 2017, as part of the Collective Memories project, I interviewed Joan Keating of St. John’s. Joan wa...

Coconut Lemon Crumble Bars. Photo courtesy Rock Recipes. This is the final post for the month of Christmas baking series. My freezer...

Photo courtesy Newfoundland.ws Fruitcake was a staple at Christmas time for my family. There was always a couple pieces in the freezer y...

Photo by Katie Harvey. The Christmas cookies I remember best from my childhood were affectionately nicknamed "Devil Bars" by ...

Photo courtesy Rock Recipes. December has begun, and Christmas is in the air. If you're anything like me, you've already starte...

Joy Fraser is Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of the Folklore Studies program at George Mason University in Fairfa...

How many people will have similar stockings hanging on the mantle for Christmas? This photo of a handmade knitted Christmas stockin...

Bruce Templeton’s journey with Santa has taken three phases so far. In 1978, he was asked to "play Santa." he was an actor. I...

The wren is just one of several Christmastime house-visiting traditions that continues here today. Typically, children or adults will visi...

Merry Christmas to you, one and all! The 2015 Mummers Festival got a lot of attention this year, and I wanted to pull some of the media co...

Larry Dohey, the local archivist who runs the fabulous Archival Moments blog, posted this photo today, from The Rooms Provincial Archiv...

It is going to be a busy three days! Buckle up, fans of folklore! Thursday, 12 December, 2013 12:30pm - Mummering Crosstalk on CBC Radio ...

Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives VA 73-8.4; John B. Bisbee dressed as Santa Claus. John B. Bisbee, medical student and theol...

Christmas is one of those times when people dig out their old photo scrapbooks and albums and remember the holidays of yesteryear. And we...

We sure are! This year promises to be the biggest and best Festival to date. We’ve got some exciting new events lined up and our much lo...

The poster above was one designed by Target Marketing for the 2011 Mummers Festival . It bears the caption "Terrifying and delight...

Here are some of the YouTube videos that have been put up from the Mummers Parade this past Saturday. If you know of more, email me at ich@h...