The Sonoma-Kaniv Sister City Committee is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a Sock Hop/Spaghetti Feed. Tickets are $40/person or $70/couple and can be purchased here:
This event takes place on Saturday/14 February 2026 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Sonoma Valley Women’s Club/574 1st Street East., Sonoma. Enjoy great food and […]
Sonoma Sister Cities Association (SSCA) is seeking individuals to apply for two key roles on the SSCA board of directors.
First is a new membership chair to sit on the volunteer-led SSCA board of directors and to guide membership recruitment and retention. The second is a new Board secretary responsible for minutes and document maintenance.
“Membership is […]
Click the link below to see the list of upcoming French holidays for 2026:
Click this link for a list of the major holidays in Egypt for 2026.
Editor’s Note: This content comes from Hungary Today/12.25.2025. Click here for the whole article.
(Editor’s Note: Since 2023, Ukraine now follows the western tradition of celebrating Christmas on December 25th, although some individual churches may still observe the holiday according to the Julian calendar.)
UKRAINIAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS
In former times, on Christmas Eve the head of a Ukrainian household would go out to the barn to give food to the cattle […]
Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, 17 February 2026. and will usher in the Year of the Horse.
(Editor’s Note: The following description comes from the Visit Mexico website.)
The Monumental Nativity Scene of Pátzcuaro, a one of a kind work at the national level, is made up of more than 26 pieces, some of which reach up to five meters in height. It is located in the Vasco de Quiroga Square, in […]
Kaeti Bailie, chair of the Sonoma-Kaniv Sister City Committee, has shared a letter of thanks from Mayor Renkas. Thanks to community donations, the Committee was able to wire $24,000 to our counterpart in Kaniv for much needed infrastructure repairs of schools and other buildings which have been damaged by Russian missile attacks. In addition to […]
by Maria Matson
Italian Christmas celebrations start on December 8 with the L’Immacolata Concezione, or the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and last until January 6. One of the most important ways of celebrating Christmas in Italy is the presepe, Nativity scene, or crèche. It is put out on December 8, but baby Jesus isn’t put […]
