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• Valentine’s Day Customs
  Posted February 3, 2012 by Kristi Young

  When we think about Valentine’s Day, we often think about romantic love. However, it is also a time for families to show their love for each other. Jillisa Cranmer shared this with Laurel Batchelor: The week before Valentine’s Day, well actually on the 1st of February, we would all pull names out of a hat. [...]

• Christmas Customs
  Posted December 8, 2011 by Kristi Young

  Christmas is a magical time and Christmas customs are part of the magic. Every family has traditions that guide their observance of the season. One of the times that has customs that make it special is Christmas Eve. Our Customs Index outlines fun things that families do on that day. Many eat special foods on [...]

• Halloween
  Posted October 12, 2011 by Kristi Young

  Halloween is a great time for children. While of course the actual trick-or-treating is the highlight, there are many other activities that children enjoy. One family uses their Family Home Evening the Monday before Halloween to carve pumpkins. Another uses Family Home Evening as a time for each member of the family to tell a scary [...]

• Special Collections’ Wycliffite Bible manuscript
  Posted October 3, 2011 by Maggie Kopp

  One of the more unique Bible manuscripts held by Special Collections is this copy of the Wycliffite New Testament.  It is currently on display in the exhibit “The Life and Legacy of the King James Bible.”  Special Collections’ Wycliffite New Testament was copied in a cursive script by a man named Richard Robinson around the [...]

• Engagements
  Posted July 6, 2011 by Kristi Young

  With the coming of summer, engagements and weddings abound. Naturally at BYU there are customs to mark the excitement of an engagement. The groom-to-be is automatically out several dollars as he treats his beloved’s roommates to a steak dinner. (FA14  1.1.3.1.1) The bride-to-be escapes with a lighter hit in the wallet. She needs to only [...]

• Tales of the Alhambra
  Posted January 26, 2009 by Maggie Kopp

  Recently, I took a holiday in Spain. One of the stops in my travels was Granada, home of the Alhambra, a palace and fortress complex built by southern Spain’s Moorish rulers during the middle ages. The palaces and gardens are considered the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Europe. As I toured the Alhambra, I [...]