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Category Archives: Holidays

No Extra Day in February This Year!

Simply Romance Posted on February 28, 2023 by Alina K. FieldFebruary 12, 2023

This year isn’t a Leap Year. But since my Leap Day novella, A Leap Into Love, is on sale for just a few more days, I thought I’d reprise this post from 2016, a year when February did have 29 … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | Tagged Gregorian Calendar, historical romance, Leap Day, Leap Year, Washington's Birthday | Leave a reply

An Isolated Holy Week

Simply Romance Posted on April 7, 2020 by Alina K. FieldApril 7, 2020

A Holy Week of Holidays Holy Week was not meant to be celebrated with social distancing! This week culminates in the most important holiday of my faith tradition, Easter. Passover, an important holiday for one branch of my family, also … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | Tagged Easter, Holy Week, Passover

A Quiet St. Patrick’s Day–Spend it Reading!!!

Simply Romance Posted on March 17, 2020 by Alina K. FieldMarch 16, 2020

We’ll none of us forget St. Patrick’s Day, 2020, no matter where in the world we’re celebrating–or not celebrating! At my house, we’ll be cooking corned beef and cabbage and hoisting a cold beer, counting our blessings that we’re, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | Tagged Anne Cleeland, Doyle & Acton Mysteries, Irish heroines, St. Patrick's Day, The Viscount's Seduction

Christmas in Merry Old Regency England

Simply Romance Posted on December 21, 2015 by Alina K. FieldMay 28, 2017

I’m posting a day earlier than usual because my week is filling up quickly with all the Christmas things I’ve left until the last minute–baking, shopping, wrapping! I’ve gone through my files for some oldie-but-goodie guest posts from a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, history, Holidays, Uncategorized | Tagged pantomime, Regency Christmas, TRS Parties

More Holiday Cheer, and First Kisses

Simply Romance Posted on December 15, 2015 by Alina K. FieldDecember 13, 2015

Santa has finally made a holiday appearance at my house! This is my “Hoo-hoo-hoo” holiday Santa, presented to me by my daughter when she was a first-grader. I hang it up every year to remind her I love her–and to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas anthology, Holidays, romance fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged Alanna Lucas, Christmas reads, fiction, holiday, Linnea Alexis, Lyndi Lamont, romance, Soul Mate Publishing

Braving the Holidays

Simply Romance Posted on December 8, 2015 by Alina K. FieldDecember 6, 2015

The holidays can be a time of great fun, but if, like me, you’ve lost someone around this time, or confronted unreasonable expectations and clashing relatives, or agonized over your budget, holidays can feel like an ordeal. Sometimes the troubles … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas reading, Holidays, JoyFm.org, San Bernardino shooting

Chocolate Conquers the Old World

Simply Romance Posted on July 8, 2014 by Alina K. FieldJuly 8, 2014

Several years ago I read somewhere about an order of Mexican nuns who became so besotted with chocolate that they neglected their work, their works of charity, and worst of all, their prayer life. Morning, noon, and night, life revolved around making and … Continue reading →

Posted in chocolate, Holidays, Uncategorized | Tagged chocolate, Cortes, history

Memorial Day: Celebrating Unconditional Love

Simply Romance Posted on May 26, 2014 by Alina K. FieldMay 26, 2014

Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a day set aside to honor those fallen in our country’s wars, and those who served and are now gone. Some romance authors have built whole careers on wounded heroes returning from battles ranging from Waterloo … Continue reading →

Posted in heroes, history, Holidays, Uncategorized | Tagged heroes, history, Memorial Day, Veterans

Oh, Tannenbaum

Simply Romance Posted on December 17, 2013 by Alina K. FieldDecember 15, 2013

In preparation for some guest blogs, I’ve been reading up on Christmas traditions in Regency England. Turns out, the Regency observances of the holiday were quite a bit more subdued than those of the Victorian era. One glaring omission of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Holidays | Tagged Christmas trees, history

Halloween in Regency England

Simply Romance Posted on October 29, 2013 by Alina K. FieldOctober 26, 2013

The Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow Ah but this is a deceptive title for this week’s post. Regency stories abound with tales of masked balls and costumed Vauxhall romps, but I’ve never read any that included trick-or-treating, or apple-bobbing, or ghostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Holidays, Regency, research, Uncategorized | Tagged All Saints Day, fiction, Guy Fawkes, Halloween, history, Regency, romance, Samhain, Sleepy Hollow
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