Found a great blog by Latvian-American Liene Kukainis. It’s called “Femme au foyer” which translates to “woman at the hearth.” For the past several years Liene has been putting together a list of posts each December each having something to do with a Baltic Christmas. Here are the postings to-date for 2018 as well as the previous posts from 2014–2017. Each of the rows in the lists below are hyperlinks to the corresponding post on her blog.
2018 posts
- Baltic Christmas Day 24 – Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
- Baltic Christmas Day 23 – Kalėdinė and the Magic Harmonica
- Baltic Christmas Day 22 – Debesmannā! (Latvian cranberry mouse)
- Baltic Christmas Day 21 – Winter Solstice!
- Baltic Christmas Day 20 – Tāle’s Sunshine Coast Black Balsam
- Baltic Christmas Day 19 – Black Currant Liqueur
- Baltic Christmas Day 18 – Krupnikas!
- Baltic Christmas Day 17 – Cranberry Sparks (or dzērveņu dzirksteles)!
- Baltic Christmas Day 16 – The Kūčios vs. Ziemassvētki table
- Baltic Christmas Day 15 – A Lantern
- Baltic Christmas Day 14 – An ode to verivorstid
- Baltic Christmas Day 13 – Dec. 21: Lighten Up
- Baltic Christmas Day 12 – On the pitfalls of buying a carp for Christmas
- Baltic Christmas Day 11 – [what I ate] Yule edition
- Baltic Christmas Day 10 – The Infinite Manifestations of Home
- Baltic Christmas Day 9 – a crafty snow day
- Baltic Christmas Day 8 – On fairies, miniature mushrooms and Estonian Christmas!
- Baltic Christmas Day 7 – Baltic Inspiration!
- Baltic Christmas Day 6 – Vegan blood sausage
- Baltic Christmas Day 5 – Sauerkraut, 2 ways!
- Baltic Christmas Day 4 – The Gift Guide
- Baltic Christmas Day 3 – Baltic Holiday Checklist
- Baltic Christmas Day 2 – The Holiday Markets
- Welcome back to 24 Days of a Baltic Christmas!
2017 posts
- Baltic Christmas Day 24 – Merry Christmas!
- Baltic Christmas Day 23 – Baltic Santas Rock Rockville
- Baltic Christmas Day 22 – Stay Tuned
- Baltic Christmas Day 21 – Pīrāgi, Piparkūkas and Wine in Seattle
- Baltic Christmas Day 20 – Latvian Mittens Warm NYC holidays
- Baltic Christmas Day 19 – High on Christmas
- Baltic Christmas Day 18 – A Window to a Latvian Christmas
- Baltic Christmas Day 17 – Memories of puzuri, then and now
- Baltic Christmas Day 16 – A Cup of Coffee in Vilnius
- Baltic Christmas Day 15 – NY Latvian Concert Choir
- Baltic Christmas Day 14 – The Looting of Ancient Latvian Burial Sites
- Baltic Christmas Day 13 – Kanēļmaizītes
- Baltic Christmas Day 12 – Mini Lapel Mittens
- Baltic Christmas Day 11 – A Beginner’s Guide to Galerts
- Baltic Christmas Day 10 – The Peace Light from Bethlehem
- Baltic Christmas Day 9 – Christmastime Animal Stories and Superstitions…
- Baltic Christmas Day 8 – A Baltic Christmas in Britain
- Baltic Christmas Day 7 – Kūčios, the Longest Night
- Baltic Christmas Day 6 – Jarmarka at the Art Academy of Latvia
- Baltic Christmas Day 5 – Christmas Gifts Available directly from the Baltics
- Baltic Christmas Day 4 – ImantaDimanta and Friends
- Baltic Christmas Day 3 – A pig’s head for a winter solstice dinner
- Baltic Christmas Day 2 – The Holiday Markets
- Baltic Christmas Day 1 – A giveaway!
2016 posts
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 24, Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus!
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 23, Five links for Friday
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 22 and vecmammas svecītes
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 21 and Alexander torte
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 20, the Vilnius Christmas market
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 19, Christmas with the ancestors
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 18, the Riga Christmas maret
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 17, pelēkie zirņi with bacon
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 16 and the winter solstice
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 15 and a cup of good cheer
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 14, Making Žagarėliai with Teta
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 13 and Porzingingis stumps Santa
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 12, a Mixed-up Estonian melting pot Christmas
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 11 and the search for a Christmas tree
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 10, Tell me a story
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 9 and a southern piparkūka
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 8 and Latvian honey torte
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 7, the gift guide
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 6, Lithuanian pre-Christian rituals
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 5, a Baltic Christmas at the MSI in Chicago
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 4 Lithuanians in ATL, world’s busiest airport
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 3 and the Seattle bazaar
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 2 and the Christmas bazaar
- Yet Another Baltic Christmas – Day 1
2015 posts
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 24 and ice lanterns
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 23 and a stick tree
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 22, winter solstice
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 21 and the first Christmas tree
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 20, auseklis!
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 19 and two winter drinks
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 18 and mistletoe
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 17 and the Mitten
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 16, Estonian barley bread and carrot soup
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 15 and clay impressions
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 14, PĪRĀGI, PĪRĀGI !!
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 13 and the pine cone elves
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 12 and felt acorns
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 11 and stick ornaments
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 10, ginger and white chocolate cookies
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 9, the ice mandala
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 8, God’s eyes
- Another Baltic Christmas – Orange you glad it’s Day 7 ?
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 6, Pehme piparkook
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 5 and the Christmas bazaar
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 4, puzuri for kids
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 3, BalticShop gift guide and giveaway
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 2, Advent
- Another Baltic Christmas – Day 1
2014 posts
- A Baltic Christmas Day 24 – Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus !
- A Baltic Christmas Day 23 – The Tallinn and Rīga Christmas markets
- A Baltic Christmas Day 22 – Lithuanian Christmas Eve biscuits – kučiukai
- A Baltic Christmas Day 21 – AUSEKLIS, AUSEKLIS – everywhere
- A Baltic Christmas Day 20 – Lithuanian Christmas cards
- A Baltic Christmas Day 19 – Christmas at Kalnciems (or troll shoes, hemp and homemade honeycake)
- A Baltic Christmas Day 18 – Latvian Christmas Music
- A Baltic Christmas Day 17 – Kūčia
- A Baltic Christmas Day 16 – PUZURIS – An enchanting little decoration
- A Baltic Christmas Day 15 – Holiday crafts
- A Baltic Christmas Day 14 – Latvian Christmas ornaments
- A Baltic Christmas Day 13 – Deep fried rabbit ear cookies
- A Baltic Christmas Day 12: We’re not singing the same song, but we are
- A Baltic Christmas Day 11 – Sweet memories of Christmas Time
- A Baltic Christmas Day 10 – Kūčios: The Connection between the Dead and the Living
- A Baltic Christmas Day 9 – Latvian Christmas Cards
- A Baltic Christmas Day 8 – Estonian Christmas, Past and Present
- A Baltic Christmas Day 7 – Christmas, how it was, how it will be
- A Baltic Christmas Day 6 – the gift guide
- A Baltic Christmas Day 5 – Piparkūkas!
- A Baltic Christmas Day 4 – Čigāni
- A Baltic Christmas Day 3 – Our Christmas snowballs…
- A Baltic Christmas Day 2 – The Not-So-Jolly Fat Man of Latvian Christmas
- A Baltic Christmas Day 1 – Advent