Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
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| Kissing Under the Mistletoe -What Was That About? |
| The thought of mistletoe has lodged itself in my brain and having some spare time this afternoon, I decided to see what I could find out about the tradition of kissing beneath a few sprigs. |
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| Faith & Spirituality |
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| Ghosts & Things That Go Bump in the Night |
| Among those who believe in ghosts and apparitions, it is believed that as much as ninety percent of all reported phenomena can be explained through natural causes or fraud. Those that cannot be otherwise accounted for are not necessarily considered to be the ghosts of the deceased, however. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| Matryoshka – Interesting Facts about Russian Nesting Dolls |
| Russian nesting dolls, more accurately termed matryoshka, are not the old Russian relics we think they are despite being one of the most recognizable features of Russian folk art. Roughly a century old, the art of the matryoshka has become a universal symbol of Russia. |
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| History & Genealogy |
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| The Spanish Inquisition |
| The Spanish Inquisition was one of numerous Inquisitions which took place between the 12th and 19th centuries. The Inquisitions were a series of tribunals by the Catholic Church and monarchs of the Catholic countries of the time. |
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