What do British expats miss from home?
With Christmas approaching, I asked my fellow Brits in the Just Landed office what they were most looking forward to when they went home for the holidays. Ever heard that our food is bad?...
Tagged: Christmas
Christmas traditions you never knew about
Japan First off, Christmas is not a religiously observed festival in Japan, nor is 25th December a national holiday. But thanks to a wildly popular advertising campaign during the 1970s, Christmas dinner has become...
8 out of 10 expats prefer to spend Christmas with pets than in-laws
Big family Christmases are fun, but they’re also stressful. For expats that stress is increased by trying to find festive flights with a decent luggage allowance, or alternatively, finding space for the whole extended...
World festivals in November and December
In our second festivals installment, we look at some of the global festivals leading up to the new year. We start with November, and the very English celebration of Guy Fawkes, 407 years after...
