The unique holiday was founded in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw and took place at the Exploratorium a San Francisco-based interactive science museum. Every March...

Costa Rica

March 8 is International Women’s Day 2022

Mary Ann Stark - March 8, 2022

Women have been around since the time of Eve yet we still find a need to call for equality. The world still considers it...

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Costa Rica’s Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it

The Tico Times - February 13, 2022

There appear to be two schools of thought when it comes to Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it. Those of the older generation...

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Valentine’s in Costa Rica: Beware of Armed Cherubs

Mitzi Stark - February 12, 2022

Hearts, candy, flowers, mood music and that chubby-cheeked cherub in a loincloth – you guessed it. Valentine's Day is coming. Romance makes for strange bedfellows,...

Holidays

Merry Christmas!

Alberto Font - December 25, 2021

Wishing you a wonderful holiday!

Arts and Culture

A Christmas story we weren’t meant to hear

The Tico Times - December 24, 2021

Christmas one hundred and seven years ago meant Christmas trees with real candles, women in long skirts and petticoats, and men with waxed mustaches...

Arts and Culture

An Age Old Christmas Tradition: Making tamales in Costa Rica

The Tico Times - December 23, 2021

Doña Flor Arguedas, 71, has been making tamales since she was 22. That was the year she got married. Her new mother-in-law told her,...

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Thanksgiving in Costa Rica was a long time coming

The Tico Times - November 25, 2021

In this #TBT piece, we looked back on days of turkey scarcity.

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How do different cultures celebrate Thanksgiving?

Steven Hodel - November 17, 2021

It’s not all about turkey and dressing, and pilgrims and Indians. The U.S. Thanksgiving arguably may be the world’s bestknown such holiday, but plenty...