Starting A New Tradition

 My heritage is Latvian. Latvia is a very small country on the Baltic sea, a country rich with history and traditions. My parents fled during WW2 and made a new life in Australia. I was born in Australia, but didn't actually speak English until I was three.


Latvian food, of course, was a big part of my childhood and Christams Eve was when we had our main Christmas meal. We'd sit around