10 Things You Might Not Know About Yom Kippur
On Yom Kippur, the second of the two Jewish High Holy Days, even the Torah gets a special white outfit.
On Yom Kippur, the second of the two Jewish High Holy Days, even the Torah gets a special white outfit.
Meowing nuns and exploding toads? Curiouser and curiouser!
How did a 15th-century voyager from what is now Italy get his own federal holiday? How do alternative celebrations of Columbus Day address the resistance of native cultures in North America? Let's take a look.
Clever Halloween costumes that make you think a minute and then laugh.
Photographer Larry Racioppo captured a variety of children's costumes as they roamed the streets in the mid-'70s. The results are a bit creepy, but ultimately endearing.
When you stop to think about it, many of our autumnal traditions—like scooping out pumpkin guts, asking strangers for candy, and wandering aimlessly through cornfields—are pretty bizarre.
Glad Fjerde Juli!
These eccentric Fourth of July parades might make you reconsider how you spend the Fourth.
In 1908, the same year that Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day, the first event for fathers was also held—though it was considerably sadder than today’s neckties-and-coffee mugs affair.
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Fruitcake has long been the holiday season’s favorite neon-dotted loaf, joke, and re-gift. Do you reach for seconds?
It won't happen again for another nine years.
There are a whole slew of everyday words in English that have origins in Irish and Gaelic.
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You might not find any Hallmark cards for these holidays, but they're well worth celebrating.
Celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day by getting to know these seven unusual species.
The bangs and booms of traditional fireworks can disrupt and upset animals and people alike.
Yes, there will be breadsticks!
Whether he's skinny, smoking, or sexy, see how Santa looked before he became the jolly, rotund elf we know today.
Happy holidays!
Yes, Virginia, Hallmark had a lot to do with it.