For millennia, humans around the world have celebrated the new year hoping it brings health, wealth, and success. More often than not, these festivities revolve around some symbolic food—like long ...

How is Hanukkah celebrated? Learn the history of the most common Hanukkah traditions that make up the Festival of Lights. But what exactly are these Hanukkah traditions? Whether you’re Jewish or ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the December 7 edition of Sunday Life.See all 13 stories. I love Christmas. Not in a “midnight Mass, stained glass ...

From Estonia to Antarctica, this once-pagan symbol has taken on many strange forms. In December 1848, an illustration showed Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their children admiring a Christmas tree ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the December 7 edition of Sunday Life.See all 13 stories. As the carol says: “It’s beginning to look a lot like ...

There are some UK Christmas traditions that people from the US might not recognize. Every Christmas, British families watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire ...

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These seven global traditions show a different side to the season; one that's more communal, more reflective and far less materialistic. If you're feeling like the real meaning of Christmas got buried ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...