Links between holiday traditions and pagan culture are well established - and occasionally celebrated - but there are also a ...

Although St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is a celebration of the “Emerald Isle’s” patron saint, the truth is that the ...

Valentine’s Day is always celebrated on Feb. 14. One popular legend claims Valentine was a priest who secretly married couples after Roman Emperor Claudius II banned marriage for soldiers. Another ...

Discover whether Christmas has pagan origins and its true meaning.

Fat Tuesday is just over a week away, marking the final — and biggest — day of the Mardi Gras season. While the holiday is most closely associated with New Orleans, Mardi Gras has deep historical ...

Valentine's Day is celebrated annually on February 14. The holiday is named after one or more Christian martyrs named St. Valentine. It may have origins in the ancient Roman pagan festival of ...

Nollaig na mBan is an old tradition from the country's south that modern women have turned into a day to celebrate their labor during the holidays. Nollaig na mBan—otherwise known as "Women’s ...

The Midwest finds itself being pummeled by a cold and windy bomb cyclone moving through the area as this week begins, but the arrival of genuine winter weather will unfortunately serve to frost over ...

The calendar may still say December 2025, but Disneyland is already making plans for the Christmas 2026 season with a familiar holiday lineup of parades, fireworks and live music with some new food ...

Stocks are mostly flat in quiet trading on Friday as investors return from the Christmas holiday. The session falls within the Santa Claus Rally, a historically strong seven-day stretch for stocks ...