How did a religious celebration turn into a holiday that is all about home, family, and Christmas dinner? Turns out Charles Dickens has a lot to do with it.

We should acknowledge the connection between cuts as bodily violence and cuts as violent ways of making art.

For most of the Jewish world, Hanukkah is a minor holiday. What happened in America?

The beloved and prolific children's literature author Avi was born on December 23, 1937.

Poinsettias were named for the first US diplomat to Mexico. The flower was more successful than he was. How it went from Aztec dye to Christmas decoration.

Women finally broke into the sciences in sex-segregated jobs in the years between 1880 and 1910.

Seventy-four years ago today, lawmakers passed an amendment to the U.S. Flag Code.

Recently, Netflix brought us the Gilmore Girls revival–Rory, Lorelei, and Emily 10 years on, able to “end” the show as its creator intended.

2016 was certainly an unstable time in history. Even the way we use language to convey our collective fears about the state of society seems fractured.

The winter solstice Festival of Poseidon was epic.