Yule is also a time for gathering with loved ones and sharing a festive meal. Traditional foods include roasted meats, root ...

Halloween traditions are pretty heavily borrowed from Samhain (sow-win), which was celebrated Oct. 31-Nov. 1 by the ancient ...

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The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...

During other key Pagan holidays like Yule (winter solstice), Ostara (spring equinox), and Litha (midsummer solstice), Salem’s Witch House, the only standing structure in town with direct ties to the ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

Yule logs can mean different things for different people. For some, yule logs mean warm, crackling fireplaces. For others, they bring to mind sweet, chocolate cakes. Either way, the Christmas icon in ...

(CNN) — Perhaps you’ve seen the viral YouTube clip of the Hollywood actress Alicia Vikander explaining to talk show host Jimmy Kimmel what Swedish Midsummer is all about (she even taught him the ...

Halloween, celebrated every October 31, is a popular day in the US known for costumes, trick-or-treating, and spooky ...

From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.

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