Black Cake Makes Christmas In The Caribbean Sweet And Delicious
Merry Christmas! On this day of giving, you deserve a treat: a holiday favorite in Caribbean countries known as black cake.
Santa Claus, North Pole, Alaska
In Alaska, Santa Claus is a person of local news.
At Christmas In Iceland, It’s All About The Books
In Iceland, book lovers take part in Jólabókaflóð , which means "the Christmas flood of books." And they're not exaggerating.
This year’s cookies
Each year I bake up a few cookies for our neighbors, so I can try out a few recipes and also make up for being socially awkward the rest of the year.
A 24/7 Diner Chain Gave Its Workers Christmas Day Off, Then It Had To Figure Out How To Close
Today in 1988, a report in the New York Times noted that restaurant chain Denny's was shutting its doors for Christmas Day, only to run into a little hiccup around those doors.
Poinsettias Have Gone By A Whole Lot Of Names Over Time
Cuetlaxochitl, flor de Noche Buena, poinsettia, estrella federal… here’s the story of a plant with a lot of names.
The Advent Calendar Turns The Month Of December Into A Christmas Countdown
If you’re doing an Advent calendar this month, you’re just over halfway finished opening up those little windows to see what’s inside. So let’s open up a few windows into where they came from.
For Over A Century, Kids Have Been Writing Amazing And Sometimes Bewildering Letters To Santa
Kids in the US have been writing letters to Santa for well over a century. Those letters are a fascinating, hilarious and sometimes jaw-dropping window into our own history.
Charlie Brown Is A Blockhead, But He Did Star In A Great Christmas Special
Today in 1965, CBS broadcast “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” It's one of the iconic TV holiday specials today, but pretty much everyone who put the TV special together thought it was going to be a failure.
Babbo Natale, The Yule Goat and The World’s Many Christmas Gift Givers
Santa Claus may be the man with the bag in the US today, but in other parts of the world there are some very different gift givers. We'll ride with a few of them to celebrate the many ways people celebrate December 25. Merry Christmas!