7 Historical ‘Wars on Christmas’
Christmas has been canceled a fair number of times throughout history.
Christmas has been canceled a fair number of times throughout history.
The pop-up Halloween giant is hoping to become a force in the Christmas market.
The Hallmark Channel’s annual Countdown to Christmas kicks off every October. But the channel's reputation for producing feel-good holiday films began years before the annual event.
The meaning of ‘Bah, humbug!’ is a little more layered than what people normally attribute to Ebenezer Scrooge of ‘A Christmas Carol.’
Other momentous events have happened on December 25, like Washington crossing the Delaware and the birth of Jimmy Buffett.
Discover 10 of the best last-minute gifts to give this holiday season, including MasterClass, Nuuly, Blue Apron, and more.
You know Ralphie Parker’s plight by heart, but can you spot the many flubs in Bob Clark’s ‘A Christmas Story’?
Each December, "Baby, It’s Cold Outside"—a ’40s-era American standard that some modern listeners hear as a depiction of sexual misconduct—invites a barrage of controversies, radio bans, and think pieces.
The hardy plant’s ability to stay vibrant through the winter made it a natural choice for pre-Christian winter festivals, but why is holly now associated with Christmas?
These obscure Christmas songs from the early 20th century might become your new favorite carols.
Thirteen bearded wild men descend upon Icelandic homes to reward children who behave and punish those who don’t.
They look gourmet, but with help from a frozen ingredient chefs swear by, these cookies come together fast.
Père Fouettard, or “Father Whipper,” is a butcher whose favorite pastime is eating children. And hanging out with St. Nicholas.
Figgy pudding might be a fixture in Christmas carol lyrics, but you've probably never seen it in person. So just what is this British dish we've been singing about for all these years?
How many states opted for 'Elf' over 'A Christmas Story'? Did 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' get the shaft? Discover the topography of holiday movies here.
Stressed about what to give to mom this year? From fitness trackers to DNA testing kits, the best gifts for moms run the gamut, but they can help make her holiday season even more meaningful.
The ‘egg’ part of ‘eggnog’ is obvious. The ‘nog’ is a little more mysterious—possibly involving noggins and/or grog.
“Last Christmas” is now the centerpiece of a growing holiday tradition based around ... not listening to it.
Hershey's Kisses’s “Christmas Bells” is one of the longest-running Christmas commercials.
Dickens’s unprecedented celebrity made him the most popular novelist of his century—but the author of Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, and dozens of other works was more than just a writer.
Band Aid's charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" enlisted everyone from Sting to Bananarama, but its efforts to help the Ethiopian famine didn't go exactly as planned.
We celebrate the same holidays every year, but how much do we actually know about these annual traditions? And how much of what we think we know is actually true?
The original “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” implied that you’d never have a merry Christmas again.
These deleted scenes shed more light on Harry's motivations, Kevin's siblings' feelings, and more.