HOLIDAYS

Aldi Unveils Its Advent Calendars for 2024

Aldi’s shoppers, rejoice! The store’s 2024 Advent calendars are coming soon.

Why Is Cranberry Sauce Canned Upside Down?

Whether you love canned cranberry sauce or hate it, the way it’s packaged is pretty brilliant.

Quite a way to cut down on time in the kitchen this Thanksgiving.

ALDI Is Selling a Thanksgiving Feast in Potato Chip Form

We now have a stuffing-flavored potato chip thanks to ALDI.

The 5 Most Popular Thanksgiving Side Dishes in 2024

We all have our favorite Thanksgiving side dishes, but do other U.S. residents feel the same about them?

Maximize your PTO so you can catch up on your reading.

How to Maximize Your Vacation Days in 2025

Americans get an average of only 11 vacation days per year. Use them wisely.

Your Thanksgiving preparation can be smoother with Butterball’s “cook from frozen” turkey.

Crunched For Time? Butterball Has a New Turkey You Won’t Have to Thaw

Save some time and energy with Butterball’s new “cook from frozen” turkey.

Halloween is a thing again in Des Moines.

Des Moines, Iowa, Will Let Kids Trick or Treat on Halloween for the First Time Since 1938

Begging for candy on October 31 was banned after kids set one too many fires.

The Surprising History Behind 5 Popular Halloween Costumes

The origins of these classic costumes are probably not what you would expect.

Give your trick-or-treaters what they really want.

The Most Popular Halloween Candy By State, Mapped

Want to be the house everyone loves on Halloween? Hand out these popular candies.

On a ledge about a city, Houdini holds on with his chin in a scene from the film ‘The Grim Game.’

10 Historic Events That Happened on Halloween

From Harry Houdini’s strange death to a steamship disaster and “Monster Mash,” memorable historical events have happened—fittingly—on Halloween.

5 Tips for Carving a Pumpkin—And Not Injuring Yourself in the Process

Impaling your own hand while carving for your kids is not a good look. Here’s how to avoid it.

Bobbing for apples wasn’t even the worst of it.

5 Ways Halloween Used to be Terrible

Author A.J. Jacobs breaks down why you should be thankful you’re celebrating Halloween today and not in eras past.

Why Do We Go Trick-or-Treating on Halloween?

Historians link trick-or-treating to a few different ancestors, some old and some new.

You can do something good with unwanted Halloween candy this year.

Cash for Candy Will Pay You for Halloween Leftovers—and Then Send Them to Troops

Even candy corn.

The modern version does not include any flames.

The Fiery Halloween Tradition That Gave Us Bobbing for Apples

Bobbing for apples, though sometimes comparable to dunking your head in a cesspool of saliva, wasn’t always the kid-friendly activity we know today.

Don’t worry, these commercials are more silly than scary.

10 Classic Halloween-Themed Commercials

From loving tributes to the genuinely bizarre, here are some of our favorite Halloween commercials from decades past.

What’s the Origin of the Jack-O’-Lantern?

The first jack-o'-lanterns were made with turnips, not pumpkins.

Costumes are ok—as long as they’re safe and don’t stress your pet out.

5 Simple Tips for Keeping Your Pets Safe This Halloween

Yes, pet costumes are adorable. But they—along with candy and strangers at the door—can also be dangerous.

For some people, the “Countdown to Christmas” really is the most wonderful time of the year.

How Schmaltzy Hallmark Christmas Movies Came to Rule the Holiday Season

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 Surprising Origins of 5 Spooky Sayings

From ‘skeletons in the closet’ to ‘graveyard shift,’ here’s how five eerie idioms came to be.

September is prime apple picking season.

6 Ways to Celebrate the Autumnal Equinox

The autumnal equinox is September 22, 2024. Here's how people will celebrate the start of fall around the world.

10 of the Eeriest Halloween Hoaxes of All Time

Aliens in New Jersey. Ghosts in London. Satanic cults. Every Halloween brings a new round of panic thanks to hoaxers.

Why 7 Animals Became Associated With Halloween

Black cats, bats, and spiders commonly appear in people’s Halloween decorations. Here’s why.

Why Is September the Most Popular Birthday Month in the U.S.? People Have Theories

What September lacks in major holidays, it more than makes up for in birthday parties—here’s why that could be.

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