The ‘egg’ part of ‘eggnog’ is obvious. The ‘nog’ is a little more mysterious—possibly involving noggins and/or grog.

CHRISTMAS
“Last Christmas” is now the centerpiece of a growing holiday tradition based around ... not listening to it.
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.
In 1989, the HBO anthology series 'Tales From the Crypt' resurrected a killer idea: a homicidal Kris Kringle.
YouTube has countless cozy fireplace videos. But how many of them boast 100 fun facts?
Frankincense and myrrh are a fragrant part of traditional Christmas celebrations, but what exactly are these pebble-like perfumes?
If you want to avoid bad luck this holiday season, don't give knives, hankies, or peacock feathers, but do give coal.
In this 11-minute video, woodworker Frank Howarth makes what he calls an “inside-out Christmas ornament,” complete with a mini-Christmas tree inside.
Peek behind the curtains of ‘The Nutcracker,’ Tchaikovsky’s famous Yuletide ballet.
Rudolph is famous for standing out, but his red nose blends into this holiday-themed brainteaser.
Buddy the Elf tops his spaghetti with syrup, marshmallows, and Pop-Tarts. You can, too.
From ‘Friends’ and ‘The Golden Girls’ to ‘Harry Potter’ and 'Star Wars,’ the best pop culture Christmas ornaments can work for every kind of fandom.
The tradition of giving misbehaving children lumps of coal predates the Santa Claus we know and love today.