HOLIDAYS

How to Get a Free Holiday Drink at Starbucks for Your Friend This Week

You have until Monday to take advantage of the promotion.

Spiced goat cheese and pumpkin pie ice cream.

Thanksgiving-Inspired Ice Cream Line Includes Mashed Potato and Salted Caramel Turkey Flavors

Who says you can't have ice cream for dinner?

6 Historical Methods for Contacting the Dead (and Their Drawbacks)

Pick up the psychic telephone.

Most of these old Halloween supersitions are more trick than treat.

12 (Mostly) Spooky Halloween Superstitions

Here are a dozen folkloric tidbits from the 1903 Encyclopedia of Superstitions to get you in the Halloween mood.

Fright Fest: The Science Behind Why We Love to Be Scared

Take a deep dive into our darkest impulses to find out why humans love watching horror movies, enduring scream-worthy haunted houses, and otherwise getting scared out of our minds.

Artwork from the Moe's Tavern pop-up bar in Chicago

A Chicago Bar is Dressing Up as Moe's Tavern for Halloween

Down Duff Beer while complaining about Ned Flanders.

8 Ways Science Can Boost Your Halloween Fun

Embrace the supernatural, but don't let science fall by the wayside. Here are a few tips for using scientific principles to crush your Halloween festivities.

10 Creepy Candles to Get You in the Halloween Mood

They'll make your upcoming costume shindig extra festive—and fragrant, to boot.

Planning a Trip? These Are the Best Times to Beat the Crowds in Every Country

Of course, there may be a reason people don't go to Russia in the dead of winter.

10 Regional Twists on Trick-or-Treating

Here's what kids are saying door-to-door around the world this season.

10 Regional Twists on Trick-or-Treating

Here's what kids are saying door-to-door around the world this season.

8 Awesome Halloween Displays From Around the Country

Looking for some home decorating inspiration? Look no further.

Today is a Holiday in Honor of the World’s Most Remarkable Alphabet

Happy Hangul Day!

A woman at a Los Angeles Indigenous Peoples Day event.

10 Alternatives to Columbus Day Celebrated Around the United States

Around the United States, cities and local organizations are holding events in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, an alternative way to mark Columbus Day.

15 Things to Do With Pumpkins (Besides Carve Them)

If the idea of scooping out pumpkin guts bums you out, consider these alternative projects instead.

The Gooey History of the Fluffernutter Sandwich

The classic New England sandwich became popular as way to support the World War I effort at home, and has only grown in status since.

Why the Best Time to Book Your Thanksgiving Travel Is Right Now

Sorry, but it's not going to get any cheaper from here on out.

12 Things Called ‘French’ In English and Whether They're Actually French

Happy Bastille Day!

14 Revolutionary Facts About Bastille Day

On July 14, 1789, Parisian rebels stormed the Bastille prison. Its sudden fall kicked off the French revolution, an Earth-shaking event whose echoes we still feel today.

How Americans Celebrated Independence Day in 1777

Unofficially, the celebrations started just a year after the Declaration of Independence was actually ratified.

18 Vintage Photos of People Celebrating Independence Day

You'll likely spend July 4th grilling, drinking, and watching fireworks. Here's how people celebrated in years gone by.

By Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

The Tiny Town That’s Home to America’s Oldest July 4th Celebration

Bristol, Rhode Island covers only about 10 square miles of the country's terrain, but it's home to one of America's most storied Independence Day celebrations.

11 Things You Might Not Know About Eid Al-Fitr

More than 1 billion Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr this month.

11 Patriotic Products to Celebrate the Fourth of July

Independence Day is right around the corner, meaning it's time to stock up on patriotic products like American flag cornhole sets, stars and stripes cufflinks, and more.

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