HOLIDAYS

Starbucks Unveils a New Symbolic Cup Design for the Holidays

It features more than 100 faces drawn in one continuous line.

8 Ways to Commemorate the U.S. Virgin Islands' Transfer Day (Wherever You Are in the World)

Presented by U.S. Virgin Islands.

How a Person Who Poisoned Bottles of Tylenol Almost Killed Halloween

In 1982, communities across the country banned trick-or-treating after someone added cyanide to capsules of Tylenol.

7 Boo-zy Beers to Drink This Halloween

Zombies, devils, and monsters dominate these scary brews.

Samhain is traditionally a night of fire and feasts.

6 Facts About Samhain

Long before we stuffed ourselves with candy and donned Halloween costumes, the Celtic people celebrated an ancient harvest festival called Samhain.

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13 Fiendish Etymologies for Halloween Monsters

On Halloween, witches and werewolves, ghosts and ghouls, and demons and devils stalk the streets for tricks or treats. But the real tricks and treats—at least for the horror-loving word nerds among us—might just be the strange and far-flung origins of the

Teal Pumpkins Make Halloween Safer for Kids With Allergies

For kids with food allergies and their parents, trick-or-treating can be the scariest part of Halloween.

11 Fun Halloween Projects (Beyond Jack O'Lanterns) You Can Do With Your Kids

There's a lot of fun to be had between carving the pumpkin and trick-or-treating!

10 Things You Might Not Know About Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, the second of the two Jewish High Holy Days, even the Torah gets a special white outfit.

11 Curious Events That Really Happened

Meowing nuns and exploding toads? Curiouser and curiouser!

10 Questions About Columbus Day

How did a 15th-century voyager from what is now Italy get his own federal holiday? How do alternative celebrations of Columbus Day address the resistance of native cultures in North America? Let's take a look.

12 More Punny Halloween Costumes

Clever Halloween costumes that make you think a minute and then laugh.

15 Halloween Costumes From the 1970s

Photographer Larry Racioppo captured a variety of children's costumes as they roamed the streets in the mid-'70s. The results are a bit creepy, but ultimately endearing.

The Origins of 25 Fall Traditions

When you stop to think about it, many of our autumnal traditions—like scooping out pumpkin guts, asking strangers for candy, and wandering aimlessly through cornfields—are pretty bizarre.

This Country Hosts the Biggest Fourth of July Celebration Outside the U.S.

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7 Weird, Offbeat Fourth of July Parades

These eccentric Fourth of July parades might make you reconsider how you spend the Fourth.

Why Father's Day Was 58 Years in the Making

In 1908, the same year that Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day, the first event for fathers was also held—though it was considerably sadder than today’s neckties-and-coffee mugs affair.