HOLIDAYS

10 Badass Moms Who Deserve Their Own Holidays

Most moms should get a medal. These women deserve more.

The Many Meanings of May Day

What is May Day? It means many things to many people, from pagans to factory workers to troubled boaters.

Happy Ṥmigus-Dyngus Day!

Show your crush you care on Ṥmigus-Dyngus Day. Splash them with water and spank them with pussy willow reeds.

Why Isn't Fish Considered Meat During Lent?

Why do Catholics swap Big Macs for Filet-O-Fish during Lent? According to Saint Thomas Aquinas, the meat/fish divide boiled down to sex, simplicity, and farts.

The Easter Bunny: An Unauthorized Biography

The Easter Bunny is a beloved springtime character, but look deeper and you’ll realize nobody gives away that much chocolate unless they’re hiding something.

14 Fun Pinterest Easter Alternatives

Tired of giving your kids the same green plastic shreds and dead-eyed chocolate bunnies every Easter? Pinterest has some creative alternatives for you.

7 Artifacts (Supposedly) Connected to St. Patrick

Here are seven objects linked—in one way or another—to the life and ministry of Ireland’s Patron Saint.

10 Musicians With Official "Days" Named After Them

Happy Kurt Cobain Day to the residents of Aberdeen, Washington.

11 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate In February

Sure, Valentine's Day gets all the commercial airtime and drugstore aisle displays come February, but we've rounded up plenty of other quirky holidays to celebrate on the other 27 days.

10 Literary Holidays

Bibliophiles know there's no wrong time to fete your favorite book or author. But if you want company—at least among a certain subset of the population—in your celebration, plan a party for one of these delightful literary holidays.

Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!

Here are nine ways you can celebrate.

6 Not-So-Jolly Christmas Carols

There are some Christmas songs that don't get a lot of attention because they're dark, even by non-holiday song standards.

9 Old-School Holiday Decorations

Are any of these still stashed in your parents' attic?

The Trial to Decide Who Wrote "A Visit From St. Nicholas"

When “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” better known to many as “'Twas the Night Before Christmas,” was first published in New York’s Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1893, there was no author attached to it. Even though it became an instant classic, it wasn't unt

Penguin Randomhouse (book cover), James Mato (background)

10 Things You Might Not Know About A Christmas Carol

Don't be a Scrooge—read up on these fascinating facts about Charles Dickens's classic novella, 'A Christmas Carol.'

The Mysterious Case of Santa Claus's Leaking Bones

The body of St. Nicholas—the man Santa Claus is based on—resides in Bari, Italy. The church claims that the bones of the saint are secreting a sweet-smelling water called manna.

10 Attempts to Thwart Christmas Tree Thieves

Cindy Lou Who proved that being cute won't stop the Grinch from stealing your Christmas tree. Luckily, Santa's posse has other strategies up their fuzzy red sleeves.

Remembering 11 Classic Holiday Commercials

Looking for a bright and colorful gift to put under the tree? How about 200 Lucky Strike cigarettes?

How the Führer Stole Christmas

Christmastime in Nazi Germany.

No, Ben Franklin Didn’t Want a Turkey on the Great Seal

13 Fascinating Facts About Bees

Sure, you know that bees pollinate our crops and give us honey. But there's so much more to these buzzing insects than that.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A child stands by the latrines."

5 Reasons World Toilet Day is Awesome

The Top 13 Haunted Houses in the U.S.

Hauntworld.com has scoured the country for the scariest and weirdest haunted houses from coast to coast. Here are the attractions they've deemed most likely to make you pee your pants.