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When you’ve been celebrating a holiday one way your entire life, it’s easy to assume that’s the way it’s celebrated everywhere—but things are a bit different across the pond.

Know what you’re talking about when you sing “troll the ancient Yuletide carol.”

Gingerbread cookies are a classic for a reason.

From gingerbread to peppermint cookies, these are the treats people are looking up around the holidays.

Based on the classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg, the movie follows a young Santa Claus skeptic on a magical train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, and Danny Kaye in ‘White Christmas.’

With Bing Crosby’s star power and Michael Curtiz directing, ‘White Christmas’ overcame early struggles to become a holiday classic.

Don't believe everything you've been told about lightning.

From the color of snow to the shape of rainbows, weather breeds a lot of misconceptions.

Cut through the half-truths and urban legends to find out more about Friday the 13th, allegedly the unluckiest day on the calendar.

Being surrounded by nature is fantastic.

Get in touch with nature in California, Texas, or Arizona.

This time of year, it's hard not to feel the good joy and cheer.

Some states across the U.S. are more likely to get into the holiday spirit than others, but areas like Utah and Massachusetts really outshine all the rest.

Max Schreck stars in the original ‘Nosferatu’ (1922).

The 1922 German silent film shamelessly plagiarized Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula.’ But if ‘Nosferatu’ had never been made, the vampire genre so embedded in pop culture might never have taken off.

Carved from rock in modern-day Jordan, Petra prospered for centuries under Nabataean and Roman rule. This dazzling settlement is now one of the region’s greatest attractions.

'Winter Garden Cottage' by Louise McHugh.

Elms Puzzles experts can help you take your puzzle game to the next level.

The Lord of Misrule overlooking Christmas revelry.

These lost festive traditions are no longer part of modern Christmas celebrations.

The pineal gland is located in the center of the brain.

René Descartes once described the pineal gland as “the principal seat of the soul.” Medical knowledge has vastly progressed since his time, though. Here’s what we know about this critical organ.

More than 75 years after it premiered, the holiday classic can still make a believer out of anyone.

Over the course of his illustrious career, George Michael gave the world many gifts. One that keeps on giving is “Last Christmas,” the 1984 holiday classic by Wham!, Michael's pop duo with Andrew Ridgeley.

A bonfire is a common way to celebrate the season.

For millennia, people have celebrated the longest night of the year with these Yule traditions.

Here’s how Jesmyn Ward’s award-winning novel about Hurricane Katrina came to be.

A doctor checks a young girl for swollen tonsils.

You might think they’re unnecessary, because so many people have had their tonsils removed—but tonsils actually serve an important role in your immune system.