As the world prepares to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day—and all things Irish—here’s a look at some of the things that can only be found on the Emerald Isle. Halloween as a National Holiday? Think Halloween is a big deal in the U.S.? It’s bigg...
Holidays
Just Plain Weird Facts About the Presidents
It’s Presidents Day, a time to celebrate our nation’s former leaders…and to acknowledge that some of them were just as strange as the rest of us…if not stranger. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) ...had a bit of a stealing problem. When he visite...
Valentine's Day Around the World
Here in the U.S., we celebrate Valentine’s Day by exchanging heart-shaped pieces of paper, giving roses and chocolate, and professing our love. In other counties, they do it a little bit differently. South Korea In the place where the Olympics are...
The holidays aren’t over yet…they’re just getting started. Here are some quirky “celebrations” coming up this month. January 12: National Pharmacist Day First responders, emergency workers, and military personnel are heroes, sure, but phar...
Forgotten Festive Fads and Christmas Traditions
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the stockings hung by the chimney with care, a punch bowl full of eggnog, and the game where you slap your friends on their backside. That one, and many others, are once steadfast yuletide traditions that slowl...