Yule, celebrated during the winter solstice, is a time-honored festival marking the shortest day and the longest night of the year. This celebration, deeply rooted in ancient traditions ...

Where did they come from? Wonder no more. Here are the origins of 12 Christmas traditions. While there’s no official record of why we hang socks for Santa, one of the most plausible explanations ...

Each December brings the long-awaited Yule Log celebration. On a chilly Williamsburg night ... On the last day of classes in the spring, there are official and unofficial traditions galore. As each ...

The yuletide decorations are up ... One historian suggests the tradition was thought up by a “particularly lusty and inventive” British boy, whose trick spread around the country, then ...