Oct 13 Seattle replaces Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ By Ayan Sheikh Just a week after Seattle’s City council unanimously approved replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day -- a holiday that will honor and celebrate the cultural contributions of Native Americans -- Mayor Ed Murray invited members of city council… Continue reading
Dec 18 Move over ‘O Holy Night,’ only half of Americans see Christmas as religious Christmas is a traditionally considered a Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but a recent study shows just over half of Americans see it as a religious holiday. Photo by Sebastien Nogier/AFP/Getty Images While the vast majority… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch the national Christmas tree lighting .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Watch President Obama and his… Continue reading
Nov 26 Cajun chefs cook up an insect-based Thanksgiving .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Perhaps butternut squash soup… Continue reading
Nov 06 Pour the egg nog but hold the rum: Index predicts a less vice-full holiday season By News Desk Photo by Flickr user Prettywar With the last of the discounted Halloween candy vanishing from retailers' shelves, it's now that time of year where some have already started to cue the Christmas music for holiday shoppers. But if you're… Continue reading
Oct 29 View the 11 creepiest objects in the Smithsonian collection this Halloween By News Desk History can be a bit creepy. The Smithsonian National Musuem of American History has curated "11 collection objects giving us the creeps this Halloween." We're not sure which is worse, the Victorian-era wreath made out of human hair, or… Continue reading
Oct 14 #ColumbusDay Working on Columbus Day? It depends on where you live http://t.co/EVszmCCSU0 http://t.co/3mXKMPMvH4 pic.twitter.com/vjR6MdOPQT— PewResearch FactTank (@FactTank) October 14, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 29 Happy National Coffee Day! David Lynch once said: "Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all." Whether or not you agree is another matter. But in the spirit of this day of national appreciation, we've mined our archives for… Continue reading
Sep 19 Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day, Matey! Shiver me timbers! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Wondering when this holiday came to be officially recognized on Google and beyond? According to the official Talk Like Pirate Day site, author Dave Barry mentioned the holiday… Continue reading
Sep 13 Curious when exactly Yom Kippur starts? You’re not alone Chart courtesy of Dan Oshinsky/Buzzfeed During Yom Kippur, Jews observe the holiday by fasting from sundown to sundown. According to Google trends, "sundown" is a very unclear time for most people. Buzzfeed's Dan Oshinsky and Sapna Maheshwari discovered… Continue reading