My parents were determined to keep our family close-knit. My father and his twin brother married sisters, and the two couples made a pact early in life to live no ...

The Year of the Snake begins on Jan. 29. It’s the first time Lunar New Year is a legislatively recognized (though unpaid) holiday in Washington state. Here's what to know about it.

The Hamburg count began in 1965, and the Bernville count was instituted in 1985. And it was also befitting that on Christmas ...

At midnight on Christmas Eve too, farm animals were believed to ... divination customs that were practised at Halloween. One tradition is that a "cake" of mud or clay was made and candles named ...

Steeped in symbolism and centuries-old traditions, it represents unity ... becoming a key dish in the Christmas Eve meal, known as Sviata Vecheria. This meal traditionally consists of 12 dishes ...

is a modern take on the tradition, but doing so used to be normal practice in the medieval period.” The decorations, which were traditionally put up on Christmas Eve, used to stay out until ...

Pippa goes to a musical and Georgie celebrates New Year with a new firey tradition. Hello and welcome ... I had gone to stay with my family for Christmas as per usual. And on Christmas Day ...

it's now considered bad luck to leave your Christmas decorations up past Jan. 6, but that tradition once applied to Feb. 2. In the 1648 verse Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve, English poet Robert ...

As Advent was a time of fasting for Catholics, fish was eaten (hake was popular on Christmas Eve) and Midnight Mass attended at the local church. According to tradition, the Christmas candle is ...

You can even watch A Muppet Christmas Carol every day until Christmas Eve. Winter ice skating is ... we've got you covered in the Christmas Traditions section, below.) Stagings of A Christmas ...

That said, some traditional Catholic households keep their Christmas trees up until Feb. 2 — 40 days after Christmas — to honor the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, marking the day that Mary and ...

Following the Kardashian-Jenner tradition of dressing up for the holidays ... Kim Kardashian/Instagram On Christmas Eve, Kourtney took to Instagram to share a cheeky photo shoot with husband ...