Americans still love Christmas
Christmas is still a favorite holiday in America, even though the religious observation of it is slipping a bit. According to the Pew Research Center,…
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Famous painting by George Caleb Bingham of the Christmas Crossing. Created about 1856.
In 1776, the fate of America turned on the Christmas Crossing At Christmastime in 1776, George Washington’s troops were in retreat, barely keeping ahead…
Mistletoe winds its way through human history
Being kissed under the mistletoe has been a Christmas tradition for more than a thousand years. But mistletoe is not only associated with a gentle kiss,…
Not too merry
In colonial New England it was once decreed that anyone found feasting, celebrating, or acting frivolous on the sacred day of December 25 would be fined…
Fibonacci Day 11-23 (Get it?)
Here is an idea by 12th century mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa that even those uncertain about math can understand. Although it seems simple,…
Just when you had enough of Halloween and costumes
The idea of parading around in costumes and asking for goodies has been around in North America for two centuries. Except it used to be on Thanksgiving….
Schedule for cooking Thanksgiving dinner
If you want to do it right and avoid undue stress, you’re going to need some sort of schedule for Thanksgiving dinner. This is old hat to some, and…
How many calories are in Thanksgiving dinner?
Oh, baby. We just went there. Forewarned is forearmed, right? Or something like that. You can stick your head in the sand, or you can have some facts and…
Better conversation on Thanksgiving
What can be trickier than keeping all the side dishes hot on Thanksgiving Day? Keeping heads cool during dinnertime conversation. If your family or dinner…