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….
Category: Seasonal
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…
Halloween costumes get stranger
Besides timeless classic Halloween costumes — witches, monsters, and the like, it’s fun to see what’s trending in any given year. With that in mind, here…
Soul cakes may have started the treating tradition
These days, Halloween night features little ones (and not-so-little ones) parading from house to house in search of sweets. And while the origins of…
Creepy trivia
Getting buried alive used to be a world-wide phobia. You would pass out or go into a coma and everyone would just rush you into a really early grave. It…
October invention The tuxedo: A brief but convoluted history
Whether you remember renting one for prom or a wedding, you likely associate a tuxedo with formal or semi-formal occasions. But have you ever wondered how…
Magic–high tech and low tech–still amazes
All things creepy and mystical abound in October, including things magical, and, increasingly, tech magic. Magic has always followed the culture. It…