Holiday weight gain? Not as bad as one would think
People gain weight during the holidays, but not as much as they think, according to dietitian Cynthia Sass. Sass points to a 2009 study from Texas Tech…
Category: Seasonal
New looks for Christmas trees
The centerpiece of many homes in December, the Christmas tree is often decorated with sentimental ornaments and a style beloved by each family. If you…
Facts about poinsettias
Red accounts for three-fourths of poinsettia sales today, but there are more than 100 varieties, including colors of cream, apricot, and white, according…
The ancient language of Christmas
More than any other holiday, Christmas has spawned a language of its own. Words like yule, noel, and wassail are reserved exclusively for the Christmas…
The adventurer and the Christmas flower
Born to wealth in South Carolina in 1779, Joel Roberts Poinsett rejected the life of a southern aristocrat and, instead, traveled the world becoming an…
Recognizing the Plymouth Thanksgiving How the Pilgrims became America’s forefathers
In American lore, Plymouth, Massachusetts, holds a singular place. It’s known as the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers on the…
Thanksgiving Sleepy: It’s about the gobbler, but not the one you might think
It has become a truism: You get sleepy at Thanksgiving because of all that tryptophan in turkey. But is it true? Yes and no, but mostly no. It is true…
Thanksgiving by the numbers
– Total number of turkeys that are consumed on Thanksgiving Day, 51,650,000. – Total U.S. spending on Thanksgiving dinner food, $2,983,000,000. – Average…
General Mattis urges young veterans to fight cynicism
Tough talk. Tough soldiering. These are the qualities for which Retired Marine General, and current Secretary of Defense, James Mattis is known. But his…
Veterans Day and Memorial Day should not be confused
Veterans Day, celebrated on the 11th day of the 11th month, honors all military veterans. It’s a day to thank the soldiers, sailors and Marines in your…