Lore holds that ancient pagans fashioned the evergreen’s branches into crowns and believed that displaying it indoors would repel evil spirits.

Carl Philipp Fohr, “The Ruins of Hohenbaden” (1814/15), Watercolor (courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum, Thaw Collection) The Romantic landscape artists of the 18th and 19th century were so obsessed ...

An ancient Greek custom of decorating tree branches might have inspired the modern-day decoration of the Christmas tree.

During mating season, when male white-tailed deer want to get noticed by the opposite sex and warn off rivals, they rub their ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

To play this audio you need to enable JavaScript. We have an expression all about being very happy, particularly when your face suddenly reflects how happy or excited you are. It's a nice phrase for ...

Discover which species star in “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how they live, and whether they’d enjoy life as unusual holiday gifts.

Local actors Jessica Skerritt and Dane Stokinger don’t have to stretch too far for their roles this holiday season. The married couple plays a married couple (Ralphie’s mother and father) in the ...