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

The classic Christmas carol “The 12 Days of Christmas” sounds like a love song with a playful edge, but when read closely, it ...

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

Some holiday words have more than one meaning, like "trim" the tree. And some meanings have more than one word, like "gift" ...

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 ...

This is not just any banner. The sacred flag, around ten feet tall and twenty feet long, is triangular in shape, made of fabric that reflects both simplicity and solemnity. Emblazoned on its saffron ...

English was convicted of child molestation in 1998 for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl and served two separate prison sentences. He is not on the Rhode Island Sex Offender Registry after a ...

THE CONVERSATION — If you visit a cemetery, look closely and you’ll likely notice many flowering plants — adorning the graves, or maybe even carved into headstones. As a horticulture Extension ...

Olive harvest season is under way across the occupied West Bank. In every Palestinian home, there is a "teta" - a grandmother and keeper of family traditions, who shares her recipes for using olives ...

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