Hungary loves transformations—grandiose, colorful, and flavored. Every holiday or festival causes streets and squares to change their appearance. Though no other occasion but Christmas transforms the ...

The debate on when is the best time to take down the Christmas decorations is almost as controversial as about when to put them up. Some people have their Christmas tree down by St Stephen’s Day, and ...

The fell moons rise, and in their cold glare emerges a parcel from the dirt. Bloat and gangrene, crimped as if by tourniquet. A dark promise wriggles within. Grip the fibrous handles, feel its jagged ...

Wham's “Last Christmas” reaches a new peak on several Billboard charts at once, and that success ... [+] pushes it back to its all-time high on the Hot 100. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael ...

Christmas prayers are such a meaningful way for us to connect with the true heart of the season. Even the shortest prayer offers us a moment to pause and express our gratitude for the incredible gift ...

Grab your French hens, because it’s the third day of Christmas. Yes, that’s right. Friday, Dec. 27, is the third day because the famous 12-day series begins — rather than ends — on Dec. 25. The 12 ...

Servants bear a cooked peacock, a medieval delicacy, to the Christmas table of King Henry ... the man at the head of the table wears a paper crown, marking him as King of the Bean.

Even then, some considered passports to be an “anachronism in the modern world.” But the use of paper passports—which were first digitized as “e-Passports” with NFC chips in 2006—is ...

When my husband and I drive around in the days after Christmas and see decorations and Christmas trees in houses still glowing, we quip, “They must be Catholic.” It is a bit like the comment ...

Last but not least, if you've received an abundance of Christmas cards this year, common sense is generally the answer to whether you should recycle them. Traditional paper greeting cards are ...