Easter, whether observed at church or home with baskets of colorful eggs, has become a day of celebration for millions of people globally. Easter Sunday, an important day for members of the Christian ...

I’ve been searching since mid-February for a powder blue necklace to wear with my Easter outfit. I have looked in big anchor stores, small boutiques, and garage sales. I found it today and bought it ...

When people wish others a happy holiday season or just say, “Happy Holidays,” what exactly do they mean? The “season” usually begins around Thanksgiving and lasts through New Years Day. Thanksgiving ...

A blue “Happy Hanukkah” ornament hangs on a Christmas tree. Traditionally, for Christian-Jewish families, the month of December is referred to as a “dilemma.” This time of year brings discussion about ...

Proposal to secularize the civic calendar prompts controversy. Debates about the place of Christianity in public life regularly resurface in Europe. Recently, after the Pentecost Monday holiday, the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Illustration by Avery Nelson. Growing up in the United States meant that school vacations ...

When I moved to Norway from the U.S. in 1999, one of the new pieces of information that most surprised me had to do with its national holidays. In the U.S., all but one of our 11 federal holidays ...

The thing with traditions, as we nonreligious Americans well know, is that you can take the parts you like and leave the rest. Thankfully, our Constitution is not so picky-and-choosy. Rest assuredly, ...