In space, if no-one sees you freeze, did it happen? The Mannequin Challenge has had school kids, athletes, and presidential candidates posing like mannequins for the camera. Never before has the …
Russia’s version of Santa Claus drops in for New Year’s Eve. A video of three Grandpa Frosts (the Russian Santa Claus) has gone viral. Not only did they pass …
This boozy Christmas carol was brewed in a manuscript written early in the sixteenth century and preserved in the Cottonian collection in the British Museum. It’s called “A Christenmesse Carroll.” …
There were carols for Easter, for New Year, and sometimes even for political events such as the Battle of Agincourt. The first known Christmas carols can be traced as …
There’s even a name for the notion that kids prefer playing with boxes to the toys within. It’s called the packaging phenomenon. Research in 2015 confirmed what parents …
When Henrietta Howland “Hetty” Green, the Witch of Wall Street, died, the New York Times reassured its readers: “Stock Market Not Affected”. The City of New York came to …
In 2008 John Cessna’s mother called and told him since he was away at school, he wouldn’t be in the Christmas photo that year. She jokingly suggested he “sober …
“Stop standing in front of East Iceland, dear weather forecasters” Some Icelanders are so tired of a tv weather forecaster blocking their home that they created a Facebook group called “Stop …
According to a recent survey, 51 percent of Monopoly games end in a fight. Luckily, this year, UK residents can solve a dispute by calling a Monopoly Helpline 08006894903. …
Who says Santa Claus is the only one trying to come down your chimney during the festive season? Watch out for the Kallikantzaroi, the holiday demons. These uninvited festive …
An American businessman who was known as “The Reindeer King” created the story of Santa’s Reindeer as we know it. The Reindeer King Millions of people know Clement Clarke …
Reindeer don’t fly, but they do sometimes have red noses, like the legendary Rudolph. The secret to Rudolph’s red nose is a dense network of blood vessels in his …
