While you’re overindulging in the festive cheer and the rampant commercial takeover of these holidays, keep these strange ...

Coca-Cola may have helped popularize Santa's look, but his modern image was already taking shape long before the soft drink ...

Hungry ogres, giant goats and trees that offer gifts... see how ancient lore, Norse gods and rites both old and new shape ...

The mighty Mississippi curves around Baton Rouge like a protective parent, cradling Louisiana’s capital city in its muddy embrace while whispering stories of steamboats, Civil War battles, and ...

“A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore.

Clement Clark Moore wrote a poem for his children in 1822, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” also known to many as “The Night ...

Our garments offer glimpses of the unconscious; we may also choose them because they feel nothing like us—because they allow ...

The Hmong use story cloths to document the history of their people and culture. One of the most popular topics for story ...

As explained by the blog Knits and Knots by AME, the term frogging came to be because knitters and crocheters used to say ...

And then, of course, there’s the sheer fear of birth. So much blood to bring love into the world! The real Nativity—for Mary, ...

Concord Clothworks, a new fabric store in Concord, offers a creative community for crafters seeking supplies and inspiration.

When I was growing up, Christmas was a magical time. Of course we were poor as church mice, living hand to mouth so the only ...