As the summer wanes and fall begins, many look forward to celebrating the long weekend Labor Day offers. America’s Labor Day is observed every first Monday in September and has evolved since it first originated during 1882. Arguments exist regarding who first introduced Labor Day with some...
To jump start your holiday season, sometimes it’s best to get your mind in the proper frame. If you are having trouble settling into the spirit this year, take a few moments for yourself just to savor the feelings the holidays evoke. Remember the Christmas’ past while you cherish the present....
With the recent celebration of Mardi Gras - "Fat Tuesday" - the season of Lent is upon us. As Mardi Gras is a celebration of indulgences and feasting, Lent is a period of self-denial and fasting. In the Catholic tradition the observance of Lent was virtually universal. Following the Protestant...
On the 21st of June the world will mark the solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, shortest day in the southern hemisphere. On December 21 the situation is exactly reversed. And in between each of those dates - on March 20 and September 22 (of 2009), the sun's north-south...
If you get sick of the irritatingly-sweet Christmas movies, you're in luck. It seems that this festive holiday somehow brings out the most twisted imaginations of our favorite filmmakers. Christmas may be mentioned in these Yule-tide favorites, but they're definitely not on Santa's good list....
Halloween, Hallowe’en, or All Hallow’s Evening is speculated to have originated by the Celtic Samhain and pagans over 2,000 years ago on October 31. In celebration of the eve of the Western Christian’s feast of All Hallows, western Europeans honored the end of the harvest season and the dead with...
Radiohead, often considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time (if not the most innovative), has offered its unique blend of alternative rock for over one quarter of a century. The band began in the mid 1980s within Abingdon, Oxfordshire all members were enrolled in the Abingdon School...
The inception of the tradition of Saint Patrick’s Day began when Christianity arrived in Ireland waaaay back in time...somewhere around 386 - 461 AD. This means the Irish have been pressing their luck with rowdy annual celebrations and sometimes crazy parties for over 1000 years every March 17....
The U.S. and 175 nations have gathered to celebrate Earth Day. This year marks the 21 annual appreciation day for our planet. Many festivities and activities are well underway in communities to clean up and preserve the Earth. People of all ages are banding for large and scale celebrations geared...
Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday by the United States and Europe. Other countries call Mardi Gras the "Tuesday of Carnival," or Shrove Tuesday. It is the day celebrated by Christians to indulge in excess before Lent and Ash Wednesday occur. The Christian tradition allows for the...
