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...
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....
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...
Travel broadens the mind. At least that’s what they say. And with the holidays approaching, one’s mind inevitably turns to travel. For many, this means the annual pilgrimage home for big, turkey-laced family gatherings. For others, as witnessed by the film Four Christmases, others take...
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....
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...
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...
Since the 16th century, Halloween has long been the night of all kinds of wonderful debauchery, partying, and trickery. For over 2,000 years people from around the world have honored the completion of the Saimhain (or harvest season) on October 31 in a number of ways. From parades and festivals,...
