How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus, gifts ... Haswell was so curious about this novel custom that he went to Brooklyn in a very stormy and wet night just to see ...

Ticknor’s holiday party was not the first Christmas celebration in the United States that featured a Christmas tree. German-American families had brought the custom with them and put up ...

On June 28, 1870, Congress passed the law that turned Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving Day into holidays for federal employees. And in December 1889, President ...

Thanksgiving became a national holiday when Sarah Josepha Hale, a 19th-century magazine editor, led a successful nationwide campaign. (Photo: iStock Photos) Melanie Kirkpatrick / @MelanieKirkpat ...

She wore her custom-made 18th-century mantua, a loose, draped gown with images of flowers, leaves, sickles and snakes. African American experience: Several Black museums have opened in recent ...

Consumers may have guessed that the Easter bunny is a comparatively new holiday custom, but few Americans know that Easter was not widely celebrated in this country until after the Civil War.In ...

Most expensive items include holiday food and refreshments ($155), throwing parties ($123), and holiday clothing and outfits ($107). 5 The average American will spend over $2,000 this season ...

Both holidays are wholly American. ... Juneteenth, because we were Black and it was the custom among many in Black communities in Texas to commemorate the day — June 19, ...

Owner Bill Hall Jr. says he got a kick out of seeing truckers do a double take during the holiday-themed photo shoot after the 2012 Great American Trucking Show in August. His custom-built 2005 ...