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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It took a while. But the most recent federal holiday to be added to the calendar, it turns out, is the most American holiday yet. That holiday, Juneteenth, is today. It celebrates the abolition of ...

Pinkster is among an array of lesser-known African American holidays, although historians say it is likely one of the earliest. As the broader U.S. population prepares to honor Juneteenth, a ...

Throughout the season, American Dream will be giving away prizes and offering entertainment programs. Santa Claus has arrived at the “Holiday Dreamland,” which will remain open throughout ...

That holiday, Juneteenth, is today. It celebrates the abolition of chattel slavery in the U.S., marked by June 19, 1865—the day Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed slaves in Galveston, Texas, that ...