How did decorated trees, cut-out cookies and stockings by the fireplace become Christmas symbols? Christmas symbols we all ...

The holiday season is in full swing across Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, and local crafters and artisans are ready ...

Holiday traditions feel timeless, like they’ve always existed in their current form. Families gather around Christmas trees. Kids hunt for Easter eggs. Couples kiss under mistletoe without questioning ...

It's fall. But Christmas decorations and bags of rock salt popping up in stores serve as a reminder that winter isn't too far away. The winter solstice comes about three months after the autumnal ...

Every Feb. 2, a group of bearded men reach inside a cage and pull out a groundhog. The two most famous are "Punxsutawney Phil" in Pennsylvania and "Beauregard Lee" in Georgia. The lore is that if he ...

Anyone who looks at all the holidays lined up for the month of February can tell it's a time to celebrate Black history, love, football and, um, groundhogs? Here are February's federal holidays and ...

FREDERICK. A SMOOTH SAILING, REALLY. BOTH DIRECTIONS. IF YOU’RE GOING OUT TOWARDS FREDERICK. HEY, GOT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP FOR YOU SAILING THROUGH THE SUMMER. WINTER SAILING THROUGH THE WINTER SOLSTICE ...

Never let it be said that Solvang, the Danish village in the heart of the Central Coast that aims both barrels of its year-round whimsy at the Christmas season, doesn’t have another, more pagan side ...

Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot ...

The light snow on the ground provided ambiance for the ninth annual Winter Solstice Trail of Lights event and parade on Dec. 20 in Glencoe at Shelton Park. The celebration, held on a day when sunset ...