An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the ...

The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All Hallow's Eve in the Roman Catholic Church.

Halloween traditions are pretty heavily borrowed from Samhain (sow-win), which was celebrated Oct. 31-Nov. 1 by the ancient ...

The holiday season is full of traditions and we all celebrate them a bit differently. NPR wants to your most unique holiday ...

Do you remember being told to stop wearing white after Labor Day? Perhaps you still avoid wearing white after the holiday. Labor Day is considered the unofficial end of summer, and the tradition of ...

For Mexican culture, this season would not be complete without the iconic pan de muerto, a tradition that has been present in ...

When Auburn fans stream into Toomer's Corner after a big win, it's not just a celebration, it's legacy. That iconic moment, with white rolls of toilet paper flying high, just earned a national ...

Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year, begins at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22. It’s one of the holiest holidays for Jewish people around the world and translates from Hebrew to ...

A government initiative to create a Swedish “cultural canon” concerned many in the country’s cultural world. The final list has sparked debate over the choices. By Alex Marshall What are the 100 ...

Compared to feeding the needy or saving the planet, how important can it be to light Shabbat candles? Those kinds of questions have been on my mind lately, as I’ve thought about tikkun olam, the ...