Tag: Christmas
How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus,...
Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas
Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about...
Three things that could help save Christmas 2021 from shortages
Jas Kalra, Newcastle University and Jens Roehrich, University of Bath
When problems with food...
How the crisis in container ships could ruin Christmas
Stavros Karamperidis, University of Plymouth
Ningbo-Zhousan may not exactly be a household name, but...
How holiday cards help us cope with a not-so-merry year, according...
Matthew McMahan, Emerson College
The first Christmas card was, perhaps predictably, one of good cheer. The concept is commonly credited to Sir Henry Cole, the...
Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over...
Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Fuller Theological Seminary
Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to...
Why we’re so bad at counting the calories we eat, drink...
Kaitlin Woolley, Cornell University and Peggy Liu, University of Pittsburgh
People often eat more than usual around the holidays – and this year more than...
How to host a safe holiday meal during coronavirus – an...
Melissa Hawkins, American University
Like many people in this unusual year, I am adjusting my family’s holiday plans so that we can all be safe...
Why are so few people born on Christmas Day, New Year’s...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Christmas and New Year’s are days of celebration in many parts of the world when people gather with family and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
