Tag: Holidays
Retailers may see more red after Black Friday as consumers say...
Ayalla A. Ruvio, Michigan State University and Forrest Morgeson, Michigan State University
Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster...
Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical...
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
Utah’s Pioneer Day celebrates Mormons’ trek west – but there’s a...
Jeffrey Turner, University of Utah
Each July 24, the state of Utah celebrates “Pioneer Day.” There are parades, rodeos,...
How much candy do Americans eat in a whole year?
Rahel Mathews, Mississippi State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Traditionally, for Christian-Jewish families – or at least in writing about them –...
The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a...
Simple safety tips for trick-or-treating after Fauci greenlighted Halloween 2021
Meg Sorg, Purdue University
The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
