Tag: Holidays
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...
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...
Granny’s on Instagram! In the COVID-19 era, older adults see time...
Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University
Time in the era of COVID-19 has taken on new meaning. “Blursday” is the new time word of the...
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...
What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy...
Lynn Sebastian Purcell, State University of New York College at Cortland
Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my mother used...
Remote-work visas will shape the future of work, travel and citizenship
Dave Cook, UCL
During lockdown, travel was not only a distant dream, it was unlawful. Some even predicted that how we travel would change forever....
How China does Valentine’s Day
Wei Li, Frostburg State University
Americans celebrate love on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day — a holiday named for Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman clergyman who...
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...
