Claims that Easter was inspired by a pagan goddess are widespread but often misunderstood. The idea comes from a single ...

Ash Wednesday lands on Feb. 18, 2026. Lent is the 40-day period (not including Sundays) leading up to Easter. Lent begins on ...

The Mardi Gras season, also referred to as Carnival, begins 12 days after Christmas on Jan. 6 and lasts until Fat Tuesday.

When is Mardi Gras 2026? What date is Fat Tuesday? What is meaning and why do Christians celebrate? What Kentuckians should ...

For some, it’s the beads, the King Cake, or the fanfare. For others, it’s a couple of days off to let loose. And for many, it ...

My critique of Christmas cards definitely struck a nerve. I wrote about how I was disappointed at how many Christmas cards ...

But a 1582 AD revision of the Julian calendar by Pope Gregory XIII retained January 1. The Gregorian calendar is still used ...

The year AD 1 – the foundation of the modern calendar – was not recognised as such by anyone living at the time. There was no year zero, and people in what we now call AD 1 dated events according to ...

The video game industry has a rich history of rewarding players who travel off the beaten path. Plenty of games […] ...

Dubbed ‘the world’s biggest food fight’, La Tomatina takes place on the last Wednesday of August. The small village of Bunol, ...

In the latest instalment of her fifty treasures of the British Isles series, Charlotte Mullins takes a look at what's to be ...