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

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

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

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 ...

On a chilly December night in Sandy Spring, Md., dozens of people crammed into the Woodlawn Manor for a Victorian-era Yuletide dance lesson, the wood floors creaking under the uncertain steps of ...

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 ...

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

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the ...

Ever wonder why the new year officially starts on January 1? Turns out, you can thank Pope Gregory XIII-and Julius Caesar.