Holidays

Why Sharing Meals Matters For HappinessNew data from the World Happiness Report 2025 suggests something simple but powerful: how often we share meals with other people is closely tied to

A Holiday That Still Means Something As Thanksgiving arrives this Thursday, I’ve found myself thinking less about the menu and more about the meaning. The holiday rush has a way

A Voice From the Plymouth Colony Edward Winslow, born in 1595 in England, was one of the Pilgrim leaders who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower in 1620. Settling at

A Holiday With No Fixed Date For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Thanksgiving didn’t have a legally defined date. Following Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation, presidents simply declared

A Born Storyteller Tony Sarg was born in 1880 in Guatemala to a German father and English mother. Raised in Europe, he grew up fascinated by drawing, puppetry, and animation

The Early Days: Turkeys Arrive at the White House Long before the televised pardons and humorous photo ops, Thanksgiving turkeys were already part of White House history. Presidents as early

A Timeless Duet for the Holidays Two powerhouse voices from different corners of the music world—legendary country artist Larry Gatlin and jazz vocalist Jaimee Paul—have joined forces to deliver a

When Metal Meets Meaning Ah, November 11 — the day when America manages to be reverent, rowdy, and sugar-buzzed all at once. It’s Veterans Day, National Sundae Day, and National

A National Call to Remember and Honor As the holiday season approaches, Wreaths Across America is once again inviting Americans to come together in gratitude and remembrance. On Saturday, December

She wrote Mary Had a Little Lamb, edited one of the nation’s most influential magazines, and spent 17 years persuading presidents—until Abraham Lincoln finally made Thanksgiving a national holiday. A