Now a Christmas icon, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by a department store adman enduring a great personal tragedy 75 years ago.
Edward Hibberd Johnson not only added flash and color to Christmas trees when he introduced electric lights in 1882, he saved lives in the process.
Look back at the moment when the holiday spirit sparked impromptu ceasefires along World War I’s Western Front.
When Thomas Edison demonstrated the first practical incandescent light bulb on New Year’s Eve 1879, it marked the dawn of the electric age.
The controversial general was killed at Little Bighorn.
As Congress considers honorary U.S. citizenship for Spaniard Bernardo de Gálvez, learn about the seven foreign nationals who have received the tribute.
Look back at the humble origins of an American holiday tradition—the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The annual Thanksgiving ritual of granting presidential pardons to White House turkeys is not as hallowed as you may think.
