How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

Those who know U.S. history or the “legend” behind the creation of Santa Claus will recognize the name Thomas Nast.

To date, the American Civil War is the bloodiest, most destructive and deadly war in United States history. The death […] ...

It’s more than the 50 stars on the flag—the American story is suffused with celestial imagery and astronomical symbols.

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The top tier of Jeff Mallett‘s treatise on Christmas traditions in today’s Frazz hits on the American Santa Claus as a ...

Christmas in the White House in the 1860s was a far cry from the ornate displays of decor familiar to Americans today. During the Lincoln administration, the holiday was observed in a low-key manner.

Residents enjoy roasting marshmallows around the firepit during Winterfest in Reston last week. The event, put on by the Reston Association the first weekend in December, included vendors, food trucks ...

She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, ...

The Nutcracker ballet serves forward a swirl of the chaos of the holiday season.

Two police officers killed by bomb in Moscow near site of Russian general's killing Three people were killed by a bomb in Moscow after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously near the ...

Hiranmayi Srinivasan is a former Associate Editor for Investopedia. She covered personal finance topics such as budgeting, saving, investing, and economic news at Investopedia between 2021 and 2025, ...